Dizzy Gillespie / The Last Stroke Of Midnight

Digital Crate Digging Continues!! checking out some disco jazz from  Dizzy Gillespie with a track called The Last Stroke Of Midnight. Check out the players and the track…

• Bass – Wilton Felder
• Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Keyboards [Electronic], Producer – Lalo Schifrin
• Drums – Eddie Greene*
• Electric Piano, Piano – Sonny Burke
• Flute – Jerome Richardson
• Guitar [Electric] – Lee Ritenour, Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson, Ray Parker Jr.
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts
• Saxophone, Flute – James Horn*
• Trombone – Lew McCreary
• Trumpet – Jack H. Laubach, Oscar Brashear
• Trumpet [Solo] – Dizzy Gillespie

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Ernie Watts ‎– Valdez In The Country

 Digital Crate Digging Continues; we’re checking out some of this jazz / funk from   Ernie Watts ‎– with his version of Valdez In The Country composed By  Donny Hathaway. Check out the all star players and the track!!

• Bass – Neil Stubbenhaus
• Drums – John Robinson
• Electric Piano – Richard Tee
• Guitar – Carlos Rios
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Piano – Michael Omartian
• Producer – Quincy Jones
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien
• Synthesizer – Ian Underwood
• Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts

 
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Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin / Ozone Madness

 Sunday Jazz Continues....ah!! spring time in Atlanta...pollen rates are off the charts!! It's even got a brotha like me sneezing!! I guess we can blame it on the Ozone Madness per Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin

But those guys would say..hey!! it's not my fault...we're just dropping this jazz funk!! 

This song could be talking about me...the Brotha O-Zone..and the madness exhibilted on this blog!! ...anyway...let's check out the players and this funky track... 

• Bass – Wilton Felder
• Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Keyboards [Electronic] – Lalo Schifrin
• Drums – Eddie Greene
• Electric Piano, Piano – Sonny Burke 
• Flute – Jerome Richardson
• Guitar [Electric] – Lee Ritenour, Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Ray Parker Jr.
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts
• Saxophone, Flute – James Horn
• Trombone – Lew McCreary
• Trumpet – Jack H. Laubach, Oscar Brashear
• Trumpet [Solo] – Dizzy Gillespie

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin / Ozone Madness

Gene Page - Satin Soul

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out composer, producer, pianist Gene Page  with his version of Barry White's / Love Unlimted Orchestra's Satin Soul. 

Funny thing about this awesome track?  Barry White produced it and plays on it!! ...check out the all star players and the track y'alll!! ..

• Bass – Wilton Felder
• Concertmaster – Jack Shulman
• Congas – Joe Clayton
• Drums – Ed Greene 
• Flute, Soloist, Saxophone, Soloist – Ernie Watts
• Guitar – David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Melvin (Wah Wah) Ragin*, Ray Parker, Jr.*
• Keyboards – Barry White, Clarence McDonald, Gene Page
• Percussion – Gary Coleman
• Producer – Barry White

Billy Cobham / Nickels and Dimes

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out drummer Billy Cobham  with his track  Nickels and Dimes. He must know about my cash flow!! anyway…check out the players and the track…

Bass – John Williams (8) Drums – Billy Cobham Guitar – John Scofield Keyboards – Dawilli Gonga Trombone – Julian Priester Trumpet – Randy Brecker Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens Woodwind – Ernie Watts, Michael Brecker Xylophone, Marimba – Ruth Underwood
  
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Joe Sample – There Are Many Stops Along The Way

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out some jazz / funk from Joe Sample – with this classic track There Are Many Stops Along The Way.

This is from his Rainbow Seeker album...which has some of his Crusader proteges on it..check out the players and the track...

• Bass – Robert "Pops" Popwell
• Drums – "Stix" Hooper
• Flute – Ernie Watts, William Green
• Guitar – Billy Rogers (
• Rhythm Guitar – Ray Parker Jr.
• Keyboards – Joe Sample
• Percussion – "Stix" Hooper, Paulinho Da Costa
• Piccolo Flute – Ernie Watts, William Green
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, William Green
• Strings – Joe Sample, Sid Sharp*
• Trombone – Garnett Brown
• Trumpet – Jay DaVersa, Robert Bryant Jr., Steven Madaio 

Nickels and Dimes by Billy Cobham

Digital Crate Digging Continues.....chilling out in the compound...its all good ...even though the cash is low....down to Nickels and Dimes per Billy Cobham....so why not listen to the track? check out the players and the funky music..

Bass – John Williams   / Drums – Billy Cobham  / Guitar – John Scofield  / Keyboards – Dawilli Gonga  

Trombone – Julian Priester  /Trumpet – Randy Brecker  / Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens  

Woodwind – Ernie Watts, Michael Brecker  / Xylophone, Marimba – Ruth Underwood

 

Bill Summers – Straight To The Bank

Digital Crate Digging Continues…still on some jazz / funk / disco….checking out this classic from Bill Summers….talking about going Straight To The Bank…I’m with it!! I could use a few dollars…anyway!
Check out the players and the track…..

• Arranged By [Horns]  Reggie Andrews
• Arranged By [Rhythm] – Bill Summers & Summers Heat, Leon Ndugu Chancler
• Bass – Fred Washington*
• Drums – Leon Ndugu Chancler Guitar – Ray Obiedo
• Lead Vocals –Bill Summers    Leo Miller, Virginia Ayers
• Producer – Leon Ndugu Chancler
• Producer [Produced In Association With], Percussion – Bill Summers
• Reeds – Ernie Watts, Bill Green*
• Synthesizer [Synthesizer Programming] – Bob Robitaille
• Timbales – Darryl Munyungo Jackson*
• Trombone – Benny Powell, Dick “Slyde” Hyde*, George Bohanon
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown

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Jazz Soul Seven / Superfly

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out the Jazz Soul Seven and their interpretation of Curtis Mayfield's Superfly.

This is off their Impressions of Curtis Mayfield album...dedicated to the legacy of Curtis Mayfield.

Jazz Soul Seven is Terri Lyne Carrington: drums; Russ Ferrante: piano; Master Henry Gibson: percussion; Bob Hurst: bass; Wallace Roney: trumpet; Phil Upchurch: guitar; Ernie Watts: saxophone. Check them out!!

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*

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