Friday, June 14, 2013

Doris - Did You Give The World Some Love Today Baby


Year : 1970
Label : Odeon/EMI
Genre : Jazz
Style : Pop, Jazz Funk/Soul Jazz

The second album of songstress Doris Svensson, former bassist & vocalist of Swedish pop band "Plums" from Stockholm, among the Björk's influences. Recorded in collaboration with famous swedish jazz arranger and organist Berndt Egerbladh, it features also Lukas Lindholm on bass, Bengt Karlsson on guitar & Jan Karlsson on drums. Titles include the DJs heavy funk favorites "Don't" & "Beatmaker", the pychedelic rock song, reminicent of the Portishead style, "You Never Come Closer", the soul-jazz-gospel "I Wish I Knew"  based on "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" composed by Nina Simone and beautiful pop ballads (Daisies, Whispering Pine). All tracks arranged, conducted by Berndt Egerbladh.

Marvin Peterson - Marvin Peterson And The Soulmasters In Concert


Year : 2010/1969
Label : JAZZMAN Records/Century Records
Serie : JAZZMAN Holy Grail Series
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz

Reissue of rare groove press recording based on first official live performance at the Burning Bush (Texas) in 1968 by the american jazz trumpeter Marvin 'Hannibal' Peterson. Regular sideman for conductor Gil Evans during the seventies and the eighties (he features on the "Music Of Jimmy Hendrix" in 1974), he played alongside others greatest jazz figures among saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, bassist Richard Davis or drummers Roy Haynes & Evil Jones. "The Soulmasters Concert" is a soul jazz oriented album with high energy introducing Marvin Peterson as a band leader including jazz standard "Summertime" by George Gershwin and classic Funk/Soul "I Can't Stand It" by James Brown

MUSICIANS : Marvin Peterson - trumpet & vocal - Eugene Carrier - organ & tambourine - Eugene Murray & Richard Thompson - bass - Emry Thomas - drums - Mike Campbell - alto saxophone - Tim Peterson -tenor & alto saxophone, flute - Cleveland Gay - trombone

Sammy, Freedom Unity - Salute To Soul


Year : 1971
Label : Nippon Columbia
Serie : Master Sonic
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock, Blues Rock

"Salute To Soul" is a duet album by the jazz quintet "Freedom Unity" introducing Sammy featuring Hiromasa Suzuki (keys), Kunimitsu Inaba (b), Takeru Muraoka (sax), Akira Ishikawa (ds) & Hiroshi Suzuki (tb). Sammy is the pseudonym of Masami Chino, a versatile soul-rock songstress, the japanese counterpart of Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin. Mostly actives during the seventies, Sammy recorded another album with the group, "Dynamic Rock" feat. the Singers Three, collaborated with saxophonist Jiro Inagaki & his Soul Media on two albums ("Wandering Birds", "Woman Robinson Crusoe-Rock Steady") and with the Akira Ishikawa's Count Buffalos on "Soul & Soul". From Jazz to Soul passing by psychedelic rock, Sammy revisits the classics of british and american rock (Nobody's Fault But Mine, See See Rider) including jazz standards (St. James Infirmary, Willow Weep For Me, Summertime). All songs arranged by Hiromasa Suzuki.

King Curtis - Live At Fillmore West


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

Recording from live performance at Fillmore West by Soul star saxophonist King Curtis featuring Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie, Cornell Dupree and organist Billy Preston, session musician of The Beatles. Curtis started in jazz and blues in the early sixties before to become a session musician in demand working for Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. "Live At Filmore West" was last performance of King Curtis before his death in 1971, supported by the famous Atlantic brass band, The Memphis Horns and his backing band, The KingpinsCurtis revisits the Soul, Pop and Rock standards including "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", "I Stand Accused", "Whole Lotta Love", "Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours". Titles include also his 1967 massive hit "Memphis Soul Stew".

MUSICIANS : King Curtis - saxophone - Jerry Jemmott - bass - Cornell Dupree - guitar - Billy Preston - organ -  Truman Thomas - piano - Bernard Purdie - drums - Pancho Morales - congas

Jiro Inagaki & His Friends - Funky Best


Year : 1975
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk

Cover album of heavy funk dedicated to the Boogie-Funk featuring saxophonist Jiro Inagaki, arranger Hiromasa Suzuki, keyboardist Kentaro Haneda, bassist Isao Eto, percussionist Larry Sunaga & japanese singer Akira Yasuda from Akira Yasuda & Beat Folk. "Funky Best" brings together various songs from the grooviest american Funk/Soul bands from the seventies among others, Billy Preston (Outa Space), Stevie Wonder (Living For The City), Kool & The Gang (Jungle BoogieFunky Stuff), B.T. Express (Express), The Commodores (Machine Gun) or Sly & The Family Stone (Loose Booty). Arranged by Hiromasa Suzuki and Jiro Inagaki.

MUSICIANS : Akira Yasuda - vocal & keyboards - Jiro Inagaki - tenor & soprano saxophone, flute - Kentaro Haneda - keyboards & syntheziser - Hiroshi Yasukawa & Tada Isamu - guitar - Isao Eto & Minami Masayuki - bass - Koji Takeda & Jun Kiguchi - drums - Larry Sunaga - percussion


Kentaro Haneda - Space Adventure Cobra (Original Soundtrack)


Year : 1982
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk

Original Soundtrack of the popular animated serie 'Space Adventure Cobra', broadcasted by Fuji TV from october 1982 to may 1983, and based on the Buichi Terasawa's manga, Cobra, published between 1978 & 1984. Space Adventure Cobra is entirely composed, arranged & performed by keyboardist Kentaro Haneda surrounded by a string ensemble, the Nippon Columbia Orchestra, and featuring Yuji Ohno, likewise recruited for compositions and arrangements of the opening song (Cobra) & ending credits (Secret Desire). Titles include Smooth Jazz & Fusion Funk as evidenced the funky tracks, Heiwa E No Datsushûtsu & Rush Hour. Fusion Funk with strings section performed by the Nippon Columbia Orchestra. All tracks are composed, arranged & performed by Kentaro Haneda except "Secret Desire" & "Secret Desire (Instrumental)" by Yuji Ohno.


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