BreakBeat Scientific / Doing What We Do (Part Five)

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: BreakBeat Scientific / Doing What We Do (Part Five):   Check us out as we come through on this Monday Morning, we're doing what we do getting breakbeat scientific! The saga / struggle conti...

Steve Gadd and The Gadd Gang - Watching The River Flow.

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we combine these Throwback Thursday / Thankful Thursday concepts. 

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes on as the toil and strife goes on, this veteran in the game knows how the sport gets!

One who quits / forfeits plays right into the hands of the apparatus, that’s their preferred status..

..for you;  so what it do? we’ll just proceed and continue to do what we do “holla at you with this”. 

 We're coming through checking out some soul jazz from Steve Gadd and The Gadd Gang with a track called Watching The River Flow. 

Check out the players and the track, as we proceed and continue with this Afternoon Jazz set, going for what we know!!

• Bass – Eddie Gomez
• Drums, Congas, Percussion, Vocals – Steve Gadd
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Piano [Steinway], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond B-3], Synthesizer [Dx-7], Vocals – Richard Tee
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Ronnie Cuber

Eddie Harris - Live Right Now

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Eddie Harris - Live Right Now: Sunday Jazz Continues on a Sunday afternoon but this science dropped is good for any time frame.. The saga / struggle continues aka life g...

The Nineteenth Whole ‎– You Caught Me Smilin’ Again

Sunday Jazz Continues on a hot Sunday afternoon down here in Atlanta..

..after a hot Saturday evening, with the Wendy’s over on University Avenue in flames after Rayshard Brooks was shot, these authorities keep playing games!! somebody will understand a brotha!

All up in the spot!! holla at me if you’re still believing even in the midst of the ongoing madness; O-Dog will holla back with hook lines and his own beats symbolizing it’s rough out there in those streets!!

All up in the spot!! holla at me if you’re rocking the mask that coronavirus hasn’t gone anywhere yet!! that matrix architect’s mission is the alt- shift -deletes

Rocking the spot!! Digital Crate Digging Continues, digging deep for prizes, extracting this track from a group called  The Nineteenth Whole called You Caught Me Smilin’ Again

Oh yeah!! this is their version of the Sly and The Family Stone classic, check the players and the track to see how they’re swerving! it’s on!! once again!!

Check this out at The Nineteenth Whole ‎– You Caught Me Smilin’ Again

The Crusaders / Mr. Cool

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Terrible / Terrific Tuesday! 

The saga / struggle continues, so what it do? you know we've got dues to pay..

Actually some of us have overpaid, and we're due a rebate..

By the apparatus? we got played as these flagrant agents continue to hate...

But enough of the debate,  the good music is played!! we're checking out this jazz / funk from The Crusaders ...with a cut called  Mr. Cool. 

This is from their Ghetto Blaster album, check out the players and the track!! jazz funk / soul jazz?  they show us how it's supposed to be played / they'll take us to school!!

• Bass – Abraham Laboriel
• Bass, Saxophone – Wilton Felder
• Drums – Leon Ndugu Chancler
• Guitar – Charles Fearing, Cornell Dupree, David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Roland Bautista
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Piano, Keyboards, Arranged By [Strings] – Joe Sample
• Producer – Joe Sample, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Wilton Felder
• Trumpet – Chuck Findley

King Curtis and The Kingpins ‎– Changes (Live At Fillmore West)

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out some classic soul jazz from King Curtis ‎ and The Kingpins– with Changes from his Live At Fillmore West album...

He has an all star cast playing with him...check out the players and the track...         

• Brass – Memphis Horns, The
• Congas – Pancho Morales
• Drums – Bernard Purdie
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Organ – Billy Preston
• Piano – Truman Thomas
• Saxophone – Andrew Love, Jimmy Mitchell, King Curtis, Lou Collins
• Trombone – Jack Hale
• Trumpet – Roger Hopps, Wayne Jackson 
•  Bass – Jerry Jemmott

The Gadd Gang – I Can’t Turn You Loose

Digital Crate Digging Continues on this Terrible / Terrific Tuesday!! I call it this because things can go either way...

Actually? it's a blessing to be here, so you've probably heard my motto by now; let the music play!!

 What can I say? I see how these  so called powers that be / shadetree mechanics roll!! they'll try to tighten the screws, but we'll get loose!!

What can I say? we’re checking out some soul jazz from The Gadd Gang – with their version of the Otis Redding classic I Can’t Turn You Loose. 

Oh yes!! some of that good old soul jazz / you know we had to bring it back!!

We bring it back even though my people we're disinvited from the White House like Philadelphia Eagles we're still out here dealing with these legal eagles!! check out the players and the track…

• Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
• Bass – Eddie Gomez
• Design – Keiji Uyeda
• Drums, Percussion, Congas – Steve Gadd
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Photography By – Toshi Kazama
• Piano [Steinway, Rhodes], Organ [Hammond B-3] – Richard Tee

Harlem River Drive – Seeds Of Life

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Music Monday!! some of my constituents are celebrating Labor Day..

Chilling out hopefully enjoying the fruits of their labor; please!! my constituents work hard for the money?

Dude at the Shell Station over on Panola Road in Lithonia / Stonecrest asked me for change / money, but he seemed much younger / healthier than me!! he should be in his prime money making years!!

Was it a con / shell game? trying to get over? or a cat stoned out of his mind due to drugs / alchohol or maybe mental issues / irrational fears?

O-Zone steers the mothership to a safe haven / safe harbor; reflecting / contemplating on the seeds of toil and strife…

Danger zone business is conducted amongst the corrupted!! what’s up with it? we’re reflecting / contemplating while listening to Harlem River Drive with Seeds Of Life

Check out the players and the track!! Let’s Go!!

Bass – Victor Venegas
Bass [Fender] – Andy Gonzalez
Congas – Eladio Perez
Drums – Bernard Purdy
Guitar [Accompanying] – Cornell Dupree
Lead Guitar – Bob Mann
Tenor Saxophone – Dick Meza
Timbales – Manny Oquendo
Trombone – Barry Rogers
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Producer, Piano – Eddie Palmieri
Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Vocals – Jimmy Norman
  
Harlem River Drive – Seeds Of Life | Whats Really Going On?

Harlem River Drive – Idle Hands

Digital Crate Digging Continues per the HumpDay Extravaganza!! it’s like this..

Jazz / funk / soul / hip hop / house music? weaponized for spiritual warfare; we continue to fight this!!

Shining the light with this like a low tech / low weaponized security guard, but with more authority…

This insight and the funk is dropped on the masses providing relief in a hostile territory…

Harlem River Drive with  Idle Hands will tell the story!! they’re a music group not the street mentioned by Bobbi Humphrey..

They get all the way live like Lakeside!! check out the players and the track!! we’re feeding souls that are hungry..

Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – Gerald Jemmott
Congas – Eladio Perez
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Guitar – Cornell Dupree
Tenor Saxophone – Dick Meza
Timbales – Nick Marrero
Trombone – Bruce L. Fowler
Piano – Eddie Palmieri
Vocals – Jimmy Norman
 
Harlem River Drive – Idle Hands | Whats Really Going On?

Eddie Harris and Les McCann - "Set Us Free"

Digital Crate Digging Continues on this Throwback Thursday; at the moment we're chilling out in the lab..

Oh!! the saga / struggle continues!! I call this Throwback / Thirsty Thursday because a dude is still hungry / thirsty!!  I had to do a spiritual / sonic smash and grab...

Supplying sonic rehab for my constituents as we deal with it!! what? we were just discussing how rough it is out here!!

Defying authority in a hostile territory, real with it!! dealing with Pharoah and his crew on the frontlines of spiritual warfare!

We had to tell Pharoah to let my people go!! in the background?  Eddie Harris and Les McCann with   "Set Us Free"  will play..

Check out the players and the track, as we get down!! will jokers be fair with us? man please!! you should know how they'll play!!

• Bass [String Bass] – James Rowser
• Drums – Donald Dean
• Electric Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Percussion, Drums [African Drums] – Buck Clarke
• Tambourine – Bernard Purdie
• Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Electric] – Eddie Harris
• Trumpet – Benny Bailey
• Vocals, Electric Piano [Fendeer Rhodes] – Les McCann

Cornell Dupree ‎– Stayin Alive

 Digital Crate Digging Continues per Flashback Friday!! We're listening to some disco jazz from Cornell Dupree ‎ with his version of the BeeGee's Stayin Alive!! Check out the players and the track!!

• Bass – Buster Williams
• Cello – Sally Rosoff
• Drums – Doug Wilson
• Electric Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Keyboards – Mario E. Sprouse
• Saxophone – Alex Foster
• Trombone – Kiane Zawadi
• Trumpet – Earl Gardner
• Violin – Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Cornell Dupree ‎– Stayin Alive

Cornell Dupree – Shake It Well

Sunday Jazz Continues!! We’re checking out some soul jazz / disco jazz / blues-jazz from Cornell Dupree with his version of the the Dramatics Shake It Well. Check out the players and the track.

• Bass – Buster Williams
• Cello – Sally Rosoff
• Drums – Doug Wilson 
• Electric Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Keyboards – Mario E. Sprouse
• Saxophone – Alex Foster
• Trombone – Kiane Zawadi
• Trumpet – Earl Gardner
• Violin – Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice

 
Cornell Dupree – Shake It Well | Whats Really Going On?

Cornell Dupree - Lovely Day

Sunday Jazz Continues!! We're checking out some soul jazz from Cornell Dupree with his rendition of Bill Wither's  Lovely Day. 

Check out the players and the track...

• Bass – Buster Williams
• Cello – Sally Rosoff
• Drums – Doug Wilson 
• Electric Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Keyboards – Mario E. Sprouse
• Producer – Vic Chirumbolo
• Saxophone – Alex Foster
• Trombone – Kiane Zawadi
• Trumpet – Earl Gardner
• Violin – Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice

Cornell Dupree - Boogie Nights

 Sunday Jazz Continues!! We're checking out some soul jazz / disco jazz / jazzdance from Cornell Dupree with his version of the Heatwave's  Boogie Nights. Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Buster Williams
• Cello – Sally Rosoff
• Drums – Doug Wilson 
• Electric Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Keyboards – Mario E. Sprouse
• Saxophone – Alex Foster
• Trombone – Kiane Zawadi
• Trumpet – Earl Gardner
• Violin – Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice

  Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Cornell Dupree - Boogie Nights

Cedar Walton – Low Rider

Sunday Jazz Continues!! We’re checking out some jazz funk from Cedar Walton with his version of War’s  Low Rider. Check out the players and the track. Let’s Go!!

• Bass – Gordon Edwards
• Drums – Charles Collins
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Cornell Dupree
• Guitar [Solo, Rhythm] – Eric Gale
• Keyboards, Synthesizer – Cedar Walton
• Percussion – Angel Allende
• Saxophone [Solos] – Eddie Harris
• Soloist [Trumpet, Flugelhorn] – Blue Mitchell
• Tenor Saxophone – George Marge
• Trombone – Alan Raph, Wayne Andre
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Burt Collins, Jon Faddis
• Voice – Adrienne Albert, Alan Abrahams, Maeretha Stewart, Mike Lipskin, Yolanda McCullough

 
Cedar Walton – Low Rider | Whats Really Going On?

Ceasar Frazier – Funk It Down

Digital Crate Digging Continues; we’re checking out this classic jazz funk / soul jazz from  Ceasar Frazier -with a track called  Funk It Down. Check out the players and the track.  Check out the players and the track!! Let’s Go!!

• Baritone Saxophone – Babe Clarke
• Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
• Drums – Bernard Purdie
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Organ, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Soloist, Keyboards – Ceasar Frazier
• Soloist, Guitar – David Spinoza
• Tambourine – Joe Venuto
• Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Brown
• Trombone – Garnett Brown
• Trumpet – Joe Shepley, Jon Faddis

 
Ceasar Frazier – Funk It Down | Whats Really Going On?

Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - Friendship Train

 Digital Crate Digging Continues; we're checking out some Latin Jazz / Jazz Funk from Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers as they ride the Friendship Train. Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Ernie Adams 
• Bongos – Richard Landrum
• Congas – Alvin Bunn
• Drums – George Michaels
• Drums, Timbales – Pucho
• Electric Piano – John “Madhatter” Spruill
• Flute – Ed Pazzant, Kenny Rodgers
• Guitar [Electric], Sitar – Cornell Dupree
• Producer – George Patterson, George Tindley, George Williams 
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Kenny Rodgers
• Trumpet – Al Pazzant
• Vibraphone – Willie Bivens

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - Friendship Train

Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers – Slippin’ Into Darkness

Digital Crate Digging / Afternoon Jazz Continues; digging deep for this one like a miner with the *Hardhat With The Lantern  On Top* . We’re checking out  Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers – with their version of War’s Slippin’ Into Darkness. Check out the players and the track. Let’s Go!!

• Bass – Ernie Adams 
• Bongos – Richard Landrum
• Congas – Alvin Bunn
• Drums – George Michaels
• Drums, Timbales – Pucho
• Electric Piano – John “Madhatter” Spruill
• Flute – Ed Pazzant, Kenny Rodgers
• Guitar [Electric], Sitar – Cornell Dupree
• Producer – George Patterson, George Tindley, George Williams 
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Kenny Rodgers
• Trumpet – Al Pazzant
• Vibraphone – Willie Bivens

 
Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers – Slippin’ Into Darkness | Whats Really Going On?

Ceasar Frazier - Living For The City

Digital Crate Digging Continues; digging deep for this one!! we're checking out organist  Ceasar Frazier -with his version of Stevie Wonder's Living For The City. Check out the all star players he has rolling with him and the track... 

• Baritone Saxophone – Babe Clarke
• Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
• Drums – Bernard Purdie 
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree , Richie Resnikoff
• Organ, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Soloist, Keyboards – Ceasar Frazier
• Soloist, Guitar – David Spinoza
• Tambourine – Joe Venuto
• Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Brown 
• Trombone – Garnett Brown
• Trumpet – Joe Shepley, Jon Faddis

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Old Rugged Cross

Sunday Jazz Continues; were checking out  some classic Rahsaan Roland Kirk -as he plays his version /  drops science about the Old Rugged Cross. Check out the players and the track...  

• Bass –  Bill Salter
• Congas, Cabasa [Cabassa] – Arthur Jenkins
• Drums – Bernard Purdie 
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle [Police Whistle], Gong, Saxophone [Manzello, Stritch], Arranged By – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree , Keith Loving
• Organ – Mickey Turner
• Percussion – Joe Habad Texidor
• Piano – Richard Tee 
• Trombone – Dick Griffin
• Trumpet – Charles McGhee
• Vocals – Rahsaan Roland Kirk