Alain Goraguer – La Planète Sauvage Original Soundtrack Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi | Jazz-funk, Psychedelic 2020 Superior Viaduct – SV058 translucent yellow vinyl Original release 1973 on the Pathé label (France) When I was a teenager, staying up late on the weekends, I used to see this film come…
Tag: jazz funk
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk (1974) (2022 RGM)
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…
Eddie Harris – Bad Luck Is All I Have (1975)
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! (1970) Day 10 of FV’s 12 Days of Xmas
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…
Chester Thompson – Powerhouse (1971) (2021 Black Jazz / RGM)
Chester Thompson – Powerhouse 2021 Real Gone Music RGM-1202 / Original Release 1971 Black Jazz This is a short (seriously short, only 27 minutes) but sweet LP from future Tower of Power and Santana organist, Chester Thompson. Not to be confused with the drummer Chester Thompson, who toured with Genesis in the post-Peter Gabriel…
Roland Haynes – 2nd Wave (1975) (2020 Black Jazz / Real Gone Music)
It’s a total coincidence (or is it?) that my first two posts about the Black Jazz reissues have been by keyboardists, without any brass or reeds in their band. Weird, eh? This record, “2nd Wave” is great stuff by a one-and-done mysterious key tickler, Roland Haynes. There are actually two Fender Rhodes players here,…