Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80“Army Arrangment” Released 1985 on Celluloid (CELL 6109) Reissued 2001 on MCA (314 549 381-2) I am too upset and angry to write a commentary for this album. I stayed awake all night watching online live coverage of the situation in Egypt, then woke up and watched their Vice President…
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes “Cosmic Funk” Released 1974 Flying Dutchman Records (BDL 1-0591) 1 Cosmic Funk Smith 5:39 2 Footprints Shorter 6:11 3 Beautiful Woman Smith 6:58 4 Sais (Egypt) Mtume 8:16 5 Peaceful Ones Smith 5:03 6 Naima Coltrane 4:01Produced by Bob Thiele Engineered by Bob SimpsonElectric bass – Al Anderson…
DOM SALVADOR E ABOLIÇÃO SOM, SANGUE E RAÇA 1971 CBS (137735) First CD pressing – Sony Music (Brasil) / Columbia (2-495859) 2001 Reissue on Selo Cultura / Sony Music 2010 1 Uma vida (Dom Salvador, Abolição) 2 Guanabara (Arnoldo Medeiros, Dom Salvador) 3 Hei! Você (Getúlio Côrtes, Nelsinho) 4 Som, sangue e raça (Marco Versiani,…
Eumir Deodato “Os Catedráticos 73” originally released 1973 This reissue 2008 on Atração Fonográfica (ATR41066) Remastered by Cláudio Abuchaim This album is no stranger to the blogosphere, being posted about on quite a few blogs featuring Brazilian music and rare groove delights. This post highlights a recent reissue on the label Atração Fonográfica that has…
Cal Tjader “Solar Heat” Released 1968 on Skye Records (SK-1) Reissued 1994 on DCC Jazz Compact Classics (DJZ-618) 1. Ode To Billy Joe 2:55 (Gentry) 2. Never My Love 2:48 (D. R. Addrissi) 3. Felicidade 2:35 (Jobim , De Moraes) 4. Mambo Sangria 2:38 (Tjader) 5. Here 3:25 (David MacKay) 6. Fried Bananas 2:36 (McFarland)…
TERRY CALLIERWhat Color Is Love?Originally Released 1972 on Cadet RecordsThis reissue, 1998 1 Dancing Girl (Callier) 9:02 2 What Color Is Love (Callier) 4:06 3 You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman (Braxton, Callier) 7:20 4 Just as Long as We’re in Love (Callier, Wade) 3:41 5 Ho Tsing Mee (A Song of the Sun) (Callier) 4:21…
