Harvey Mason - Bertha Baptist

Digital Crate Digging Continues; even though I'm in a Sunday Jazz frame of mind. Checking out  Harvey Mason - with Bertha Baptist. I'm sure she was spotted yesterday. Anyway..check out the players and the track.. 

 Bass – Anthony Jackson / Electric Guitar – Lee Ritenour / Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic] – Patrice Rushen / Horns – Seawind Horns / Trombone – Bruce Fowler / Drums- Harvey Mason

Patrice Rushen - The Hump

Digital Crate Digging  Continues..checking out some more jazz funk from Patrice Rushen - with a track called...The Hump..check out the players and the track..

• Backing Vocals – Charles Meeks , Maxine Waters ,  Roy Galloway
• Clavinet – Patrice Rushen
• Drums – James Gadson
• Guitar – AL McKay
• Guitar [Bass] – Charles Meeks 
• Lyricon – Tom Scott
• Percussion – Bill Summers
• Piano [Electric] – Patrice Rushen
• Saxophone – Tom Scott
• Tambourine – Patrice Rushen
• Vocals – Patrice Rushen

Patrice Rushen ‎– Kickin Back

Digital Crate Digging Continues…your dude is chilling out. I’m taking  the advice of Patrice Rushen ‎– I’m Kicking Back. This is from her Before The Dawn  album. Check out the players and the tack..

• Bass – Charles Meeks
• Drums – Ndugu
• Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Tambourine, Cabasa, Remix – Patrice Rushen
• Flugelhorn – Oscar Brashear
• Flute – Hubert Laws
• Guitar – Lee Ritenour
• Percussion – Nate Alfred
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Hadley Caliman
• Trombone – George Bohannon
• Trumpet – Oscar Brashear

 
Patrice Rushen ‎– Kicking Back | Whats Really Going On?

Patrice Rushen – Number One ( Extended 12" Version)

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out some classic jazz / funk from Patrice Rushen – with Number One. Its the Extended 12" Version!! Check it out y'all!!

” R&B 80`s ” Megamix

Digital Crate Digging Continues…in a rare old school R & B music mood…I’m a been there / done that type of person so I don’t get in this mood much….

Checking out this mix courtesy of  the RadioBlack Paradise You Tube channel…so big ups to them…
Check out the playlist and the phat mix…

Love Come Down – Evelyn “Champaign” King
Forget Me Knots – Patrice Rushen
Jamaica Funk – Tom Browne
Rock With You – Michael Jackson
I Wonder If I Take You Home – Lisa Lisa
Saturday Love – Alexander O’Neal/Cherrelle It’s No Crime – Babyface
When I Think Of You – Janet Jackson
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Love Bizarre – Sheila E
You Know How To Love Me – Phyllis Hyman
Nasty Girl – Vanity 6 Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn I Wanna Be Your Lover – Prince
Groove Me – Guy
I want Her – Keith Sweat
Rumors – Timex Social Club
Encore – Cheryl Lynn
Candy – Cameo
The Rain – Oran Juice Jones
Night To Remember – Shalamar
I’ll Be Good – Renee and Angela
Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
Mama Used To Say – Junior
I Can’t Go For That – Hall and Oats
   
” R&B 80`s ” Megamix | Whats Really Going On?

Lee Ritenour - Captain Fingers

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out some jazz / funk / rock fusion from Lee Ritenour - with his classic track Captain Fingers from the album of that name...check out the all star players he has on that album with him and the funky track...

• Bass – Alphonso Johnson,  Anthony Jackson, Bill Dickinson, Charles Meeks, Mike Porcaro
• Congas – Victor Feldman
• Drums – Harvey Mason, 
• Flute – Dave Valentin
• Guitar – Dennis Budimir, Jay Graydon, Mitch Holder, Ray Parker Jr.
• Guitar [Electric], Guitar [Classical], Guitar [Synthesizer] – Lee Ritenour
• Keyboards – Dave Grusin, David Foster, Dawilli Gonga, Ian Underwood, Patrice Rushen
• Percussion – Alex Acuña, Harvey Mason, Steve Forman
• Producer – Skip Drinkwater
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts
• Synthesizer –  Ian Underwood

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Lee Ritenour - Captain Fingers

Bennie Maupin – You Know The Deal

Digital Crate Digging Continues….as we put it down like this!!  but You Know The Deal per Bennie Maupin….he has some folks rolling with him to prove his point….check them out plus the track…

• Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Flute, Flute [Alto], Piccolo Flute, Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic], Backing Vocals – Bennie Maupin
• Clavinet, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Piano – Patrice Rushen
• Concertmaster, Strings – Nathan Rubin
• Drums – James Levi
• Electric Guitar – Blackbird McKnight*
• Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Eddie Henderson
• Producer, Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic, E-mu Polyphonic] – Pat Gleeson*
• Trombone – Craig Kilby*
• Bass [G3 Gibson] – Ralph Armstrong* 

 
Bennie Maupin – You Know The Deal | Whats Really Going On?

Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter – Once It’s Gotcha

Sunday Jazz Continues….checking out some classic jazz / funk  / rock from none other than Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter with a track called  Once It’s Gotcha.
This was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988.  They have some all star musicians rolling with them!! Check out the band and the funky track!!

• Carlos Santana – guitar
• Wayne Shorter – saxophone
• Alphonso Johnson – bass
• Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums
• Chester Thompson – keyboards
• Patrice Rushen – keyboards
• Armando Peraza – congas
• Jose Chepito Areas – timbales

Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter – Once It’s Gotcha | Whats Really Going On?

Azar Lawrence - Theme for a new day

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out Azar Lawrence with his Theme For A New Day off of his People Moving album. Just what we need...to start the day off on the right track.

This song was produced by Patrice Rushen  and written by Skip Scarborough. Check out the other players and the funky track....    

•  arranged by Skip Scarborough
• Bass – Paul Jackson 
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Electric Piano – Michael Stanton 
• Guitar- Lee Ritenour 
• Percussion – Mtume
• Saxophone [Soprano, Alto & Tenor] – Azar Lawrence
• Synthesizer  Skip Scarborough
• Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Collette
• Trombone – George Bohanon
• Trumpet – Chuck Findley  and  Oscar Brashear

Everette Harp - Happy Accidental

 Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out Patrice Rushen on my other blog and noticed she had saxophonist Everette Harp playing with her group.

Found this cut by Everette Harp called  Happy Accidental produced by Chuck Loeb from his debut album called  "In This Moment" released in 2006. 

On this record, Everette Harp is joined by plenty of incredible talented musicians such as Norman Brown, Paul Jackson Jr., and George Duke. Check this out!!    

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Everette Harp - Happy Accidental

Patrice Rushen & Friends at Southport Weekender

Digital Crate Digging Continues....checking out this hour long live set of  keyboardist Patrice Rushen & Friends in the Beat Bar at the popular Southport Weekender Minehead UK 11 May 2012.

Joining Ms Rushen in concert are  Ndugu Chandler on drums Everette Harp on saxophone, Doc Powell on guitar and Ready Freddie Washington on bass guitar. Check them out!! 

Lee Ritenour – Rio Funk [North Sea Jazz Festival 2009] « Whats Really Going On?

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out guitarist Lee Ritenour  with his track  Rio Funk  from the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2009.

The players?  Lee Ritenour on guitar drummer William Kennedy, keyboardist  Patrice Rushen and  bass player Melvin Davis. Check them out!!

Lee Ritenour – Rio Funk [North Sea Jazz Festival 2009] « Whats Really Going On?

Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots (12 Inch Version) « Whats Really Going On?

Digital Crate Digging Continues…just tripping…..listening to some classic funk / soul ….checking out Patrice Rushen with Forget Me Nots….the long / 12 inch version….funk at its finest!!

That bass line is particularly recognizable,  performed  by session bass player Freddie Washington.

The classic tenor saxophone solo was played by Gerald Albright…of course Patrice Rushen was on the keyboards…check it out…

Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots (12 Inch Version) « Whats Really Going On?

Bennie Maupin - It Remains To Be Seen

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Bennie Maupin - It Remains To Be Seen: Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out former Herbie Hancock / Headhunters sideman Bennie Maupin with a cut called It Remains To Be Seen...of...

Hubert Laws - Heartbeats

Sunday Jazz Continues...Check Out Hubert Laws playing the @#% out of the flute...Patrice Rushen is helping him out on the keyboards..James Jamerson..Motowns go to bass player is working it out..other players are Ray Brown - Horn....Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums plus Roland Bautista - Guitar  and Bobby Bryant & Snooky Young - Horn 

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Stanley Clarke, Patrice Rushen, Ndugu Chancler ~ O...

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Stanley Clarke, Patrice Rushen, Ndugu Chancler ~ O...: Sunday Jazz Continues..check out this footage of Stanley Clarke..Patrice Rushen and Leon Ndugu Chandler in the studio / lab doing this Sonny...

Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter - Once It's Gotcha

Sunday Jazz Continues...this is classic material from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988.Carlos is a rocker..but he dabbles in jazz too..Wayne Shorter is a legend...this cut also includes Alphonso Johnson on bass..Patrice Rushen on keyboards..with Leon Ndugu Chandler on drums..