Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Jimmy Takeuchi - Drumming Beat Pops


Year : 1969
Label : Union
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock

Another Pop covers & Funk/Soul album coming from the huge discography of japanese drummer Jimmy Takeuchi, recorded during the "R&B Drumming" recordings sessions. Titles include iconic songs of Pop music from Psychedelic Rock to R&B with The Beatles (Ob La Di, Ob La Da, Good-Bye), Dusty Sprinfield (Wishin' And Hopin), Marie Laforêt (Manchester Et Liverpool), Cream (White Room), Donovan (Hurdy Gurdy Man) or The Zombies (Time Of The Season).

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Idris Muhammad - Black Rhythm Revolution !


Year : 1970
Label : BGP/Prestige
Genre : Jazz
Style : Funk/Soul

First solo album  signed on Prestige label and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder studio by Idris Muhammad to Soul Jazz style and high 'Funk' accent. He is surrounded by the same lineup as on his following album, Peace & Rhythm to the exception of Ron Carter & Alan Fontaine' absence. Titles include memorable grooves & powerful drum breaks, Soul covers of James Brown, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Jack McDuff and two originals compositions by Idris Muhammad. All tracks arranged by Clarence Thomas.

Idris Muhammad_drums
Jimmy Lewis_bass
Buddy Caldwell_congas
Harold Mabern_electric piano
Melvin Sparks_guitar
Clarence Thomas_tenor & soprano saxophones
Virgil Jones_trumpet

01. Express Yourself (Charles Wright)
02. Soulful Drums (Jack McDuff)
03. Super Bad (James Brown)
04. Wander
05. By the Red Sea

Shunzo Ohno - Antares

   
Year : 1980
Label :
King Records
Serie : Electric Bird
Genre :
Jazz, Latin Jazz
Style :
Jazz Funk, Afro-Cuban Jazz

Second album by japanese trumpeter Shunzo Ohno released for the japanese fusion jazz label "Electric Bird", recorded at the famous Electric Lady studio, New York, featuring iconic Miles Davis' bassist, Marcus Miller. Antares is a typical jazz-funk album to the Afro-Cuban accents with amazing heavy funk grooves including explosive slapping bass (Low East Side, Rum Raisin) and dynamic Latin bongo-drums breaks (Bright Side, Antares). All tracks composed by Shunzo Ohno except "Rainbow Lovers" composed by Kazuko Ohno.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Señor Soul - It's Your Thing


Year : 1969
Label : Double Shot Records
Genre : Soul, Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Funk/Soul, Latin

"It's Your Thing" is the last album of Señor Soul, a Funk/Soul band to the latin flavour, first incarnation of WAR formed by Charles 'Chuck' Miller in 1967. Miller was a multi-instrumentalist influenced by latin music who started as studio musician in particular to recording sessions of The Ray Charles Band. Later, he formed WAR with the Eric Burdon's contribution including Charles Miller's new band, "The Night Shift" featuring Harold Brown, Howard E. Scott & Papa Dee Allen, Lee Oskar joinging them thereafter. Titles include several songs composed by Mo Rodgers, producer for Double Shot Records, Soul&Rock covers songs from The Isley Brothers (It's Your Thing), Lee Dorsey (Working In The Coalmine), The Creedance (Proud Mary), jazz standard (By The Time I Get To Phoenix) and original composition by Charles Miller (Soul Fiesta). It features Charles Miller (sax, fl, org), Edwin Stevenson (vib, p), Willie Briggs (eb), Howard Talley (eg) and James Tillman Crump (ds).


Akira Ishikawa & His Group - Drum Elvis Presley Drum

 

Year : 1971
Label : Crown
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock

Tribute album dedicated to the rock legend Elvis Presley, from the DRUM DRUM DRUM serie of the japanese Crown label. Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa revisits the iconic songs which made the Elvis fame, taking over the best known songs who he recorded in the fifties, all future classics of Rock 'N' Roll, "Jailhouse Rock", "Hound Dog", "Heartbreak Hotel" or "Don't Be Cruel", including insane drum breaks & evil solos guitar.

TRACKLIST : Jailhouse Rock - I've Lost You - Hound Dog - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Heartbreak Hotel - Polk Salad Annie - Love Me Tender - G.I. Blues - Don't Be Cruel - Return To Sender - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - I Really Don't Want To Know


Teruo Nakamura - Unicorn


Year : 1973
Label : Three Blind Mice
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk, Fusion

Debut album of japanese bassist Teruo Nakamura, recorded in New York City and released on the legendary japanese 70s Jazz label, TBM (Three Blind Mice). "Unicorn" was recorded with some of the best American fusion musicians including drummers Lenny White from Return To Forever &  Alphonse Mouzon from Weather Report, saxophonist Steve Grossman. Titles includes "Understanding" & "Umma Be Me" featuring Sandy Hewitt on vocals, the Jazz standard of John Coltrane "Some Other Blues", "New Moon" composed by Steve Grossman, the Latin tune "Derrick's Dance" by John Miller and the original composition of Teruo, "Unicorn Lady". All tracks arranged by Teruo Nakamura.

MUSICIANS : Teruo Nakamura - bass - Steve Grossman - soprano & tenor saxophone - Charles Sullivan - trumpet - Alphonse Mouzon & Lenny White - drums - Hubert Eaves III & George Cables - piano, electric piano - Keiji Kishida & Ronald Jackson - percussion - Alvern Bunn - congas - John Miller - piano - Sandy Hewitt -vocals


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Bernard Purdie - Purdie Good !


Year : 1971
Label : Prestige
Genre : Soul, Jazz
Style : Funk/Soul

Soul & Fusion Jazz from Prestige Records by Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie, sideman for James Brown, Gato Barbieri, Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron and many others from Jazz, Soul Funk (like Aretha Franklin) to Pop Music (like The Rolling Stones). He contributed to James Brown' Cold Sweat (1967) & Say It Loud-I'm Black & I'm Proud (1969), King Curtis' Live at Fillmore West (1971), Miles Davis' Get Up with It (1972), Gato Barbieri' Yesterdays (1974)...

Gordon Edwards_Bass
Norman Pride_Congas
Harold Wheeler_Electric Piano
Billy Nichols & Ted Dunbar_Guitar
Charlie Brown & Warren Daniels_Saxophone
Tippy Larkin_Trumpet

01. Cold Sweat
02. Montego Bay
03. Purdie Good
04. Wasteland
05. Everybody's Talkin'
06. You Turn Me On
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