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RE: 'Presenting Edu Lobo': Side 1 track 2 ('Jogo de Roda') always brings to mind the chordal infl. of Gil Evans.
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Max Raabe und der Palast Orchester tonight at UGA. Can't believe they chose my little college town to start their 7-city tour which includes Symphony Halls in Chicago and Boston, prior to Carnegie.
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In 1971, when visiting a relative in Vernal, Utah -- and bored as hell in a cowboy town -- I walked into a music shop. They'd gotten a shipment of cut-out LPs and Riedel's 'Jazz Ballet' (U.S. Philips, 1964) really stood out. A favorite ever since.
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Andalusia comes to Music City! "We'll stop when your attorney says, "Cease and desist."
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When I walked the driveway at 8:15 to get the paper it was 16-degrees and I Phrygian my ass. When it gets up to 32, I'll celebrate with a gin and pentatonic.
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The Police' stripped-down the funk behind their 'Voices In My Head'
Police again, with more 'Voices' of what they're funkin' for:
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Also from '79: Andre Crouch with Jay Graydon ('Peg'), Michael Omartian, and David Hungate (Toto) -- much like EW&F and Steely Dan's 'FM'. Check how the band takes it out after the sax solo at 3:13
This contemporary gospel might get me de-frocked by the Soul Pope
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During the search among assorted books, magazines, and records, once-forgotten characters and 'persons of interest' can pop up unexpectedly. Such side-tracking has its rewards -- if you've got the time to spare.
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Uno mas Manuelle, por favor... both from 1996 album
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Sergio George arranged Manuelle's salsa moderna with jazz modulations.
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'Pops' Popwell in 1972 with the Rascals:
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Doris Duke and 'Congratulations Baby, 1969 recorded in Macon, GA.
(19-year-old Robert 'Pops' Popwell is bassist.)
Tina Turner had a problem with her man in 1969.
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Two from 1973, both fueled by Bob Babbitt's bass:
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This track's bass line goes out to thread-starter Soul Pope:
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Boston's Prince Charles and 'City Life' (1984), check out his bio below the clip.
Cold Blood - 'Baby I Love You' (1973) the tune builds to full-on funk.
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Walter 'Junie' Morrison in 1975 after leaving Ohio Players. (Serious jam with horns kicks in at 2:40 mins.)
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Prince Charles & the City Beat Band (1982) 'Don't Fake the Funk'
Charles Alexander is currently professor of Music Production & Engineering at Berklee in Boston.
Dayton - The Sound of Music (1983)
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Skull Snaps perform 'I'm Your Pimp' (1973)
And this crate-digger's classic by Lafayette Afro Rock Band:
An extended single by United 8, 'Getting Uptown (to Get Down)'
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In 1972, Tower of Power put Dusty's sultry voice "Cleo's back" (and ending with "Cleo's here.")
It was one of TOP's two tracks on 'Lights Out: San Francisco', a various artists 2-LP collection on Blue Thumb.
Warner Bros. subsequently insisted that the name 'Tower of Power' removed from the cover, first by label paste-over existing copies and then permanently from future releases.
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Mann's 'Stone Flute' (1970) may be his answer to Miles' 'Silent Way'.
With Ron Carter, and regulars Sharrock, Miroslav, and Roy Ayers and cellos and violins. It's spacey, not beat-driven with radio hit potential.
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My nephew saw pianist Pascal Le Boeuf in Nashville recently.
I said, "Pascal Le WHO? Check out this 6 min. clip of his trio:
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Having contributed a correct entry to the TTK Challenge -- Mr. Stonewall should receive a prize item from the TTK library.
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When Nesuhi Ertegun handed him the lead sheet weeks after Herbie Mann had recorded it, Torme wasn't happy about recording it. Nesuhi pressed him, "It's great! You could do a terrific vocal on this one. We would like to do a single with you before we try an LP."
In his autobio 'It Wasn't All Velvet', Torme continues. 'It was a minor blues tune with trite repetitious lyrics and an 'answer' pattern sung by The Cookies, a girl trio. Can this be happening?, I thought. I mean, come on. The Ertegun brothers? World's greatest jazz fans? What have I gotten myself into?"
'Comin' Home Baby' went to #36 on the Billboard November '62 pop chart. Torme's recording was nominated for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance at the 1963 Grammy's.
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By the time I finally counted 'em up, there were 11 Capitol Peggy Lee LPs on the shelf.
I mean, when you find such nice copies with those Capitol rainbow labels, how can you resist?
Albert “Tootie” Heath (1935-2024)
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First dug Tootie on Herbie Hancock's 'Prisoner' (April, '69) and 'Fat Albert Rotunda' (May-June, '69).
On both albums, Tootie showed he could play 'outside' and straight down the middle.
(After taking more than a year off, 'Mwandishi' Herbie went with Billy Hart.)