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

Houston Person – I No Get Eye For Back

Sunday Jazz Continues on a Sunday evening; a dude is cooling out / chilling…

Trying not to spaz on them and those, you know the devil will oppose!! check the shady dealing..

Not emotional / in my feelings; I rose to the occasion!! a dude is moving forward not backwards..

I can’t see what’s in front of me if I keep looking back!! please!! that’s not how it works!!

Houston Person plays  I No Get Eye For Back, his version of the song  written by  Fela Ransome Kuti

See how it’s working? check the players and the track!! these players were wrong for acting brand new with me!!

• Arranged By, Conductor – Horace Ott
• Bass [Electric] – Wilbur Bascomb
• Congas, Percussion – Lawrence Killian
• Guitar [Electric & Acoustic] – John Tropea
• Keyboards [Fender Rhodes Piano] – Horace Ott
• Keyboards [Grand Piano, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes Piano] – Paul Griffin
• Producer – Houston Person, Robin McBride
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Houston Person
• Trombone – Warren Covington
• Trumpet – Burt Collins, John Faddis
• Vibraphone, Percussion – “Master Henry” Gibson

 
Houston Person – I No Get Eye For Back | Whats Really Going On?

Idris Muhammad - Turn This Mutha Out

 Digital Crate Digging Continues on what we call Saturday Night Fever!! 
My dude Idris Muhammad will Turn This Mutha Out!! 
Check out the players and the track...Let's Go!! 

Bass – Wilbur Bascomb 
Guitar – Hiram Bullock 
Keyboards – Cliff Carter
Percussion – Sue Evans 
Vocals – Frank Floyd, Ken Williams , Zachary Sanders   
Drums-  Idris Muhammad

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Idris Muhammad - Turn This Mutha Out

Herbie Mann and Fire Island – Rythmatism

Digital Crate Digging Continues per the #HumpDayExtravaganza. We’re listening to some disco jazz from Herbie Mann and Fire Island with a track called Rythmatism. Check out the players and the track!!

• Arranged By [Vocals] – Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
• Arranged By, Conductor – Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
• Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
• Drums – Alan Schwartzberg
• Flute – Herbie Mann
• Guitar – Jerry Friedman , Kenny Mazur
• Keyboards – Tom Coppola
• Percussion – Armen Halburian , Sammy Figueroa
• Producer – Herbie Mann
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Jaroslav Jakubovic
• Synthesizer – Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
• Trombone – Sam Burtis
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin , Lew Soloff

 
Herbie Mann and Fire Island – Rythmatism | Whats Really Going On?

Herbie Mann - Rhythmatism

Digital Crate Digging Continues!! We're checking out some disco jazz from Herbie Mann with a track called Rhythmatism. Check out the players and the track!! Let's Go!!

• Arranged By [Vocals] – Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
• Arranged By, Conductor – Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
• Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
• Drums – Alan Schwartzberg
• Flute – Herbie Mann
• Guitar – Jerry Friedman , Kenny Mazur
• Keyboards – Tom Coppola
• Percussion – Armen Halburian , Sammy Figueroa
• Producer – Herbie Mann
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Jaroslav Jakubovic
• Synthesizer – Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
• Trombone – Sam Burtis
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin , Lew Soloff

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?

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

Reuben Wilson - Tight Money

 Digital Crate Digging Continues during Jazz Appreciation Month; we're checking out this soul jazz from Reuben Wilson - with my theme song Tight Money. Check out the players and the track. Let's Go!!
 

• Backing Vocals – J.R. Bailey, Jacquelyn Wilson, Kenny Williams, Reuben Wilson, Sammy Turner, Tommy Derrick
• Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Seldon Powell
• Bass – Gordon Edwards, Wilbur Bascomb
• Congas – Norman Pride
• Drums – Bernard Purdie
• Guitar – Elliott Randall, Jerry Freidman, Lloyd Davis
• Harmonica – Buddy Lucas
• Organ, Clavinet, Electric Piano, Piano – Reuben Wilson, Richard Tee
• Percussion – Esmond Edwards, Tommy Derrick
• Saxophone [Solo] – Houston Person 
• Tenor Saxophone – Alfred Ellis, Buddy Lucas
• Trombone – Garnett Brown
• Trumpet – Joe Newman, Jon Faddis
• Violin – Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, John Mical, Louis Haber, Louis Stone, Paul Winter

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Reuben Wilson - Tight Money

Bernard Purdie – Hap’nin

Sunday Jazz Continues during this Jazz Appreciation Month. We’re checking out this jazz funk from drummer Bernard Purdie -with a track called  Hap’nin. Check out the players and the track…

• Baritone Saxophone – Arthur Clarke
• Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
• Clarinet – Seldon Powell
• Drums – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie*
• Electric Piano – Horace Ott
• Flute – Arthur Clarke, Seldon Powell
• Guitar – John Tropea, Lloyd Davis
• Organ – Ernest Hayes
• Percussion – Norman Pride
• Piano – Ernest Hayes, Horace Ott
• Producer – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie*
• Tenor Saxophone – Seldon Powell
• Trombone – Garnett Brown
• Trumpet – Charles Sullivan, Jimmy Owens
• Written-By – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie*

 
Bernard Purdie – Hap’nin | Whats Really Going On?