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Lou Donaldson – The Midnight Creeper

dOk — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:00:48 +0000

As he delved deeper into commercial soul-jazz and jazz-funk, Lou Donaldson became better at it. While lacking the bite of his hard bop improvisations or the hard-swinging funk of Alligator Bogaloo, Midnight Creeper succeeds where its predecessor, Mr. Shing-A-Ling failed: it offers a thoroughly enjoyable set of grooving, funky soul-jazz. The five songs — including two originals by Donaldson and one each by Lonnie Smith (who also plays organ on the record), Teddy Vann, and Harold Ousley — aren’t particularly distinguished, but the vibe is important, not the material. And the band — Donaldson, Smith, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, guitarist George Benson, and drummer Leo Morris — strikes the right note, turning in a fluid, friendly collection of bluesy funk vamps. Donaldson could frequently sound stilted on his commercial soul-jazz dates, but that’s not the case with Midnight Creeper. He rarely was quite as loose on his late-’60s/early-’70s records as he is here, and that’s what makes Midnight Creeper a keeper.

Personnel: Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Lonnie Smith (organ); George Benson (guitar); Idris Muhammad (drums).

Tracklist

01. Midnight Creeper
02. Love Power
03. Elizabeth
04. Bag of Jawels
05. Dapper Dan

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The Howard Roberts Quartet – Out Of Sight

dOk — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:00:36 +0000

Description: In this decade, everything is happening. The Music scene is a fertility rite in full eruption. One Of the dependably liveliest excitements is Howard Roberts. As guitarist, he possesses the consummate artistry of the virtuoso, and he is totally hip to what’s happening. As Head man of the Howard Roberts Quartet, he drivers a group that showers wit and ideas like a comet sheds sparks. Howard’s “Out Of sight” has a different sound. It is the contemporary Roberts playing the new, contemporary, good music. It is also something more. As closely as words can indicate it, here are the elements: the Quartet, hip, creative, often humorous, and playing with magnificent ease. Bright splashes of brass, and some out-of-sight percussion. Plus, in keeping with today’s sound-seeking. a little secretic electronic “experimentation” – tasteful, unobtrusive, but intriguing and effective. Result: a fresh slant on the “In” sound… the “In” Sound with class, highlighting the crispness, the non-stop virtuosity, the earthy funk of the Howard Roberts Guitar.

Tracklist

01. Fred
02. The Girls Of Spain
03. Music To Think By
04. Shifty
05. Wave
06. I Say A Little Prayer
07. It’s About Time
08. Spooky
09. Pretty Butterfly
10. Love Is Blue
11. Make Me Rainbows

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Lee Morgan – Taru

dOk — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:30:31 +0000

By the time of this 1968 session, the quintessential hard-bop trumpeter Lee Morgan, was stretching in several directions at once, pushing into freer forms and also pressing the crossover funk market that he had tapped so brilliantly with The Sidewinder. The different directions are apparent in the sidemen. Bennie Maupin made few recordings in the period, but he was among the most distinctive avant-garde tenor saxophonists, with a blunt, Rollins-inspired approach that would eventually come to the fore on Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew and with Herbie and the Headhunters. Guitarist George Benson explores the funkier side of Wes Montgomery’s style, while the rhythm section of pianist John Hicks, bassist Reggie Workman, and Billy Higgins is perfect for the potent mix of modal, hard-bop, and funk approaches that Morgan was pulling together. The trumpeter plays with his usual intensity, displaying quick musical wits and a sound that’s almost menacing.

Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Bennie Maupin (tenor saxophone); John Hicks (piano); George Benson (Guitar); Reggie Workman (Bass); Billy Higgins (drums).

Tracklist

01. Avotcja
02. Haeschen
03. Dee Lawd
04. Get Yourself Together (Get Yo’Self Togetha)
05. Taru, What’s Wrong With You
06. Durem

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Bobby Hutcherson – Patterns

dOk — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:00:42 +0000

All of Bobby Hutcherson’s late ’60s Blue Note dates are excellent examples of superior ensemble interaction coupled with fascinating compositions. 1968′s Patterns features the vibraphonist leading a quintet capable of tremendous textural changes and near-classical sophistication. The group offers its interpretation of six spellbinding pieces (plus one extra take of the title track), most of which were composed by drummer Joe Chambers. On this must-have session Stanley Cowell (piano), Reggie Workman (bass) and saxophonist James Spaulding (who also adds beautiful colors on flute) round out the group.

Personnel: Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); James Spaulding (alto saxophone, flute); Stanley Cowell (piano); Reggie Workman (bass); Joe Chambers (drums).

Tracklist

01. Effi
02. Ankara
03. A Time To Go
04. Patterns
05. Irina
06. Nocturnal
07. Patterns (Alternate Take)

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Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

dOk — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:00:25 +0000

Although Chick Corea’s long career has garnered many stellar recordings, one of the best of the best is the phenomenal Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. A trio session with bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Roy Haynes, this is the disc that cemented Corea’s place in the jazz firmament as a pianist of incomparable skill. His percussive touch, fluid lines, and uniquely inventive approach to improvisation are all in full display.

Corea, Vitous, and Haynes greatly expand the scope of the piano trio as they pull and stretch the concept of group interaction to an entirely new plateau. From the bouncing excitement of Corea’s “Matrix” to the dark blaze of the burning “Step-What Was,” the trio moves as one, constantly arcing into new directions at every turn. Haynes, the elder of the three, is in particularly energetic form, providing a constant fire underneath the churning piano of Corea. Standout cuts include a mesmerizing interpretation of the classic “My One and Only Love,” Corea’s waltzing “Windows,” and the free-form Corea/Vitous duet “Gemini.”

Personnel: Chick Corea (piano); Miroslav Vitous (bass); Roy Haynes (drums).

Tracklist

01. Steps-What Was
02. Matrix
03. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
04. Now He Beats The Drum-Now He Stops
05. The Law Of Falling And Catching Up
06. Samba Yantra
07. Bossa
08. I Don’t Know
09. Fragments
10. Windows
11. Gemini
12. Pannonica
13. My One and Only Love

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Luis Bacalov – Rebus

dOk — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:00:34 +0000

An excellent mod soundtrack to this wild film from 1968, starring Ann Margret and Laurence Harvey, and featuring music by the Italian composer Luis Bacalov! Bacalov’s work these days is pretty sedate – but back in the 60s, he could really come up with a groovy batch of tracks when he wanted to, and on this one, he definitely wanted to! The tracks have great mod drums, electric bass, and plenty of organ – plus occasional subtler instrumentation – and the album also features Ann Margaret singing the song “Take a Chance”, a driving dancing number that ranks with her best soundtrack performances from the 60s! Other tracks include “Rebus”, “Suddenly The Rain”, and many different “Rebus” sequences.

Tracklist

01. Take a Chance (Instrumental Main Titles)
02. Rebus (Seq.1)
03. Rebus (Seq.2)
04. Rebus (Seq.3)
05. Rebus (Seq.4)
06. Rebus (Seq.5)
07. Rebus (Seq.6)
08. Take A Chance (Vocals by Ann-Margret)
09. Suddenly The Rain (Vocals by Ann-Margret)
10. Rebus (seq. 7)
11. Rebus (seq.
12. Rebus (seq. 9)
13. Rebus (seq. 10)
14. Rebus (seq. 11)
15. Take A Chance (End Titles)

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Herbie Hancock Albums!

dOk — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:00:33 +0000

Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock (born April 12, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis’s “second great quintet”, Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the “post-bop” sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Hancock’s music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs “cross over” and achieved success among pop audiences. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with harmonic stylings much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

Hancock’s best-known solo works include “Cantaloupe Island”, “Watermelon Man” (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaría), “Maiden Voyage”, “Chameleon”, and the singles “I Thought It Was You” and “Rockit”. His 2007 tribute album “River: The Joni Letters” won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.

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1962 – Takin’ Off

Tracklist

01. Watermelon Man
02. Three Bags Full
03. Empty Pockets
04. The Maze
05. Driftin’
06. Alone And I
07. Watermelon Man (Alternate Take)
08. Three Bags Full (Alternate Take)
09. Empty Pockets (Alternate Take)

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1963 – Inventions & Dimensions

Tracklist

01. Succotash
02. Triangle
03. Jack Rabbit
04. Mimosa
05. A Jump Ahead
06. Mimosa (Alternate Take)

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1963 – My Point Of View

Tracklist

01. Blind Man, Blind Man
02. A Tribute To Someone
03. King Cobra
04. The Pleasure Is Mine
05. And What If I Don’t
06. Blind Man, Blind Man (Alternate Take)

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1964 – Empyrean Isles

Tracklist

01. One Finger Snap
02. Oliloqui Valley
03. Cantaloupe Island
04. The Egg
05. One Finger Snap (Alternate Take)
06. Oliloqui Valley (Alternate Take)

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1965 – Maiden Voyage

Tracklist

01. Maiden Voyage
02. The Eye Of The Hurricane
03. Little One
04. Survival Of The Fittest
05. Dolphin Dance

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1966 – Blow Up (OST)

Tracklist

01. Maint Title Blow Up
02. Verushka (Part 1)
03. Verushka (Part 2)
04. The Naked Camera
05. Bring Down The Birds
06. Jane’s Theme
07. Stroll On (The Yardbirds)
08. The Thief
09. The Kiss
10. Curiosity
11. Thomas Studies Photos
12. The Bed
13. End Title Blow Up
14. Am I Glad To See You (Tomorrow)
15. Blow Up (Tomorrow)

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1969 – Speak Like A Child

Tracklist

01. Riot
02. Speak Like A Child
03. First Trip
04. Toys
05. Goodbye To Childhood

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1969 – Fat Albert Rotunda

Tracklist

01. Wiggle-Wiggle
02. Fat Mama
03. Tell Me A Bedtime Story
04. Oh! Oh! Here He Comes
05. Jessica
06. Fat Albert Rotunda
07. Lil’ Brother

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1969 – The Prisoner

Tracklist

01. I Have A Dream
02. The Prisoner
03. Firewater

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1970 – Jammin’ With Herbie Hancock

Tracklist

01. Jammin’ With Herbie
02. Herbie’s Soul
03. Rock Your Soul
04. T.C.B. With Herbie
05. Soul Power
06. Cat Call

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1970 – Mwandishi

Tracklist

01. Jammin’ With Herbie
02. Herbie’s Soul
03. Rock Your Soul
04. T.C.B. With Herbie
05. Soul Power
06. Cat Call

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1972 – Crossings

Tracklist

01. Sleeping Giant
02. Quasar
03. Water Torture

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1973 – Head Hunters

Tracklist

01. Chameleon
02. Watermelon Man
03. Sly
04. Vein Melter

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1973 – Sextant

Tracklist

01. Rain Dance
02. Hidden ShADOWS
03. Hornets

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1973 – The Spook Who Sat By The Door

Tracklist

01. Revolution
02. The Spook Who Sat By The Door (Reprise)
03. Revenge
04. At The Lounge
05. Training Day
06. The Stick Up
07. Main Theme
08. Underground
09. The Spook Who Sat By The Door
10. The Big Rip Off
11. Recruiting
12. The Pick Up
13. It Begins
14. Dialog

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1974 – Deat Wish (OST)

Tracklist

01. Deat Wish (Main Title
02. Joanna’s Theme
03. Do A Thing
04. Paint Her Mouth
05. Rich Country
06. Suite Revenge: A. Striking Back, B. Riverside Park, C. The Alley, D. Last Stop, E. 8Th Avenue Station
07. Ochoa Knose
08. Party People
09. Fill Your Hand

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1974 – Dedication

Tracklist

01. Maiden Voyage
02. Dolphin Dance
03. Nobu
04. Cantaloupe Island

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1974 – Thrust

Tracklist

01. Palm Grease
02. Actual Proof
03. Butterfly
04. Spank-A-Lee

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1975 – Flood

Tracklist

01. Introduction – Maiden Voyage
02. Actual Proof
03. Spank-A-Lee
04. Watermelon Man
05. Butterfly
06. Chameleon
07. Hang Up Your Hang Ups

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1975 – Manchild

Tracklist

01. Hang Up Your Hang Ups
02. Sun Touch
03. The Trailor
04. Bubbles
05. Steppin’ In It
06. Heartbeat

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1976 – Don Cherry & Herbie Hancock – Kawaida

Tracklist

01. Baraka
02. Maluana
03. Kawaida
04. Dunia
05. Kamili

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1976 – Secrets

Tracklist

01. Doin’ It
02. People Music
03. Cantaloupe Island
04. Spider
05. Gentle Thoughts
06. Swamp Rat
07. Sansho Shima

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1977 – The Herbie Hancock Trio

Tracklist

01. Watch It
02. Speak Like A Child
03. Watch Waitin For It
04. Look
05. Milestones

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1977 – V.S.O.P. The Quintet

Tracklist

01. One Of A Kind
02. Third Plane
03. Jessica
04. Lawra
05. Introduction Of Players Darts
06. Dolores
07. Little Waltz
08. Byrdlike

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1977 – V.S.O.P. – Tempest In The Colosseum

Tracklist

01. Eye Of The Hurricane
02. Diana
03. Eighty-One
04. Maiden Voyage
05. Lawra
06. Red Clay

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1978 – Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea – An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea

Tracklist

CD1
01. Someday My Prince Will Come
02. Liza
03. Button Up
CD2
01. February Moment
02. Maiden Voyage
03. La Fiesta

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1978 – Directstep

Tracklist

01. Butterly
02. Shiftless Shuffle
03. I Thought It Was You

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1978 – Sunlight

Tracklist

01. I Thought It Was You
02. Come Running To Me
03. Sunlight
04. No Means Yes
05. Good Question

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1979 – Feet’s Don’t Fail Me Now

Tracklist

01. You Bet Your Love
02. Trust Me
03. Ready Or Not
04. Tell Everybody
05. Honey From The Jar
06. Kne Deep

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1979 – The Piano

Tracklist

01. My Funny Valentine
02. On Green Dolphin Street
03. Someday My Prince Will Come
04. Harvest Time
05. Sonrisa
06. Manhattan Island
07. Blue Otani
08. My Funny Valentine (Take 3)
09. On Green Dolphin Street (Take 2)
10. Someday My Prince Will Come (Take 3)
11. Harvest Time (Take 3)

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1979 – V.S.O.P. Live Under The Sky

Tracklist

CD1
01. Opening
02. Eye Of The Hurrican (Hancock)
03. Tear Drop (Carter)
04. Domo (Hancock)
05. Para Oriente
06. Pee Wee
07. One Of Another Kind (Hubbard)
08. Fragie (Carter)
CD2
01. Opening
02. Eye Of The Hurrican (Hancock)
03. Tear Drop (Carter)
04. Domo (Hancock)
05. Para Oriente (Williams)
06. Pee Wee (Williams)
07. One Of Another Kind (Hubbard)
08. Fragie (Carter)
09. Stella By Starlight
10. On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper, Washington)

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1980 – Monster

Tracklist

01. Saturday Night
02. Stars In Your Eyes
03. Go For It
04. Don’t Hold It
05. Making Love
06. It All Comes Round

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1980 – Mr. Hands

Tracklist

01. Spiraling Prism
02. Calypso
03. Just Around The Corner
04. 4’00 Am
05. Shiftless Shuffle
06. Textures

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1981 – Herbie Hancock Trio With Ron Carter+ Tony Williams

Tracklist

01. Stablemates
02. Dolphin Dance
03. A Slight Smile
04. That Old Black Magic
05. La Maison Goree

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1981 – Magic Windows

Tracklist

01. Magic Number
02. Tonight’s The Night
03. Everybody’s Broke
04. Help Yourself
05. Satisfied With Love
06. The Twilight Clone

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1982 – Lite Me Up

Tracklist

01. Lite Me Up!
02. The Bomb
03. Gettin’ To The Good
04. Paradise
05. Can’t Hide Your Love
06. The Fun Tracks
07. Motor Mouth
08. Give It All Your Heart

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1982 – Quartet

Tracklist

01. Well, You Needn’t
02. ’round Midnight
03. Clearways
04. A Quick Sketch
05. The Eye Of The Hurricane
06. Parade
07. The Sorcerer
08. Pee Wee
09. I Fall In Love Too Easily

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1983 – Future Shock

Tracklist

01. Rockit
02. Future Shock
03. TFS
04. Earth Beat
05. Autodrive
06. Rough
07. Rockit (Mega Mix)

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1984 – Sound System

Tracklist

01. Hardrock
02. Metal Beat
03. Karabali
04. Junku
05. People Are Changing
06. Sound System
07. Metal Beat (Extended Version)

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1986 – Round Midnight

Tracklist

01. Round Midnight
02. Body and Soul
03. Berangere’s Nightmare
04. Fair Weather
05. Una Noche Con Francis
06. The Peacocks
07. How Long Has This Going…
08. Rhythm-A-Ning
09. Still Time
10. Minuit Aux Champs-Elysees
11. Chan’s Song (Never Said)

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1988 – Perfect Machine

Tracklist

01. Perfect Machine
02. Obsession
03. Vibe Alive
04. Beat Wise
05. Maiden Voyage
06. Chemical Residue

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1994 – A Tribute To Miles

Tracklist

01. So What (Live)
02. Rj
03. Little One
04. Pinocchio
05. Elegy
06. Eighty One
07. All Blues (Live)

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1994 – Dis Is Da Drum

Tracklist

01. Call It ’95
02. Dis Is Da Drum
03. Shooz
04. The Melody
05. Mohuba
06. Butterfly
07. Ju Ju
08. Hump
09. Come and See Me
10. Rubber Soul
11. Bo Ba Be Da

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1997 – Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter – 1 + 1

Tracklist

01. Meridianne A Wood
02. Aung San Suu Kyi
03. Sonrisa
04. Memory Of Enchantment
05. Visitor From Nowhere
06. Joanna’s Theme
07. Diana
08. Visitor From Somewhere
09. Manhattan Lorelei
10. Hale-Bopp, Hip-Hop

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1998 – Gershwin’s World

Tracklist

01. Overture (Fascinatin’ Rhythm)
02. It Ain’t Necessarily So
03. The Man I Love
04. Here Come De Honey Man
05. St. Louis Blues
06. Lullaby
07. Blueberry Rhyme
08. It Ain’t Necessarily So (Interlude)
09. Cotton Tail
10. Summertime
11. My Man’s Gone Now
12. Prelude In C# Minor
13. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G, 2nd Movement
14. Embraceable You

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2001 – Future 2 Future

Tracklist

01. Kebero Part I
02. Wisdom
03. The Essence
04. This Is Rob Swift
05. Black Gravity
06. Tony Williams
07. Be Still
08. Ionosphere
09. Kebero Part II
10. Alphabeta
11. Virtual Hornets

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2002 – Hancock-Brecker- Hargrove – Directions In Music

Tracklist

01. The Sorcerer
02. The Poet
03. So What – Impressions
04. Misstery
05. Naima
06. Transition
07. My Ship
08. D Trane

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2005 – Possibilities

Tracklist

01. Stitched Up feat. John Mayer
02. Safiatou feat. Santana & Angelique Kidjo
03. A Song For You feat. Christina Augilera
04. I Do It for Your Love feat. Paul Simon
05. Hush, Hush, Hush feat. Annie Lennox
06. Sister Moon feat. Sting
07. When Love Comes To Town feat. Jonny Lang and Joss Stone
08. Don’t Explain feat. Damien Rice and Lisa Hanningan
09. i Just Called To Say I Love You
10. Gelo Na Montanha feat. Trey Anastasio

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2007 – River (The Joni Letters)

Tracklist

01. Court and Spark feat. Norah Jones
02. Edith And The Kingpin feat Tina Turner
03. Both Sides Now
04. River feat. Corinne Bailey Rae
05. Sweet Bird
06. Tea Leaf Prophecy feat. Joni Mitchell
07. Solitude
08. Amelia feat. Lucian Souza
09. Nefertiti
10. The Jungle Line feat. Leonard Cohen

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2010 – The Imagine Project

Tracklist

01. Imagine feat. India Arie, Jeff Beck, Pink & Seal
02. Don’t Giev Up feat. Pink and John Legend
03. Tempo De Amor feat. Cèu
04. Space Captain feat. Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks
05. The Times, They Are A’ Changin feat. The Chieftans and Lisa Hanningan
06. La Tierra feat. Juanes
07. Tamitan Tilay/Exodus feat. K’Naan, Los Lobos and Tinariwen
08. Tomorrow Never Knows feat. Dave Matthews
09. A Change Is Gonna Come feat. James Morrison
10. The Songs Goes On feat. Chaka Kahn, Anouhka Shankar and Wayne Shorter

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The Crusaders Albums!

dOk — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:30:04 +0000

In 1961, four fellows from Houston transplanted themselves to Los Angeles and added more distinctly bluesy elements to the soul jazz style with an ear-grabbing album called The Freedom Sound on the Pacific Jazz label. The band, which had been known in turn as the Swingsters, the Modern Jazz Sextet, and the Nighthawks, was now named the Jazz Crusaders. Its four co-leaders were trombonist Wayne Henderson, tenor saxophonist (and occasional bassist) Wilton Felder, pianist Joe Sample, and drummer Nesbert “Stix” Hooper.

The Jazz Crusaders sound caught on big time, and their subsequent Pacific Jazz albums rewarded them with a good deal of exposure. The band performed regularly and got plenty of airplay. One of its signature pieces, the rollickingly fast “Young Rabbits,” was even used as the musical background for a Ford Mustang TV commercial.

But as times changed, so did the Jazz Crusaders. In the late Sixties, they placed such popular numbers as the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and “Get Back” in their repertoire, and firm backbeats began to bolster many a selection. By 1971, they decided that the word “jazz” kept them from attracting a wider listener base, and so they emerged anew with The Crusaders, Vol. 1 (Chisa), an album that openly infused jazz with pop, soul, and r&b elements.

If the Jazz Crusaders had achieved some degree of popularity, it was nothing like the crossover success that greeted the Crusaders. Such albums as Scratch, Southern Comfort, Chain Reaction, Those Southern Knights, Free as the Wind, Images, Street Life, and Royal Jam (recorded variously for the Chisa, ABC Blue Thumb, and MCA labels) sold well and brought in a deluge of new fans. Street Life’s title track provided the Crusaders with a Billboard top forty hit, reaching no. 36 in 1979.

The Crusaders’ popularity started to fade in the early Eighties, prompted by Henderson’s departure. Hooper then left as well, and by the early Nineties Sample and Felder had disbanded the group. A few years later, Henderson and Felder began performing together, first as the New Crusaders and, more recently, as the Jazz Crusaders.

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1961 – Freedom Sound

Tracklist

01. The Geek
02. M.J.S. Funk (Alternate Version)
03. Coon (Alternate Version)
04. Freedom Sound
05. Theme From “Exodus”
06. That’s It
07. M.J.S. Funk
08. Coon

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1962 – At The Lighthouse

Tracklist

01. Introduction
02. Congolese Sermon
03. Cathy’s Dilemma
04. Blues For Ramona
05. Weather Beat
06. Scandalizing
07. Appointment In Ghana
08. Penny Blue
09. Boopie

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1962 – Lookin’ Ahead

Tracklist

01. Sinnin’ Sam
02. Tonight
03. 507 Neyland
04. Till All Ends
05. Tortoise And The Hare
06. In A Dream
07. Big Hunk Of Funk
08. The Young Rabbits
09. Song Of India

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1963 – Tough Talk

Tracklist

01. Deacon Brown
02. Turkish Black
03. Brahm’s Lullaby
04. Boopie
05. Tough Talk
06. No Name Samba
07. Lazy Canary
08. Lonely Horn
09. Brother Bernard

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1964 – Heat Wave

Tracklist

01. On Broadway
02. Green Back Dollar
03. Close Shave
04. Free Sample
05. Mr Sandman
06. Heat Wave
07. Sassy
08. Theme From ‘The L Shaped Room’
09. Some Samba
10. Stix March
11. Purple Onion

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1965 – Chile Con Soul

Tracklist

01. Agua Dulce (Sweetwater)
02. Soul Bourgeoisie
03. Ontem A Note
04. Tough Talk
05. Tacos
06. Latin Bit
07. The Breeze And I
08. Dulzura

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1965 – The Thing

Tracklist

01. The Thing
02. Sunset In Mountains
03. While The City Sleeps
04. White Cobra
05. New Time Shuffle
06. Para Mi Espoza
07. Soul Kosher

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1966 – Live At The Lighthouse ’66

Tracklist

01. Aleluia
02. Blues Up Tight
03. You Don’t Know What Love Is
04. Miss It
05. ‘Round Midnight
06. Some Other Blues
07. Scratch
08. Doin’ That Thing
09. Milestones

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1966 – Talk That Talk

Tracklist

01. Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog
02. Studewood
03. I Can’t Believe You Love Me
04. There Is A Time (Le Temps)
05. Hey Girl
06. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
07. Arrastao
08. Mohair Sam
09. Walk On By
10. 1,2,3
11. The Shadow Do
12. Turkish Black

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1966 – The Festival Album Live Newport & Pacific Jazz Festivals

Tracklist

01. Introduction
02. Trance Dance
03. Summer’s Madness
04. Young Rabbits
05. Freedom Sound
06. Wilton’s Boogaloo
07. Half And Half

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1967 – Uh Huh

Tracklist

01. Blue Monday
02. Night Theme
03. Uh Huh
04. Air Waves
05. Ice Water
06. Watts Happening

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1968 – Lighthouse ’68

Tracklist

01. Oogo-Boo-Ga-Loo
02. Eleanor Rigby
03. Native Dancer
04. Never Had It So Good
05. The Emperor
06. Impressions
07. Cathy The Cooker (Bonus)
08. Shadows (Bonus)
09. Tough Talk (Bonus)
10. Third Principle (Bonus)

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1969 – Lighthouse ’69

Tracklist

01. Get Back
02. It’s Gotta Be Real
03. Willie And Laura Mae Jones
04. Ruby P’Gonia
05. It’s Your Thing
06. Inside The Outside
07. Reflections
08. Svenska Flicka

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1969 – Powerhouse

Tracklist

01. Promises, Promises
02. Love and Peace
03. Hey Jude
04. Sting Ray
05. Fancy Dance
06. Love Is Blue
07. Cookie Man
08. Upstairs
09. Fire Water

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1970 – Old Socks New Shoes New Socks Old Shoes

Tracklist

01. Thank You
02. Funny Shuffle
03. Why Do You Laugh At Me
04. Jackson!
05. Rainy Night In Georgia
06. Golden Slumbers
07. Jazz!
08. Time Has No Ending
09. Hard Times
10. Way Back Home

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1971 – 1

Tracklist

01. That’s How I Feel
02. So Far Away
03. Put It Where You Want It
04. Mystique Blues
05. Full Moon
06. Sweet Revival
07. Mud Hole
08. It’s Just Gotta Be That Way
09. Georgia Cottonfield
10. A Shade Of Blues
11. Three Chidlren
12. Mosadi (Woman)

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1971 – Give Peace A Chance

Tracklist

01. Give Peace a Chance
02. I Think It Was A Drem
03. Black Bird
04. The Thrill Is Gone
05. Anita’s New Dance
06. Space Settlement
07. All The Lonely Years
08. Another Blues

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1971 – Pass The Plate

Tracklist

01. Pass The Plate
02. Young Rabbits – ’71-’72
03. Listen And You’ll See
04. Greasy Spoon
05. Treat Me Like Ya Treat Yaself
06. Goin’ Down South
07. Love Can’t Grow Where The Rain Won’t Fall

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1973 – Hollywood

Tracklist

01. Spanish Harlem
02. Try A Little Harder
03. Hollywood
04. Do Yourself A Favour
05. Cold Duck Eddie
06. Way Back Home
07. Papa Hooper’s Barrelhouse
08. Alekesam
09. Hatty May
10. Wayne’s Pop

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1973 – The 2nd Crusade

Tracklist

01. Don’t Let It Get You Down
02. Take It Or Leave It
03. Gotta Get It On
04. Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
05. Look Beyond The Hill
06. Journey From Within
07. Ain’t Gon’ Change a Thang
08. A Message From The Inner City
09. A Search For Soul
10. No Place To Hide
11. Tomorrow Where Are You
12. Tough Talk
13. Do You Remember When

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1973 – Unsung Heroes

Tracklist

01. Unsung Heroes
02. Lay It On The Line
03. Crossfire
04. Hard Times
05. Let’s Boogie
06. Freedom Sound
07. In The Middle Of The River
08. Heavy Up (Don’t Get Light With Me)
09. Night Theme
10. Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

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1974 – Scratch

Tracklist

01. Scratch
02. Eleanor Rigby
03. Hard Times
04. So Far Away
05. Way Back Home

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1974 – Southern Comfort

Tracklist

01. Stomp And Buck Dance
02. Greasy Spoon
03. Get On The Soul Ship (It’s Sailing)
04. Super-Stuff
05. Double Bubble
06. The Well’s Gone Dry
07. Southern Comfort
08. Time Bomb
09. When There’s Love Around
10. Lilies Of The Nile
11. Whispering Pines
12. A Ballad For Joe (Louis)

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1975 – Chain Reaction

Tracklist

01. Creole
02. Chain Reaction
03. I Felt The Love
04. Mellow Out
05. Rainbows Visions
06. Hallucinate
07. Give It Up
08. Hot’s It
09. Sugar Cane
10. Soul Caravan

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1976 – Those Southern Knights

Tracklist

01. Spiral
02. Keep That Same Old
03. My Mama Told Me So
04. ‘Till The Sun Shines
05. And Then There Was The Blues
06. Serenity
07. Feeling Funky

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1977 – Free As The Wind

Tracklist

01. Free As The Wind
02. I Felt The Love
03. The Way We Was
04. Nite Crawler
05. Feel It
06. Sweet ‘n’ Sour
07. River Rat
08. It Happens Everyday

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1978 – Images

Tracklist

01. Fairy Tales
02. Marcella’s Dream
03. Bayou Bottoms
04. Merry-Go-Round
05. Cosmic Reign
06. Covert Action
07. Snowflake

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1979 – Street Life

Tracklist

01. Street Life
02. My Lady
03. Rodeo Drive (High Steppin’)
04. Carnival Of The Night
05. The Hustler
06. Night Faces

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1980 – Live Sides

Tracklist

01. Impressions
02. The Emperor
03. It’s Gotta Be Real
04. Inside The Outside
05. Reflections
06. Native Dancer

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1980 – Rhapsody And Blues

Tracklist

01. Soul Shadows
02. Honky Tonk Struttin’
03. Elegant Evening
04. Rhapsody And Blues
05. Last Call
06. Sweet Gentle Love

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1980 – Standing Tall

Tracklist

01. Standing Tall
02. I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today
03. Sunshine In Your Eyes
04. This Old World’s Too Funky For Me
05. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
06. Longest Night
07. Reprise (I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today)

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1981 – Live In Japan

Tracklist

01. Introduction
02. Rainbow Seeker
03. The Hustler
04. Sweet Gentle Love
05. Drum Introduction
06. Live In Japan – Spiral
07. Melodies Of Love
08. Live In Japan – Carmel
10. So Far Away
11. Brazos River Breakdown
12. In All My Wildest Dreams
13. Put It Where You Want It

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1982 – Royal Jam

Tracklist

01. Overture (I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today)
02. One Day I’ll Fly Away
03. Fly With Wings Of Love
04. Burnin’ Up The Carnival
05. Last Call
06. The Thrill Is Gone
07. Better Not Look Down
08. Hold On
09. Street Life
10. I Just Can’t Leave Your Love Alone
11. Never Make a Move Too Soon

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1984 – Ghetto Blaster

Tracklist

01. Dead End
02. Gotta Lotta Shakalada
03. New Moves
04. Zalal’ Mini (Take It Easy)
05. Night Ladies
06. Mr. Cool
07. Dream Street

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1985 – Soul Shadows

Tracklist

01. Street Life
02. Soul Shadows
03. I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today
04. Gotta Lotta Shakalada
05. New Moves
06. Burnin’ Up The Carnival (Live Version)
07. Street Lief (Live Version)

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1987 – The Vocal Album

Tracklist

01. Street Life
02. This Old World’s Too Funky For Me
03. Better Not Look Down
04. Inherit The Wind
05. Hold On (I Think Our Love Is Chaging)
06. Help (I Need Somebody)
07. Soul Shadows
08. The Way It Goes
09. I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today
10. (No Matter How High I Get) I’ll Still Be Lookin Up To You
11. Burnin’ Up The Carnival

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1987 – The Good Times And Bad Times

Tracklist

01. Good Times
02. The Way It Goes
03. Sweet Dreams
04. Mischievous Ways
05. Sometimes You Can Take It Or Leave

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1988 – Life In The Modern World

Tracklist

01. Passion Fruit
02. Let Me Prove Myself Tonight
03. A.C. “Alternating Currents”
04. Destiny
05. Life In The Modersn World
06. Coulda; Woulda; Shoulda’
07. D.C.
08. Samplin’
09. Some People Just Never Learn
10. Mulholland Nights

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1991 – Healing The Wounds

Tracklist

01. Pessimisticism
02. Mercy, Mercy Mercy
03. Little Things Mean A Lot
04. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
05. Shake Dance
06. Maputo
07. Healing The Wounds
08. Running Man

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1995 – Happy Again

Tracklist

01. Lock It Down
02. When You’re So Far Away
03. Elephant Walk
04. Top Of The World
05. Fools Rush In
06. Are You Part Of Me
07. Slyzappit
08. Rock Slide
09. Luz Del Dia
10. Jamaica
11. Travelin’ Inside Your Love
12. Young Rabbits
13. Uh-Huh Oh-Yeah!

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2003 – Rural Reneval

Tracklist

01. Rural Renewal
02. Creepin’
03. Heartland
04. A Healing Coming On
05. Sing The Song
06. Shotgun House Groove
07. The Territory
08. Greasy Spoon
09. Viva De Funk
10. Lazy Sundays
11. Goin’ Home

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2004 – Soul Axes

Tracklist

01. Overjoyed
02. Clima Suave (Smooth & Cool)
03. Trail Of The Sidewinder
04. Imagine
05. Standing Tall
06. Down Yonder
07. Life In The City (Really Turns Me On)
08. All That Jazz N’Razzamatazz
09. Prodigal Son
10. All Along The Watchower
11. Over The Rainbow
12. Never Too Late
13. Ya Gotta Respect Ya Self
14. Goin’ Buk Wild

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2006 – Alive In South Africa

Tracklist

01. Stomp And Buck Dance
02. Inherit The Wind
03. So Far Away
04. Keep That Same Old Feeling
05. Scratch
06. Life In The City
07. Always There Just Becasue It’s Jazz (Don’t Mean You Can’t Dance)
08. Way Back Home
09. Rockslide
10. Manding Black
11. Brighter Day

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Roberto Pregadio & Romano Mussolini – Satanik

dOk — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:30:28 +0000

A wonderful soundtrack penned by the team of Roberto Pregadio and Romano Mussolini, who teamed up a few years before on the classic Kriminal! The style here is even more open and creative than before – sometimes straight jazz, in a mode that rivals the best American soundtracks of its type from the mid 60s – but at other times, the styles get a bit weirder – often thanks to a thin-sounding guitar that kind of wiggles and wobbles into the mix, shaking things up with a mod sort of edge. Other solo instrumentation includes trumpet, flute, accordion, and piano – the latter of which is played by either Mussolini or Pregadio, pulled together as a complete soundtrack for the first time ever!

Tracklist

01. Seq. 1
02. Seq. 2
03. Seq. 3
04. Seq. 4
05. Seq. 5
06. Seq. 6
07. Seq. 7
08. Seq. 8
09. Seq. 9
10. Seq. 10
11. Seq. 11
12. Seq. 12
13. Seq. 13
14. Seq. 14
15. Seq. 15
16. Seq. 16
17. Seq. 17
18. Seq. 18
19. Seq. 19
20. Seq. 20

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Dorothy Ashby – Afro-Harping

dOk — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:00:56 +0000

The best and most complete album done by jazz harpist (a rare style) Dorothy Ashby. She didn’t approach her instrument as if it were a gimmick, and she wasn’t content to be a background/mood specialist. She turned the harp into a lead instrument, and offered solos that were as tough and memorable as those done by any reed, brass, or percussion player.

Tracklist

01. Soul Vibrations
02. Games
03. Action Line
04. Lonely Girl
05. Life Has Its Trials
06. Afro-Harping
07. Little Sunflower
08. Theme From Valley Of The Dools
09. Come Live With Me
10. The Look Of Love

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