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…
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.
Chico Freeman – The Search Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Web scans | Jazz 1.52GB (24/192) + 806 MB (24/96) || 1983 India Navigation IN 1059 I have not posted on this blog in nearly 6 months. For those of you still hanging around, I hope you are all doing well. …
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. …
Eddie Harris – Bad Luck Is All I Have Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Jazz-funk 1975 Atlantic Records SD 1675, Presswell This is an under-the-radar album, never released on CD, from the eclectic Eddie Harris, who gets help from Willi Bobo and Bradley Bobo in the rhythm section (as…
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…
