Gadd Gang - Way Back Home

 Digital Crate Digging Continues during Jazz Appreciation Month. We're checking out the Gadd Gang - with their version of the Crusaders Way Back Home. Check out the players and the track.

Cornell Dupree -  Guitar
Steve Gadd - Drums
Richard Tee - Piano
Ronnie Cuber - Saxophone
Eddie Gomez - Bass
 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Gadd Gang - Way Back Home

Eddie Harris and Les McCann "Set Us Free"

Digital Crate Digging Continues...still in a Sunday Jazz mood....

...checking out some of this smooth classic jazz from Eddie Harris & Les McCann   with a rack called Set Us Free. 

This is from their Second Movement album...check out the players and the track..

• Bass –  Jimmy Rowser
• Drums –  Donald Dean
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Percussion – Buck Clarke
• Piano – Les McCann
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Eddie Harris
• Tambourine – Bernard Purdie
• Trumpet – Benny Bailey

Weldon Irvine - Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk

Digital Crate Digging Continues...chilling out...Saturday morning in the ATL as I post this!! the mission for today? taking the advice of Weldon Irvine - I'm going to Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk....check out the players and the track...Big ups to Herecomes Mongo

Bass – Gordon Edwards Congas – Bud Johnson, Jr. Drums – Jim Young* Electric Piano, Clavinet, Soprano Saxophone – Weldon Irvine Flute – Bill Barnwell Guitar – Cornell Dupree Percussion – Napoleon Revels Soloist, Trumpet [1st Solo] – Everett 'Blood' Hollins Soloist, Trumpet [2nd Solo] – Jimmy Owens 

Jimmy McGriff - Overweight Shark Bait

Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out this soul / jazz from Jimmy McGriff - with a track called Overweight Shark Bait...check out the players and the track..

• Bass [Electric] – Bob Babbitt
• Cello – Jesse Levy, Richard Locker
• Congas – Carlos Martin
• Drums – Jerry Marotta, Rick Marotta
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Jerry Friedman, Lance Quinn
• Keyboards – Pat Rebillot
• Percussion – Jimmy Maelen
• Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Synthesizer – Jimmy McGriff
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Lew Delgatto
• Saxophone [Tenor], Flute – Joe Thomas
• Trombone – Tom Malone
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin, John Frosk

King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale

 Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out saxophonist  King Curtis - with his version of Procol Harum 's A Whiter Shade of Pale..This was recorded in 1970  Live at the  Fillmore West in San Francisco

...organ player Billy Preston, bassist Jerry Jemmott, guitarist Cornell Dupree, Pancho Morales (percussion), drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie and The Memphis Horns helped him put it down..check it out!!

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale

The Gadd Gang - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours

Digital Crate Digging Continues....oh oh!! I've slipped back into a SundayJazz mood! checking out The Gadd Gang - with their version of Stevie Wonder's Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours 

The Gadd Gang consists of the following jazz / funk all stars.....

 The Gadd Gang:
Steve Gadd - Drums
Cornell Dupree - Guitar
Eddie Gomez - Bass
Richard Tee - Keyboards
Ronnie Cuber - Saxophone

Check them out......

Les McCann – Poo Pye McGoochie (and his friends)

Digital Crate Digging Continues…still in a Sunday Jazz / Funk mood…checking out this Les McCann -  cut called Poo Pye McGoochie (and his friends). This is from the Invitation To Openness album..funky!! Check out the players and the track!!

• Bass – Jimmy Rowser
• Bass [Electric] – Bill Salter*
• Drums [African], Percussion – William “Buck” Clarke*
• Drums, Percussion – Al Mouzon*, Bernard Purdie, Donald Dean
• Electric Guitar – Cornell Dupree
• Electric Piano – Jodie Christian
• Guitar, Electric Guitar – David Spinozza
• Harp – Corky Hale
• Percussion – Ralph McDonald*
• Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Moog] – Les McCann
• Saxophone [Tenor], Oboe, Flute, Flute [Pneumatic], Bells [Plum Blossom & Temple Bells] – Yusef Lateef

 
Les McCann – Poo Pye McGoochie (and his friends) | Whats Really Going On?

Jack McDuff – Magnetic Feel

Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out some classic jazz / funk from Jack McDuff with a track called Magnetic Feel…the title track off of his 1975 album.

Check out the all star players with him and this funky track….

• Jack McDuff – organ, electric piano, synthesizer, piano
• Pee Wee Ellis – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Phil Upchurch – guitar
• George Benson – guitar
• Cornell Dupree – rhythm guitar
• Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
• Grady Tate – drums
• Ray Mantilla – congas, percussion

Jack McDuff – Magnetic Feel | Whats Really Going On?

Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson - Sister Sanctified (1972)

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson  with their classic Sister Sanctified. This is off their collaborative album  called Cherry.

Sister Sanctified was sampled on  My Philosophy by Boogie Down Productions from By All Means Necessary released in '88.

Check out the players and the track!!!

• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Milt Jackson - vibraphone
• Bob James - piano, electric piano, arranger
• Cornell Dupree - guitar
• Ron Carter - bass
• Billy Cobham - drums

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson - Sister Sanctified (1972)

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?

"Memphis Soul Stew" (live) King Curtis & The Kingp...

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: "Memphis Soul Stew" (live) King Curtis & The Kingp...: Digital Crate Digging Continues...digging real deep for this....checking out King Curtis and The Kingpins....this is real soul music..with a...