As a rule I avoid weddings and funerals. They both represent transitional stages for which I’m not ready, and – if I had my way – would put off indefinitely. However I’ve often sat around thinking about what music I would like to have playing at both of them, should I be so unfortunate as…
Gary Bartz “Anthology” 2004 Soul Brother Records (CD SBPJ 23) Made in England Recordings from 1971 – 1977 1 Celestial Blues 7:35 2 Uhuru Sasa 6:47 3 Drinking Song 5:16 4 Dr. Follow’s Dance 2:39 5 I’ve Known Rivers 8:34 6 I Wanna Be Where You Are 7:14 7 Ju Ju Man 9:11 8 Sea…
Jimmy McGriff Soul Sugar / Goove Grease Two albums both released 1971 on Groove Merchant Reissue on Groove Hut Records 2007 (GH66704) 1 Sugar Sugar 2 Ain’t It Funky Now 3 Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours 4 Dig on It 5 Bug Out 6 Now Thing 7 You’re the One 8 Fat Cakes 9 New…
Mulatu Astatke“Mulatu Steps Ahead”Released March 25, 2010Strut Records (056CD) 1. Radcliffe 2. Green Africa 3. Way To Nice, The 4. Assosa 5. I Faram Gami I Faram 6. Mulatu’s Mood 7. Ethio Blues 8. Boogaloo 9. Motherland I enjoyed last year’s collaboration between Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics (called, unimaginatively, Inspiration Information Volume 3, a…
Herbie Hancock FAT ALBERT ROTUNDA Released 1969 on Warner Brothers (WS 1834) CD Reissue WEA Germany 1. Wiggle-Waggle (Hancock) – 5:51 2. Fat Mama (Hancock) – 3:49 3. Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Hancock) – 5:01 4. Oh! Oh! Here He Comes (Hancock) – 4:08 5. Jessica (Betts/Hancock) – 4:13 6. Fat Albert Rotunda (Hancock)…
Finally, here it is — The grand finale, the 2-CD ‘bonus’ of the Jorge Ben boxset. Two discs of material that is either unreleased or only available on rare compilations or on B-sides, all from Ben’s golden years of genius and productivity. For Ben fans this is the most anticipated part of the box, since…
