Wayne Henderson / Lush Life

Sunday Jazz Continues…R.I.P  Wayne Henderson, a trombonist and  composer who was a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, which played  straight-ahead bebop beginning in the 1950s and then morphed into  leading performers of jazz-funk, died on April 5 in Culver City, Calif.  He was 74. This was per the New York Times article dated..4/9/2014.


..Let’s listen to his version of  the classic jazz song Lush Life…from his Big Daddy’s Place album from 1977…check out the fine
players he has with him..plus the nice track…



Bass – Nathaniel Phillips Cello – Nathan Gershman Drums – Bruce Carter Electric Piano – Bobby “The Genie” Lyle* Guitar – Marlon “The Magician” McClain* Tenor Saxophone – Ronnie Laws Triangle – Vance “Mad Dog” Tenort* Trombone – Wayne Henderson Viola – James Dunham, Janet Lakatos Violin – Anatol Kaminsky, Bonnie Douglas, Carroll Stephens, Gordon Marron, Irman Neumann*, Nancy Anderson, Paul Shure, Robert Sushel Written-By – Billy Strayhorn



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Ronnie Laws – People Make The World Go Round

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out Ronnie Laws - People Make The World Go Round..

This was recorded  live at  Elisabeth Park in Trenton, Michigan at a music festival As you’ll see behind the stage was a river. Couldn’t find any thing on the musicians playing with him.  This courtesy of livegigvideo1   Check it out.

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Ronnie Laws ‎– Heart Station

Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out some of this jazz / funk from   Ronnie Laws ‎– with a track called Heart Station...from his True Spirit album..check out the players and the track...

 Bass – Nathan East Drums – Raymond Pounds Guitar – Roland Bautista Piano – Bobby Lyle Strings, Keyboards, Chimes – Terry Marshall  Tenor Saxophone, Written-By – Ronnie Laws 

 

Bobby Lyle – Night Breeze

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out multi-instrumentalist Bobby Lyles with his version of Night Breeze…made famous by a cat he played with…Ronnie Laws…check out the players and the track…

Bass – Don Beck*            Drums – Steve Gutierrez    

  Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Arp String], Composed By – Bobby Lyle      

 Guitar – Roland Bautista           Soloist, Trumpet – Oscar Brashear               Tenor Saxophone – Ernest Watts*

Check it out at....Bobby Lyle – Night Breeze « Whats Really Going On?

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Ronnie Laws...Always There (Live Version)

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Ronnie Laws...Always There (Live Version)