Pete Rock ‎– Diggin' On Blue

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out this jazz mixtape from Pete Rock ‎– called Diggin' On Blue. 

This is Pete Rock in the mix with the Blue Note Records catalog...with their blessing. Check out the playlist and the mix...

o1 Gene Harris & The Three Sounds - Sittin' Duck
02 Ronnie Foster - Summer Song
03 Stanley Turrentine - Little Green Apples
04 Reuben Wilson - We're In Love
05 Herbie Hancock - Olliloqui Valley
06 Bobby Hutcherson - Shirl
07 Gene Harris - I Remember Summer
08 Lee Morgan - In What Direction Are You Headed?
09 The Three Sounds - Repeat After Me
10 Jack McDuff - Hunk O' Funk
11 Lou Donaldson - Summertime
12 Ronnie Foster - Mystic Brew
13 Grant Green - I Don't Want Nobody
14 Lonnie Smith - Turning Point
15 Bobby Hutcherson - Wrong Or Right
16 Bobbi Humphrey - Smiling Faces Sometimes

Grant Green – Let The Music Take Your Mind

Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out this supreme jazz funk from Grant Green – with his version of Sly and The Family Stone’s Let The Music Take Your Mind. Check out the players and the track..

• Congas – Joseph Armstrong
• Drums – Idris Muhammad
• Guitar – Grant Green
• Organ – Ronnie Foster
• Tenor Saxophone – Claude Bartee
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – William Bivens

 
Grant Green – Let The Music Take Your Mind | Whats Really Going On?

Harvey Mason ‎– Whats Going On?

 Sunday Jazz Continues...checking out drummer Harvey Mason ‎– with his version of Marvin Gaye's Whats Going On? This is from his classic album released in 1977 called Funk In A Mason Jar. 

Mr. Mason played drums for everyone back in the day...so they returned the favor on his solo projects. Check out the all star players and the track...

 Bass – Stanley Banks Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Congas, Percussion, Arranged By [Rhythm, Strings] – Harvey Mason Electric Piano – Ronnie Foster Guitar Percussion – Steve Forman Soloist, Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Jorge Dalto Strings – Charles Veal* Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman*, Henry Roth, Karen Jones (2), Marsha Van Dyke*, Bob Lipsett*, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton* Vocals, Soloist, Guitar – George Benson Written-By – Alfred Cleveland*, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson
  
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Harvey Mason ‎– Whats Going On?

George Benson ‎– Octane

 Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out some of this classic George Benson ‎– as he hits us up with a track called Octane from his Space album...check out the players and the track...
George Benson - guitar
Hubert Laws - flute
Ronnie Foster - keyboards
Wayne Dockery - bass
Marvin Chappell - drums

It was recorded January 11, 1975 at Carnegie Hall, New York City
 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: George Benson ‎– Octane

Fuse One – Grand Prix

Sunday Jazz Continues….checking out jazz / funk super group Fuse One with a track called Grand Prix off of their Double Steal album…

On this particular cut we have Ronnie Foster on the keyboards….on saxophone  Joe Farrell, on the guitar John McLaughlin, on drums/ percussion  Paulinho Da Costa, and on bass  Stanley Clarke

Check them out!!

Fuse One – Grand Prix « Whats Really Going On?

Madlib-Mystic Bounce « Whats Really Going On?

Digital Crate Digging Continues….digging the way Madlib flips Ronnie Foster’s Mystic Brew..into Mystic Bounce..this is off the Madlib Invades Blue Note project


Madlib-Mystic Bounce « Whats Really Going On?

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Ronnie Foster / Diamond D - Summer Song

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Ronnie Foster / Diamond D - Summer Song: Check Out This Joint From Blue Note Project Remix...hip hop producers raided the Blue Note Jazz label's vaults...flipping joints like this ...