Tom Scott / You've Got The Feel'n

Sunday Jazz Continues; checking out this smooth track from saxophonist  Tom Scott with You've Got The Feel'n. Check out the players and the track!!!

Bass – Gary King / Drums – Steve Gadd / Guitar – Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken / Horns – Tom Scott / Percussion – Ralph MacDonald / Piano – Richard Tee

Donald Fagen –I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

 Digital Crate Digging Continues..I always like Steely Dan...with they're jazz flavored sounds and futuristic lyrics....this is Steely Dan protege Donald Fagen  with a cut called I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) 

 According to Wikipedia, "the 'I.G.Y.' of the title refers to the 'International Geophysical Year', an event that ran from July 1957 to December 1958. 

The I.G.Y. was an international scientific project promoting collaboration among the world's scientists. Fagen's lyrics reference futuristic concepts such as solar-powered cities, a transatlantic tunnel, permanent space stations, and spandex jackets."

 Steely Dan / Mr. Fagen always had top notch / all star players backing him up....check out the players and the track...  

• Backing Vocals – Frank Floyd , Gordon Grody , Valerie Simpson , Zack Sanders
• Bass – Anthony Jackson 
• Drums –  James Gadson , Jeff Porcaro
• Guitar – Hugh McCracken 
• Percussion – Roger Nichols , Starz Vanderlocket
• Percussion [Sequencing, Special Effect & Wendel I I] – Roger Nichols
• Piano – Greg Phillinganes 
• Producer – Gary Katz
• Saxophone – Dave Tofani , Michael Brecker , Ronnie Cuber 
• Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey 
• Trombone – Dave Bargeron 
• Trumpet – Randy Brecker

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Donald Fagen –I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

Eugene McDaniels / Unspoken Dreams Of Light

 Digital Crate Digging Continues...listening to some obscure black rock / jazz  from Eugene McDaniels

Check out  Unspoken Dreams Of Light from his Outlaw album released in 1970 ....dude has that rap / sing style...way before it was fashionable...check out the players and the track..  

• Bass – Ron Carter
• Drums – Ray Lucas
• Guitar – Eric Weissberg, Hugh McCracken
• Percussion – Buck Clarke
• Piano – Mother Hen

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Eugene McDaniels / Unspoken Dreams Of Light