James ‘Blood’ Ulmer – Are You Glad To Be In America? Vinyl transfer in 24-bit 192 khz |FLAC | Artwork at 300 dpi 889 MB (24/96) 1.56 GB (24/192)| FileFactory | Free jazz, Funk 1980 Rough Trade (UK) | ‘Porky Prime Cut’ Well, greetings for the “new” year of 2025. That’s all I will say…
Johnny Hammond – Gears Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | Art scans | Jazz-funk 2022 Craft Recordings “Jazz Dispensary” Ltd Ed. of 2000 copies || Orig.rel. 1975 Milestone Like its predecessor Gambler’s Life, this Mizell Brothers production stands out from Hammond’s catalog for being very different from the soul-jazz / blues organ tradition that…
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Spiritual jazz 2022 Real Gone Music || 1974 Orig. Flying Dutchman So I actually crafted a new, short write-up of this record without remembering that I posted about it once before, 13…
FLABBERGASTED FREEFORM is back… sort of I actually made this mix for a dear friend over a year ago. I kind of gave up on posting public mixes as I feel outdone by both AI and the many human DJs with better skillz than me, but what the hell, why not.
Dorothy Ashby – Afro-Harping Orig. release 1968 Cadet Records / 2018 Geffen / UMe Next to Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby is easily the best-known proponent of “jazz harp.” I mean, it’s not exactly a crowded scene, is it? This record stimulates all my auralgenous zones, drawing on ‘soul jazz’, pop, Latin, post-bop, R&B and proto-funk. …
Grant Green – Alive! 2019 Blue Note 80 Series BST-84360 – Original Release 1970 Absolute barn-stormer of classic soul-jazz funk with a lineup that can’t be beat. Idris Muhammad is at his funkiest, but the other show-stealer is Ronnie Foster on the organ. Lean and mean stuff, if you dig this then you need to…
