Junior Mance - Don't Rush Us

Digital Crate Digging Continues; we're checking out this jazz funk from  Junior Mance - with a track called Don't Rush Us. I know jazz appeciation month is over but we're keeping this thing going!! Check out the players and the track.. 

• Bass – Chuck Rainey
• Drums – Billy Cobham
• Guitar – Eric Gale
• Piano – Junior Mance

Harvey Mason - Modaji

 Sunday Jazz Continuess; checking out this classic jazz / funk track from  Harvey Mason - called Modaji. Check out the players and the track....

Bass Guitar – Chuck Rainey  / Drums, Finger Cymbals, Cabasa, Xylophone, Marimba [Bass] – Harvey Mason  / Electric Piano, Written-by, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Dave Grusin  / Flute – Hubert Laws  / Guitar – Lee Ritenour

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Harvey Mason - Modaji

Quincy Jones featuring Bill Cosby / Hicky Burr

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out this classic track from Quincy Jones  called Hicky Burr. This features none other than Bill Cosby on the track...being that it was once a theme for the Bill Cosby Show on NBC..check out the other players and the track...  

• Drums – Grady Tate, Paul Humphries
• Electric Bass [Fender] – Carol Kaye, Chuck Rainey
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Bob James, Jaki Byard, Joe Sample 
• Soloist, Flugelhorn – Freddie Hubbard
• Soloist, Flute – Hubert Laws
• Soloist, Guitar – Eric Gayle, Toots Thielemans
• Soloist, Whistling [Whistler] – Toots Thielemans
• Vocals – Bill Cosby   

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Quincy Jones featuring Bill Cosby / Hicky Burr

Phil Upchurch / Inner City Blues

Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out Phil Upchurch  with his version of Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues. This is from Mr. Upchurch’s Darkness album. Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Chuck Rainey
• Congas, Tambourine – Bobbi Porterhall
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Guitar [Lead] – Phil Upchurch
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Arthur Adams
• Piano – Joe Sample

Phil Upchurch / Inner City Blues | Whats Really Going On?

Larry Coryell – Stones

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out some jazz / rock from Larry Coryell  with a track called Stones.  

This is from a trio setting…with Mr. Coryell on guitar..Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie  on drums  and Chuck Rainey on bass. Boys and Girls? thats a hell of a trio. All of them are “putting in work” check it out!!
 
Larry Coryell – Stones | Whats Really Going On?

Johnny Hammond – Tell Me What To Do

Sunday Jazz is back after a slight hiatus; kicking things off with Johnny Hammond and  Tell Me What To Do; featuring production by the Mizell brothers..Larry and Fonce.

Those cats were know for their production work with  Bobbi Humphrey and Donald Byrd.

This cut is from the Johnny Hammond  album “Gears”

Check out this song at ...Johnny Hammond – Tell Me What To Do « Whats Really Going On?

Donald Byrd – Lansana’s Priestess

Digital Crate Digging Continues…last episode I had DJ Spinna‘s remix of this Donald Byrd classic Lansana’s Priestess…..this song has been in my head all day!! checking out the original version…nice!!  this is from his Street Lady album check out the players….

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet      Roger Glenn – flute    Jerry Peters – piano, electric piano
• Fonce Mizell – clavinet, trumpet, vocals   Fred Perren – synthesizer, vocals

• David T. Walker – guitar    Chuck Rainey – electric bass   Harvey Mason – drums

• King Errisson – congas   Stephanie Spruill – percussion    Larry Mizell – vocals, arranger, conductor

Ladies and gentleman? that’s an all star cast….check this out!!

Check it out at ......Donald Byrd – Lansana’s Priestess « Whats Really Going On?