Phil Upchurch / Inner City Blues

Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out Phil Upchurch  with his version of Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues. This is from Mr. Upchurch’s Darkness album. Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Chuck Rainey
• Congas, Tambourine – Bobbi Porterhall
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Guitar [Lead] – Phil Upchurch
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Arthur Adams
• Piano – Joe Sample

Phil Upchurch / Inner City Blues | Whats Really Going On?

Jimmy Smith ‎– Grabbin Hold

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out Jimmy Smith ‎– with a cut called Grabbin Hold…check out the players and the track….excuse the “technical difficulties” from the vinyl..

• Bass – Jimmy Merritt
• Drums – Grady Tate
• Guitar –  Phil Upchurch
• Organ, Vocals – Jimmy Smith
• Percussion – Johnny Pacheco
• Reeds – Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams
• Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine
• Trombone – Alan Ralph, Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland
• Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Snookie Young, Joe Newman

 
Jimmy Smith ‎– Grabbin Hold | Whats Really Going On?

Ramsey Lewis / Do Whatever Sets You Free

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out this soul-jazz from Ramsey Lewis  with Do Whatever Sets You Free ..check out the players and the track...

• Drums – Morris Jennings
• Electric Bass [Fender] – Cleveland Eaton
• Electric Guitar [Fender] – Phil Upchurch
• Grand Piano [Steinway], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Ramsey Lewis

Phil Upchurch ‎– Crosstown Traffic

Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out Phil Upchurch ‎– with his version of the Jimi Hendrix cut Crosstown Traffic.  This is off the Upchurch album from 1969. Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – Louis Satterfield
• Drums – Morris Jennings
• Percussion – Bobby Christian
• Piano – Donny Hathaway
• Guitar-Phil Upchurch

Phil Upchurch ‎– Crosstown Traffic | Whats Really Going On?

Clyde Stubblefield With The Clinton Administration – Cosmic Slop

Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out Clyde Stubblefield With The Clinton Administration– with their version of the Funkadelic's Cosmic Slop....some jazz / rock / hip hop y'all !! Check out the players and the track...


Bass – Melvin Gibbs Drums – Clyde Stubblefield Guitar – Phil Upchurch Keyboards – Robert Walter Percussion – Chuck Prada Saxophone – Skerik Turntables – DJ Logic

 

Hubert Laws ‎– The Chicago Theme

Sunday Jazz Continues….checking out this smooth track by  Hubert Laws ‎– called The Chicago Theme..from the album of the same name!! It has a nice groove to it…..check out the players and the track…

• Cello – Alan Shulman, George Ricci
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Flute – Hubert Laws
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Alto Saxophone [Solo] – David Sanborn
• Bass – Doug Bascomb
• Guitar – Joe Beck, Phil Upchurch
• Keyboards and Arranged By – Bob James
  

Hubert Laws ‎– The Chicago Theme | Whats Really Going On?

Jack McDuff- Pressure Gauge

 Digital Crate Digging Continues....checking out some classic jazz from Jack McDuff- with a track called Pressure Gauge. This is from his Heating System album. I posted Heating System earlier. Check out the players and the track...

 Organ -- Jack McDuff
Bass -- Phil Upchurch
Congas -- Fred (Derf) Walker
Drums -- Greg Williams Guitar -- Marty Roberts
Producer -- Esmond Edwards
Saxophone -- Dave Young, Donald Myrick
Trumpet -- Bobby Alston
  
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Jack McDuff- Pressure Gauge

Phil Upchurch -Jack Of Speed

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out  Phil Upchurch -with his version of Steely Dan's Jack Of Speed ...check out the players and the track...

David Arnay on piano, Kevin Axt on bass, Vince Wilburn, Jr. on drums, and Mike Smith on percussion, plus Phil Upchurch on guitar...this is from his Tell The Truth album..
 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Phil Upchurch -Jack Of Speed

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!!

Strawberry Letter 23 - Phil Upchurch

Sunday Jazz continues...Phil Upchurch was the go-to jazz / funk guitarist during the start of the jazz / funk fusion movement...here's his take on the Brother's Johnson Strawberry Letter 23...

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Jack McDuff - The Heatin' System

Getting An Early Start To Sunday Jazz..Check This Out!!

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Jack McDuff - The Heatin' System