Lafayette Afro Rock Band / Darkest Light

Digital Crate Digging continues...check out the New York / Paris funk group The Lafayette Afro Rock Band with their classic cut Darkest Light

 ...this song was sampled by the likes of Jay-Z , Teddy Riley /Wrecks N Effect plus Public Enemy...especially those horns!! check it out!

Idris Muhammad – See Saw

Digital Crate Digging Continues..still in a Sunday Jazz mood…checking out Idris Muhammad – with his classic track called See Saw…check out the players and the track..


Baritone Saxophone – Ed Xiques Bells, Synthesizer, Celesta – Bill Fischer Congas – Bill Summers Flute – Joe Ford Recorded By [Horns] – Vince McGarry Tabla – Zakir-Hussain Trombone – Earl McIntyre Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater, Jeff Davis 
 
Idris Muhammad – See Saw | Whats Really Going On?

London Elektricity – Pull The Plug

 Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out some jazzy drum and bass from London Elektricity – with a cut called Pull The Plug.

London Elektricity – Pull The Plug | Whats Really Going On?

Jeff Lorber / Can I get A

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out this Jeff Lorber interpretation of Jay-Z's  Can I get A...

This is from the Def Jazz  project released in 2005...featuring jazz versions of hip hop songs....check out the players and the track...

• Guitar – Dwight Sills
• Percussion, Drums, Produced by – Tony Joseph
• Scratches – DJ Vicious Lee
• Organ [Wurlitzer] – Jeff Lorber  
• Bass Kevin O'Neal
• Horns – Paul Litteral
• Saxophone, Flute, Horns – Scott Mayo

 

 

4Hero - Hold It Down (Yoruba Mix)

Digital Crate Digging Continues....checking out this classic track from  4Hero - telling us to Hold It Down (Yoruba Mix).....thats what we intent to do!!

Stuff – (Do You) Want Some of This

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out  Stuff …the  premier jazz / funk band from the 70′s and 80′s with a track called Do You…

Stuff consisted of Richard Tee on organ, electric piano, and acoustic pianos, both Eric Gale and Cornell Dupree on guitars, bassist  Gordon Edwards, and drummer Steve Gadd;  Christopher Parker was occasionally with the group as a second drummer. Check them out!!

Stuff – (Do You) Want Some of This « Whats Really Going On?

Anti-Pop vs. Matthew Shipp- A Knot In Your Bop

Sunday Jazz Continues….checking out an Anti-Pop vs. Matthew Shipp track called  A Knot In Your Bop….hip hop meets jazz…Priest and Beans from the Anti-Pop Consortium collaborate with pianist Matthew  Shipp  and bassist William Parker put it down!! check this out!!

Anti-Pop vs. Matthew Shipp- A Knot In Your Bop « Whats Really Going On?

Charlie Hunter - Porter Hayes

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out some jazz / funk / rock from guitarist extraordinaire Charlie Hunter...with a cut called Porter Hayes...off of his Baboon Strength album...the players and the track...they're putting it down folks!!

 CHARLIE HUNTER - 7-string guitar......ERIK DEUTSCH - keyboards....TONY MASON - drums

Earth, Wind & Fire - Runnin'

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out some classic jazz / funk from Earth Wind and Fire with a track called Runnin...you should already know they crossed all boundaries / genres with their music...check this out!!

Byard Lancaster - Dogtown

Sunday Jazz Continues....still on that Khan Jamal...Sunny Murray....Byard Lancaster axis...check my previous episodes..but now were checking out the late great Mr. Lancaster's cut Dogtown off of his Funny Funky Rib Crib album...check out the players on this funky tune...

Byard Lancaster...saxophone......;    Clint Jackson .....trumpet       Steve McCall drums

Francois Nyombo...guitar     : Francois Tusques..piano

Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around (Original 12” Version) « Whats Really Going On?

 Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out this classic Donald Byrd /125th st / NYC  track…Love Has Come Around…the long / 12″ version…nice!!

Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around (Original 12” Version) « Whats Really Going On?

J Dilla – Reminisce (Instrumental)

 Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out some jazz…from a hip hop perspective…from none other than J Dilla…with a song called Reminisce..some hip hop with a jazzy feel to it….check it out!!

J Dilla – Reminisce (Instrumental) « Whats Really Going On?

Lonnie Liston Smith - Island In The Sun

Sunday Jazz Continues....summer is about over with....Labor Day just passed...hope everyone had a chance to take a vacation...out on an Island In The Sun per Lonnie Liston Smith...check this out...

Miles Davis - Spanish Key

Sunday Jazz Continues...listening to some of this classic Miles Davis....with a cut called Spanish Key off his Bitches Brew album...classic material here cousin...

Wayne Shorter..Bennie Maupin..Chick Corea and Lenny White were a few of the all-star players who helped him out...enjoy!!

IDRIS MUHAMMAD ‘COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS’ « Whats Really Going On?

Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out this classic cut from percussionist Idris Muhammad…Could Heaven Ever Be Like This…featuring live footage from LoftNY….dropping some jazz / disco / funk  for that ass!!

IDRIS MUHAMMAD ‘COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS’ « Whats Really Going On?

Bit Funk - It Ain't Easy

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out this new Bit Funk... a producer, remixer and DJ currently based in Brooklyn, NY.....check out this track called It Ain't Easy...that has got to be the catch phrase for 2012....It Ain't Easy!! word!! anyway.....check out the track....

The Sunburst Band - Fly Away

Digital Crate Diggng Continues....in conjunction to What I Listen To At Work....listening to 89.3 WRFG..The Soul Rhapsody   .....they played a cut by The Sunburst Band...wanted to hear some more!! so check this out..a cut called Fly Away..

The Way Way Out There Mix

 Intergalactic With It...The Brotha O-Dizzle is Way Way Out There...check this mix out....


The Way Way Out There Mix

Herbie Hancock's Headhunters - Hang Up Your Hang Ups - Tokyo 2005

Digital Crate Digging...checking out Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters live in Tokyo on 08/20/2005...this version of The Headhunters consists of Herbie Hancock on piano / keyboards .....

..Terri Lyne Carrington (drums) ......Roy Hargrove (trumpet and flugelhorn)

Munyungo Jackson (percussions) .....Lionel Loueke (guitar)

Marcus Miller (bass) and Wah Wah Watson (guitar)  ....that's a hell of a crew!! check this out!!

J Boogie's Dubtronic Science 'No Freedom feat. Afrolicious & MC Zulu

Digital Crate Digging Continues...rolling down I-20 in Atlanta listening to WRAS 88..5

...they were rocking this J Boogie Dubtronic Science...did the knowledge / research.

.checking out No Freedom...this Afro Beat flavored jam featuring Afrolicious and MC Zulu...from J Boogies Undercover album...check it out...