Quasimoto Mixtape

 Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out Madlib in the mix on BBC Radio One...this is called the Quasimoto Mixtape ....check out the playlist and the nice mix...

Sun Ra ‘Intro’ (White Label)
Budda Temple Meets Rock ‘People’ (Stones Throw)
Frenza ‘To Yo Affair’ (White Label)
Sun Ra ‘ Real Talk’ (Jazz Records)
Quasimoto ‘Seasons Change’ (White Label)
Kwanza ‘Karma’ (White Label)
Mark Murphy ‘Slide’ (White Label)
Madlib ‘Beat’ (White Label)
Madlib ‘Beat’ (White Label)
Madlib ‘Beat’ (White Label)
Madlib ‘Beat’ (White Label)
Madlib ‘Beat’ (White Label)
Young Jazz Rebels ‘Kamala’ (White Label)
Unknown ‘Miss Kitty’ (White Label)
Unknown ‘Deception’ (White Label)
Unknown ‘Percy P Remix’ (White Label)
Young Jazz Rebels ‘Miss K’ (White Label)
Dilla ‘Beat’ (White Label)
Madlib ‘Take It Back’ (White Label)
Unknown ‘Secret Jazz Jems’ (White Label)
 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Quasimoto Mixtape

Sun Ra - Dance Of The Cosmos Aliens

Sunday Jazz Continues....tripping out with this Sun Ra Dance Of The Cosmos Aliens ...it's "out there" ...check out the players and the track..

• Drums,  Luqman Ali
• Piano, Organ, Synthesizer [Moog Synth], Drum Machine [Rhythm Machine] – Sun Ra
• Tenor Saxophone, Drums, Vocals – John Gilmore
• Trumpet, Vocals,  – Michael Ray

Ahmad Jamal / Footprints

 Digital Crate Digging Continues..Checking out Ahmad Jamal  playing Footprints  Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 1985.Check out the players and the track...

Ahmad Jamal (piano),
James Cammack (bass),
Herlin Riley (drums),
Seldon Newton (percussions)

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Ahmad Jamal / Footprints

Oliver Lake Trio - Shine

 Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out the Oliver Lake Trio with their track called Shine.

The Oliver Lake Trio consists of   Electric Guitar - Michael Gregory Jackson / Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone -- Oliver Lake  /  Drums -- Pheeroan AkLaff..

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Oliver Lake Trio - Shine

Archie Shepp / Down Home New York

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out Archie Shepp with his cut Down Home New York. This is from his album of the same name. Check out the players and the track...

• Bass, Electric Bass, Voice – Saheb Sarbib
• Drums, Voice – Marvin Smith*
• Piano, Voice – Ken Werner*
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Voice – Archie Shepp
• Trumpet, Voice – Charles E. McGhee*
• Voice – Bazzi Bartholomew Gray* 

Bobby Hutcherson - Mtume

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out  vibes  player Bobby Hutcherson  with his track called Mtume. This is from his Head On album. 
Trumpeter/flügelhornist Oscar Brashear, saxophonist Harold Land, electric pianist William Henderson, drummer Stix Hooper, and bassist Reggie Johnson,  are among the many others who helped him on this project. Check it out!  


Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Bobby Hutcherson - Mtume

Roland Kirk – Fly by Night

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out Roland Kirk (Pre Rahsaan) and a cut  called Fly By Night!!  off of his debut album Atlantic called The Inflated Tear..

Beside Mr Kirk on the woodwinds such as flutes, saxophones etc… check out the other players and the track..

…….pianist Ron Burton, bassist Steve Novosel, and drummer Jimmy Hopps

Check them out!!
 
Roland Kirk – Fly by Night | Whats Really Going On?

Doktor Pitt - Pharoah Sanders

 Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out Doktor Pitt from  Pharoah Sanders. This is from his Journey To The One album.
  Pianist John Hicks, bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Idris Muhammad. were the main players Mr Sanders has on this album. Chris Hayes  on guitar, Eddie Henderson on Flugelhorn and Babatunde  on Congas, Percussion, Shekere also came through. 

 Of course Mr. Sanders was playing the hell out of those saxophones!! check this out!!
 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Doktor Pitt - Pharoah Sanders

David S Ware Quintet / Aquarian Sound.

Digital crate digging continues…checking out the David S Ware Quintet….with a track called Aquarian Sound.

The David S Ware Quintet is ……

David S. Ware – tenor saxophone
William Parker – bass
Matthew Shipp – piano
Guillermo Brown – drums
Check them out!!
 
David S Ware Quintet / Aquarian Sound. « Whats Really Going On?

Charles Tyler Ensemble - Return To The East

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out the Charles Tyler Ensemble with their track called Return To The East.  This is from their Voyage From Jericho" album recorded in 1974.

The  Charles Tyler Ensemble is ......

Charles Tyler - alto , baritone sax  / Arthur (Black Arthur) Blythe - alto sax

Ronnie Boykins - bass  / Earl Cross - trumpet /   Steve Reid - drums

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Charles Tyler Ensemble - Return To The East

Wadada Leo Smith : "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery ...

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Wadada Leo Smith : "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery ...: Sunday Jazz Continues...still checking out Wadada Leo Smith .....with this profound track called "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott:...

Azar Lawrence -- Forces Of Nature

 Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out some more Azar Lawrence with this cut called Forces Of Nature. This is from his  "Bridge Into The New Age" album. 

Alto Saxophone – Black Arthur* Arranged By, Written-By – Ernie Straughter*  

Bass – John Heard Congas, Percussion – Mtume* Drums – Ndugu* Flute – Hadley Caliman  


Piano – Joe Bonner Trombone – Julian Priester   Soprano Sax- Azar Lawrence
 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Azar Lawrence -- Forces Of Nature

Archie Shepp + Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual trio - Brother Malcolm

Digital Crate Digging Continues....checking out Archie Shepp + Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual trio  and their cut called  Brother Malcolm....

Check out the players and the tracks...

Archie Shepp and Ari Brown on the saxophones......bassist Yosef Ben Israel and Kahil El'Zabar  is on percussions.....
 

Griot Galaxy - Song Of The Khemti Nobles

Digital Crate Digging Continues.....on some real "crate digging" type of business

...checking out the  Griot Galaxy with their Song Of The Khemti Nobles...recorded in 1984..featuring late great Detroit musician  Faruq Z Bey on saxophone along with these other great musicians...

 Drums, Djembe -- Tani Tabbal /  Percussion, Djembe -- Panda O'Bryan

Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone -- Anthony Holland /  Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass -- Jaribu Shahid

Check them out!!

Sheriff Sam (Sound by Law) – Faruq Z. Bey & Northwoods Improviserhats Really Going On?

Digital Crate Digging Continues…this is some real “crate digging” type of business right here!!

….checking out this jam called Sheriff Sam (Sound by Law)  by  Faruq Z. Bey & Northwoods Improvisers

..straight from the Detroit / Michigan area!!  R.I.P Faruq Z Bey who passed away on 06 / 01/ 2012. Check out the players and the track…

Faruq Z. Bey – Tenor…..Mike Carey – Tenor …..Skeeter C.R. Shelton – Tenor
Mike Gilmore – Vibes…..Mike Johnston – Bass…..Nick Ashton – Drums
  
Sheriff Sam (Sound by Law) – Faruq Z. Bey & Northwoods Improvisers « Whats Really Going On?

Oliver Lake Quintet - Fire Waltz

 Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out the Oliver Lake Quintet with their classic called Fire Waltz....its smoking!! check out the players and the track..

Oliver Lake (alto saxophone), Freddie Hendrix (trumpet), John Kordalewski (piano), Wes Brown (bass), Yoron Israel (drums)

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Oliver Lake Quintet - Fire Waltz

Sounds of Liberation - New Horizons

 Digital Crate Digging Continues....I mean some real crate digging...one thing led to another...

First it started with Khan Jamal's Known Unknown at the Sonic Assault..then we moved on the Sunny Murray's Untouchable Factor..featuring Mr. Murray on drums..Byard Lancaster on saxophone...with Khan Jamal on the vibes...

....now we proceed and continue with Byard Lancaster's Sound of Liberation group...featuring Byard Lancaster, saxophone... Khan Jamal (vibraphone), Monnette Sudler (guitar), Billy Mills (bass), Dwight James (drums), Rashid Salim (conga), Omar Hill (percussion).....nice!!

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Sounds of Liberation - New Horizons

Sunny Murray and The Untouchable Factor: Something’s Cookin’

Digital Crate Digging Continues…and I mean some real crate digging

…posted up vibe player Khan Jamal on my other site The Sonic Assault…while doing the knowledge / research on Khan Jamal I noticed he played in Sunny Murray’s The Untouchable Factor group

….here’s a cut from that group….featuring  Sunny Murray, drums; Khan Jamal, vibes; Fred Hopkins, bass; David Murray, reeds; Byard Lancaster, saxophone and flute….
These cats are getting off!! check them out…..

Sunny Murray and The Untouchable Factor: Something’s Cookin’ « Whats Really Going On?

Pharoah Sanders – Balance

Sunday Jazz Continues….fate is something else…was browsing…looking for something else and found this classic piece of work…Pharoah Sanders and the song Balance

…which is what I was looking for today…chilling out…listening to some of this good jazz on a Sunday afternoon / evening


…Mr. Sanders co-conspirators are…


Alto Saxophone — Sonny Fortune ……Bass — Cecil McBee, Sirone (Norris Jones)*


Drums — Billy Hart, Majeed Shabazz*   Drums [African] — Chief Bey


Guitar — Sonny Sherrock*  ………….. Percussion — Nat Bettis, Tony Wylie


Piano — Lonnie Liston Smith …………….Producer — Clifford Jordan, Jr.*


Saxophone, Percussion, Composed By — Pharoah Sanders….Tuba — Howard Johnson (3) Vocals, Percussion — Leon Thomas 

….this is what is called free jazz…..like old girl once said ” everybody won’t be able”…to understand….if you know what I mean….because …man!! these cats are playing!!!

Pharoah Sanders – Balance « Whats Really Going On?