Showing posts with label #bluenoterecords. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #bluenoterecords. Show all posts

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Noel Pointer ‎– Phantazia

Sunday Jazz Continues!! check us out  as we proceed and continue to do what we do!

Default settings? oh yeah! that means I’m  in jazz / funk mode! I can't help it! that vibe is  in my genes!! that’s the deal / that’s what it do!

Lets check out  this classic jazz funk with jazz rock vibes from violinist Noel Pointer's  funky track  Phantazia.

 This was recorded on Blue Note Records in 1977, the 70’s were prime time for that label. 

Since he was on Blue Note you know he has an all star cast playing with him. 

Check out the players and the track!! on this Sunday afternoon or any time frame this is what’s up / this is what’s happening!

Drums – Steve Gadd 

Electric Bass – Will Lee 

Electric Guitar – John Tropea 

Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer – Dave Grusin 

Percussion – Ralph MacDonald 

Programmed By [Oberheim Synthesizer] – Ian Underwood 

Violin [Electric, Acoustic] – Noel Pointer 

Written-By – D. Grusin 

  

Monday, May 27, 2019

The Scorpion - Lou Donaldson

Sunday Jazz Continues, err I mean Digital Crate Digging Continues..

It's a holiday, Memorial Day; so today has that Sunday Jazz vibe going; check these menus...

Checked out other venues this past weekend; rolling down 10th Street past Piedmont Park where the Atlanta Jazz Festival was going down...

Spotted jokers riding through in the Jeep Cherokee  listening to Tupac, as we continue to rock; not spazzing just throwing down...

We've got our own jazz festival going!!  checking out this jazz / funk tune from Lou Donaldson called the Scorpion...

This was recorded live at The Cadillac Club, Newark, New Jersey on November 7, 1970; check out the  players and the track!! this is how we're putting it down!!

Drums - Idris Muhammad
Guitar - Melvin Sparks
Organ - Leon Spencer, Jr.
Saxophone [Alto] - Lou Donaldson
Trumpet - Fred Ballard