Idris Muhammed - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Sunday Jazz Continues!! it's like we're at the gym lifting weights;  this is heavy!

What?  the way we're into it, acting like we knew it!! we didn't front like wannabe gangsters over in Decatur in the Dodge Charger or the Impala / Chevy.

We're into this thing real heavy, rocking steady / back to back taking up the slack; doing the damn thing!!

We're into this thing real heavy, rocking steady!! retro-futuristic, taking it back to the future, doing the damn thing!!

Digital crate digging like it's Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday!! we're listening to some soul jazz / disco jazz from Idris Muhammed with a track called  Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Digital crate digging in conjunction with Sunday Jazz!! check the players and the track; heavenly sounds!! we're putting it down like this!!

Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Guitar – Charlie Brown, Hiram Bullock
Harp – Margaret Ross
Percussion – Rubens Bassini, Sue Evans
Soprano Saxophone – David Tofani
Synthesizer – Cliff Carter
Tenor Saxophone – Mike Brecker
Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker

Vocals – Frank Floyd, Ray Simpson, Bill Eaton, Zachary Sanders

Donald Fagen –I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Donald Fagen –I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World): Sunday Jazz Continues!! I always like Steely Dan...with they're jazz flavored sounds and futuristic lyrics....this is Steely Dan protege...

Tony Williams - Hip Skip

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Tony Williams - Hip Skip: Digital Crate Digging Continues per the Humpday Extravaganza!!  We're listening to some jazz funk from drummer  Tony Williams with a t...

Brecker Brothers- Don’t Stop The Music

Sunday Jazz Continues!! We’re listening to some disco jazz from The Brecker Brothers with a track called Don’t Stop The Music!! We don’t plan to!!  Check out the players and the track / Let’s Go!!

• Alto Saxophone – Lou Marini
• Arranged By [Horns And Strings] – Doug Riley
• Baritone Saxophone – Lew Del Gatto*
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Will Lee
• Cello – Jesse Levy, Richard Locker
• Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
• Drums – Chris Parker
• Electric Guitar, Guitar [Electric 12-string] – Steve Khan
• Electric Piano – Jerry Friedman
• Guitar – Hiram Law Bullock
• Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Doug Riley
• Percussion – Ralph McDonald*
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Michael Brecker
• Trombone – Barry Rogers, David Taylor
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trumpet [Electric] – Randy Brecker
• Viola – Alfred Brown, Lamar Alsop, Richard Maximoff
• Violin – Aaron Rosand, Ariana Bronne*, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Paul Gershman, Peter Dimitriades, Sanford Allen

 
Brecker Brothers- Don’t Stop The Music | Whats Really Going On?

The Brecker Brothers ‎- Not Ethiopia

Digital Crate Digging Continues per the HumpDay Extravaganza!! We’re listening to some soul jazz from The Brecker Brothers with a track ‎called  Not Ethiopia.  Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Marcus Miller
• Drums – Richie Morales
• Guitar – Barry Finnerty
• Keyboards – Mark Gray
• Percussion – Don Alias
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael Brecker
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker

 
The Brecker Brothers ‎- Not Ethiopia | Whats Really Going On?

The Brecker Brothers - Don't Get Funny With My Money

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Music Monday!!  Things have been hectic during this holiday season!! I was like  The Brecker Brothers; I told jokers Don't Get Funny With My Money!! Check out the players and the track as they break it down!!

• Arranged By – Michael Brecker
• Arranged By [Group Vocals],  Lyrics By [Additional] – Luther Vandross
• Backing Vocals –  Fonzi Thornton, Irene Cara  Luther Vandross , Paulette McWilliams , Ullanda McCullough
• Bass – Marcus Miller
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Electric Piano  George Duke
• Guitar – David Spinozza , Jeff Mironov
• Handclaps – Bill Reichenbach , Carl Carwell ,  Michael Brecker , Randy Brecker
• Lead Vocals – Randy Brecker
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Producer – George Duke
• Synthesizer [Prophet 5] – Randy Brecker
• Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
• Trumpet – Randy Brecker

Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns – Up For The Down Stroke

Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out Up For The Down Stroke by Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns. His version of the song written  and produced by  Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and George Clinton..P Funk’s finest!! In fact they help him out!! Check out the players and the track!! 

• Bass – Bootsy Collins
• Drums – Bootsy Collins, Frank Waddy, Jerome Brailey
• Guitar – Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Garry Shider, Glen Goins, Michael Hampton
• Horns – Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker
• Keyboards, Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell
• Producer – Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
• Saxophone [Tenor, Alto] – Maceo Parker
• Trombone – Fred Wesley
• Trumpet – Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner
• Vocals – Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Dawn Silva, Fred Wesley, Gary Mudbone Cooper, George Clinton, Lynn Mabry, Maceo Parker, Randy Crawford, Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner, Robert “P-Nut” Johnson, Taka Kahn

 
Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns – Up For The Down Stroke | Whats Really Going On?

Hank Crawford - Tico Rico

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Saturday Night Fever, funk is dropped on a non-believer..

The saga / struggle continues!! back on the set putting it down like this; never was an underachiever..

A brotha has funk on these menus, plus this good word is dropped; no pictures cropped or photoshopped..

A brotha cruises down I-85, just got back from Charlotte the Queen City, soon chronicalized; meanwhile stations old school hip hopped..

Some even cosmic slopped; now I'm ready to smooth things out like Rico Suave, you feel me?

Listening to Hank Crawford  with  Tico Rico; check the players and the track to see what the deal will be..

• Alto Saxophone – Hank Crawford
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Electric Bass – Gary King
• Electric Guitar – Eric Gale
• Keyboards – Cliff Carter, David Matthews
• Percussion – Nicky Marrero, Sue Evans
• Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
• Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker

Manu Dibango - Goro City

 Sunday Jazz Continues!!! We're checking out some afrobeat / reggae jazz from Manu Dibango with a track called Goro City. Check out the players and the track..

• Backing Vocals – Brenda White, Francky Floyd, Gwen Guthrie, Jocelyn Brown, Uclanda Mcculough, Yvone Lewis
• Bass – Robbie Shakespeare
• Drums – Sly Dunbar
• Guitar – Willie Lindo
• Percussion – Uziah [Sticky] Thompson
• Saxophone – Michael Brecker
• Saxophone, Marimba – Manu Dibango
• Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker 

 Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Manu Dibango - Goro City

Ralph MacDonald ‎– The Path

Digital Crate Digging Continues during this Jazz Appreciation Month. I'm already listening to some jazz trying to get my mind right on this Terrible / Terrific Tuesday.

We're checking out this classic track from the late great percussionist  Ralph MacDonald ‎– with a track called The Path.

While doing a little research on this track I found out it's divided into three parts. Check out the players / participants plus all three parts!! Let's Go!!

 Part One 
Chorus – Alfred Lerefolo, Busie Dlamini, Hugh Masakela, Junior Tshabalala, Linda Tshabalala, Miriam Makeba, Samuel Hlatshwayo, Simon Nkosi, Thembi Mtshali 

Percussion [Log Drums] – Idris Muhammad / Percussion [Syndrum, All Percussion] – Ralph MacDonald / Voice [Spoken Voice] – Jimi Solanke

Part Two

Cello – Mike Sorzano / Soloist, Clarinet – Clinton "Came To Play" Thobourne / Steel Drums [Double Second] – Alston Jack / Steel Drums [Tenor] – Roger Sardinha

 Part Three

Alto Saxophone – David Sanborn / Soloist, Synthesizer – Bob James / Tenor Saxophone – Mike Brecker / Trombone – Barry Rogers / Trumpet – Randy Brecker