Stanley Turrentine - Impressions

Digital Crate Digging Continues / excuse me while I have a classic jazz moment. We're checking out Stanley Turrentine -with a track called Impressions. Check out the players and the track!! 

• Bass – Ron Carter
• Congas – Richard "Pablo" Landrum
• Drums – Billy Kaye
• Electric Piano – Lonnie L. Smith, Jr.
• Guitar – George Benson
• Organ – Butch Cornell
• Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Stanley Turrentine - Trouble (No. 2)

Digital Crate Digging Continues; excuse me while I have a classic jazz moment. Checking out Stanley Turrentine - Trouble (No. 2) ..Check out the players and the track...

• Bass – Bob Cranshaw
• Drums – Otis Finch
• Guitar – Kenny Burrell
• Organ – Shirley Scott
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine

Nina Simone - Here comes the sun (Francois K. remix)

Sunday Jazz Continues; looking for some classic jazz; but I was listening to some house earlier, so that's still in my spirit. Checking out  Nina Simone - with Here Comes The Sun (Francois K. remix)..Let's Go!!

Ron Carter / El Noche Sol

Digital Crate Digging Continues; checking out this smooth track from bassist  Ron Carter  called El Noche Sol. Check out the players and the track...

• Bass – Ron Carter
• Drums – Billy Cobham
• Flute – Hubert Laws
• Guitar – Jay Berliner
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Piano – Roland Hanna
• Producer – Creed Taylor

Eric Alexander Quartet - Pursuance

Sunday Jazz Continues; we're checking out the  Eric Alexander Quartet -with a track called Pursuance. Mr Alexander has a Eddie Harris / Pharoah Sanders type of vibe!! Check out the players and the track. 

 Eric Alexander (Tenor Saxophone)
Harold Mabern (Piano)
John Webber (Bass)
Joe Farnsworth (Drums)

Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Urban Magic

 Sunday Jazz Continues; checking out some of this classic jazz from the Art Ensemble Of Chicago - with a track called Urban Magic. 

Check out the players and the track...

• Bass, Percussion, Melodica, Vocals – Malachi Favors Maghostut
• Percussion – Famoudou Don Moye
• Saxophone, Flute, Congas – Roscoe Mitchell
• Saxophone, Vocals, Clarinet, Flute, Congas – Joseph Jarman
• Trumpet, Percussion [Bass Drum], Long Horn, Vocals – Lester Bowie

  Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Urban Magic

Kenny Burrell ‎– Caravan

Sunday Jazz Continues; checking out  Kenny Burrell ‎– with his version of Duke Ellington 's Caravan. Check out the players and the track. These cats are swinging!

• Bass – Stanley Gilbert
• Cornet, Flugelhorn – Thad Jones
• Drums – Jimmie Smith
• Guitar – Kenny Burrell 
• Organ – Jimmy Smith
• Percussion – Mel Lewis , Richie Goldberg 
• Piano – Jimmy Jones 
• Producer – Kenny Burrell
• Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
• Trumpet – Snooky Young
• Trumpet, Trumpet [Piccolo] – Jon Faddis 

Wynton Marsalis ‎– Black Codes

Digital Crate Digging Continues; checking out this  Wynton Marsalis ‎ track called  Black Codes. It's sounding good people!! Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Charnett Moffett 
• Drums – Jeff "Tain" Watts
• Piano – Kenny Kirkland
• Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Branford Marsalis
• Trumpet – Wynton Marsalis

McCoy Tyner ‎– Just Feelin

Digital Crate Digging Continues; checking out some classic  jazz , with this awesome track from McCoy Tyner ‎– called Just Feelin. Check out the players and the track.. 

• Bass – Charles Fambrough
• Congas, Percussion – Guilherme Franco
• Drums – Al Foster
• Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Joe Ford
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone – George Adams
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Violin – John Blake

Joe Henderson - Invitation

 Sunday Jazz Continues; Checking out some of this classic jazz from Joe Henderson - with a track called Invitation. Check out the all star players and the track.

 Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Don Friedman (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Jack de Johnette (drums).

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Joe Henderson - Invitation

Gene Harris / Naima

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out Gene Harris with his version the jazz classic from John Coltrane  Naima. Check out the all star players and the track.. 

• Bass – Chuck Rainey, Verdine White
• Drums – James Gadson
• Drums, Percussion – Harvey Mason
• Electric Guitar – Al McKay, John Rowin
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Lee Ritenour
• Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Charlotte Pollite
• French Horn – Marni Robinson, Sidney Muldrow
• Percussion – Myuto Correa, Philip Bailey
• Piano [Uncredited] – Gene Harris
• Producer, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Synthesizer [String Ensemble], Arranged By, Conductor – Jerry Peters
• Tenor Saxophone – Azar Lawrence
• Trombone – George Bohannon
• Vocals – Annesther), Jessica , Philip Bailey  

Cannonball Adderly / Leo

 Digital Crate Digging Continues......Well? the Sun has slipped into Leo as of 7/22/2014...joining Jupiter.
Cannonball Adderly  and with his song Leo will break it all down for you. Check out the players and the track..

• Alto Saxophone – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
• Bass [String Bass] – Walter Booker
• Cornet – Nat Adderley
• Drums – Roy McCurdy
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Hal Galper
• Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer – George Duke
• Guitar – Walter Booker
• Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Jimmy Jones 
• Producer – Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod
• Written-By, Narrator [Narration] – Rick Holmes

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Cannonball Adderly / Leo

Ahmad Jamal Trio - I Love Music

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out this classic track from the Ahmad Jamal Trio ...with I Love Music. ..which I do!! Check out the players and the track!!

• Bass – Jamil Nasser
• Drums – Frank Gant
• Piano – Ahmad Jamal 

Reuben Wilson- "Stormy"

Digital Crate Digging Continues....chilling out...still in a Sunday Jazz mood

..checking out this smooth track from Reuben Wilson ...with his version of the Classic IV's  "Stormy" ...check out the all star players he has with him and the track...

• Drums – Leo Morris
• Guitar – Grant Green
• Organ – Reuben Wilson
• Saxophone [Tenor] – George Coleman
• Trumpet – Lee Morgan

Booker Ervin / Tyra

 Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out this smooth track from Booker Ervin  called Tyra..check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Cevera Jeffries Jr.
• Drums – Lenny McBrowne
• Piano – Bobby Few Jr.
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Written-By – Booker Ervin
• Trumpet – Richard Williams 

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Booker Ervin / Tyra

Azar Lawrence - Warriors Of Peace

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out Azar Lawrence - with Warriors Of Peace....check out the players and the track...

Saxophone ....Azar Lawrence /  Alto Saxophone – Black Arthur / Bass – John Heard  / Congas, Percussion – Mtume  / Drums – Ndugu  / Piano – Joe Bonner

Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out this classic jazz from  Arthur Blythe - with his Lenox Avenue Breakdown album....
...these cats are putting it down like this!! Check out the players, the tracklist and the tracks!!

• Alto Saxophone, Composed By – Arthur Blythe
• Bass – Cecil McBee
• Drums – Jack DeJohnette
• Flute – James Newton
• Guitar – James "Blood" Ulmer
• Percussion – Guillermo Franco
• Tuba – Bob Stewart

01 Down San Diego Way - 0:00
02 Lenox Avenue Breakdown - 7:47
03 Slidin' Through - 21:14
04 Odessa - 30:52 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown

Shamek Farrah / First Impressions

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out this smooth track from Shamek Farrah  called First Impressions. Check out the players and the track... 

• Alto Saxophone, Producer – Shamek Farrah
• Bass – Milton Suggs
• Congas – Calvert "Bo" Satter-White
• Drums – Ron Warwell
• Percussion – Kenny Harper
• Piano – Sonelius Smith
• Trumpet – Norman Person

Ron Carter ‎–Asteroid Field

Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out some of this  Ron Carter ‎–with a track called Asteroid Field.

 This is from his  Empire Jazz album ...sounds influenced by Star Wars. Check out the players and the track...may the force be with you!!

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Jay Berliner
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Drums – Billy Cobham
• Flute – Hubert Laws
• Percussion [Assorted Percussion] – Ralph MacDonald
• Piano – Bob James
• Producer, Arranged By – Ron Carter
• Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess
• Trombone – Eddie Bert
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Joe Shepley, Jon Faddis