Nat Turner Rebellion – Laugh To Keep From Crying Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | | Soul, funk Philly Groove Records, Chrysalis – PGRV101 The Nat Turner Rebellion – the musical act, not the historical event – was a promising group from Philly that imploded before they ever really got off the ground, featuring vocalists…
Nina Simone – Nina Simone’s Finest Hour 2000 Verve Records (314 543 604-2) I thought I would make a quick blog post to commemorate International Women’s Day and pay tribute to one of my heroes, the great Nina Simone. Superlatively gifted and inspired as both a pianist and vocalist, courageous and visionary, groundbreaking, tenacious, mercurial…
Wayne Shorter The Best of Wayne Shorter BLUE NOTE CDP 7 91141 2 Released 1988 I had a different blog post planned for today, but the world lost one of the great forces in jazz yesterday with the passing of Wayne Shorter. If you don’t know why you should care about that, you can read…
Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul Original release 1969 on Enterprise Records I’ve posted about this album before, in the early days of this blog, and will probably post about it again. It’s just a class act through and through. I had originally wanted to prepare something romantic for Valentine’s Day, even though I don’t…
The Manhattans – The Manhattans Sing For You And Yours Reissue CD on Collectables (COL-CD-5136) Original release Carnaval Records CLPS 202 The Manhattans were a soul vocal group from New Jersey who stayed true to that format through thick and thin, while incorporating new elements into their sound. Sometimes those elements clashed – for example,…
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.
