tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339511512024-02-28T17:44:00.857+01:00weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove !!We are a french webzine specialized in funk, soul and afro grooves since 2000. We wrote more than 400 articles & interviews reaching a large range of funk & soul music : Pee Wee Ellis, Gwen Mc Crae, Gerald Jazzman, Keb Darge, Alice Russel, Lyn Collins,Ed Motta, Oneness of Juju, Poets of Rhythm, Marcos Valle, Breakestra, Brass Construction, Fertile Ground...
We get more than 15000 unique visits a month.adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159050006947161642013-06-24T13:39:00.000+02:002013-06-24T13:39:00.524+02:00Esther Marrow - Newport News, Virginia<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/esthermarrow.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/esthermarrow.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">SIDE ONE<br /><i>He Don't Appreciate It<br />No Answer Came<br />Hello Brother<br />Money Honey<br />Peaceful Man</i><br /><br />SIDE TWO<br /><i>Mama<br />Satisfied<br />What A wonderful World<br />Walk Tall<br />It's Been A Long Night<br />Chains Of Love</i><br /><br />Produced by <b>Bob Thiele</b> for Flying Dutchman in 1969.<br />Arranged by <b>Gene Page</b> and <b>Artie Butler</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">A perfect album by gospel singer <b>Esther Marrow</b>. The arrangements of Gene Page and Artie Butler, the lyrics of <b>James Rein</b> and the music of <b>Joe Zawinul</b> make a very great mix between soul, gospel and funk.</span><br />
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Pee Wee Ellis, Gwen Mc Crae, Gerald Jazzman, Keb Darge, Alice Russel, Lyn Collins,Ed Motta, Oneness of Juju, Poets of Rhythm, Marcos Valle, Breakestra, Brass Construction, Fertile Ground...
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-27457125218680456412008-11-05T13:53:00.004+01:002008-11-05T13:59:29.175+01:00Interview Nick From Record Kicks<div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><strong>How did you start being a record collector ?</strong></div><strong></strong><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />I've started collecting 45s right after I felt in love with northern soul first and deep funk then in the 90s. Both genres are about rare and obscure american singles, so start collectig has been a natural step. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265156139981392914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7DCAZk275V2I_Dm5iPGdcIaWdETt0le7Y2nSQy1MVJDwgyJ1vbzaV3yM99twmleU-r6hO2eUfWub_UmPgz68a1K7nkqDrYKLV9tdFs0ASKsaByrASciBwDsj5qOhziGxmKv4GQ/s320/nick@urban_jazz_groove.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><strong>How did you decide to make your own label ?</strong></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />I've always wanted to do it. Before opening RK I spent 4 years at Vitaminic a digital distribution company. I was label manager first then in the last 2 years we stated producing lounge / rare groove compilations, we set up an internal label distributed by Edel and I was taking care of the label doing both the A&R and label management. We released 20 records some very good stuff like Get Smart compilation collections. After 4 years I left Vitaminc and opened RK. All the time spent at Vitaminic gave the knowledge of the music business, it's been very usefull.</div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><strong>What are the difficulties for being independent?</strong></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />It's really hard to survive these days. The difficulties are linked to the general situation of music market which is really poor at the moment. You need to push really hard. RK office are placed in the basement... it reminds me of a Bunker!<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><strong>Italy has always been a big producer of music, will you make a compilation of Italian funk/rare groove/jazz scene in the 70's ?</strong></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />You're right there's a lot of very good funky library music and jazz in this country. Great composers like Micalizzi, Ortolani, Piccioni and many more. The point is that a lot, if not all the best stuff, has already been rereleased during the lounge period at the end of the 90s by labels like Right Tempo and Irma. Also I have to say, with RK we're more focussed on contemporary deep funk, soul, groove scene... but who knows. </div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><strong>How is the funk scene in Italy nowadays? The Scene for jazz is quite big, what about the funk/soul scene ? Do you have some Italian new mastersounds?</strong></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />We already had an Italian response to the New Mastersounds, the great Link Quartet. We had the fortune to release their last studio album "Italian playboys" before the split up... hope they're going to change their mind and do a reunion, they were great.... anyway we're still waiting for an Italian Sharon Jones :) A part from jokes the scene is growing fast. When we started back in 2003 nobody was taking care of funk and especially of contemporary funk bands here. Today thanks to planetary success of Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Nicole Willis the scene is growing rapidly, we have more media focussed on the scene and more bands practicing. We also run a deep funk clubnight here in milan called BOOGALOO club with a very strict music policy which is very successful since 2003. Always packed with 500 people attending. We'll do the 6th anniversary this year, we hosted many good djs/bands such as Keb Darge, Boogaloo Investigators, Jazzman Gerald, Diplomats of Solid Sound, Henry Storch, Ian Wright, Andy Smith.. Off course there's still a lot to do especially if you think that acts like Sharon Jones or Nicole Willis never played in Italy.</div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><strong>Can you told us a little bit more of Trio Valore ? Deep Funk from Italy?</strong></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG6rwPuaL8p41ZAvffCyy0BWt4-KARCjNN33n3KC2yMqJZKQHgBXvNYIJU2jnWQDOaF-xKG3DZg7ZIHaUP2RNIWZkwXCvCTPDk3fq5_Sc_FQXmFPiWX_p1onHN9ECPJIdp6H7_A/s1600-h/TRIO_Cover_low.res.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG6rwPuaL8p41ZAvffCyy0BWt4-KARCjNN33n3KC2yMqJZKQHgBXvNYIJU2jnWQDOaF-xKG3DZg7ZIHaUP2RNIWZkwXCvCTPDk3fq5_Sc_FQXmFPiWX_p1onHN9ECPJIdp6H7_A/s1600-h/TRIO_Cover_low.res.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG6rwPuaL8p41ZAvffCyy0BWt4-KARCjNN33n3KC2yMqJZKQHgBXvNYIJU2jnWQDOaF-xKG3DZg7ZIHaUP2RNIWZkwXCvCTPDk3fq5_Sc_FQXmFPiWX_p1onHN9ECPJIdp6H7_A/s1600-h/TRIO_Cover_low.res.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265156345880929634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 319px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG6rwPuaL8p41ZAvffCyy0BWt4-KARCjNN33n3KC2yMqJZKQHgBXvNYIJU2jnWQDOaF-xKG3DZg7ZIHaUP2RNIWZkwXCvCTPDk3fq5_Sc_FQXmFPiWX_p1onHN9ECPJIdp6H7_A/s320/TRIO_Cover_low.res.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div>Not really is a brand new deep funk & mod jazz super group formed by 3 monsters, Steve White (Style Council / Galliano / JTQ), Damon minchella (Ocean colour scene) and Seamus Beagnen (Madness, Supergrass, Babyshambles, Death In Vegas .. and many more). On the album appeared also as special guests Benjamin Herman (New Cool Collective), Louk Boudesteijn & Jan Van Duikeren (Paul Weller band). The Italian name comes from Steve White who loves Italy. Damon has Italian parents, so he's the only half italian.. as Damon used to say "The only Italian thing about the other 2 is that they try to avoid paying their taxes" </div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><strong>What are your plans for 2008/2009?</strong></div><div><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUbh2ZOAx-5v_OlT6MgxAroZX_KHuRo3gk8fKkMa84ogjt94_pJ1vMUDTp0sGj0IUYO6cG1zxyLr1yVgYPZIncQC5ULt4CV6qKQYM40SXstId6Q9W0zXBMF9hyphenhyphend0iADHZ7D7t5A/s1600-h/KOKOLO+x+ITUNES.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265156775278466098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUbh2ZOAx-5v_OlT6MgxAroZX_KHuRo3gk8fKkMa84ogjt94_pJ1vMUDTp0sGj0IUYO6cG1zxyLr1yVgYPZIncQC5ULt4CV6qKQYM40SXstId6Q9W0zXBMF9hyphenhyphend0iADHZ7D7t5A/s320/KOKOLO+x+ITUNES.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div>We're excited to release the new album from <strong>Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra</strong> next March, it's a james brown cover album ala Kokolo.. pure dynamite! Baby Charles are working on the new album that hopefully will be ready for end of 2009. On our sub label <strong>Soulful Torino</strong> Records we're reissuing rare deep funk from Panama, check the first Soul Fantastic 45 top notch tropical funk! Next year we'll release a Soulful Torino compilation with all the 45s released so far. We also have a bunch of new Record Kicks singles on the way... really busy ... keep an eye open! </div><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="left"><strong>LINKS :</strong></p><p align="left"><strong><a href="http://www.recordkicks.com/">www.recordkicks.com</a></strong></p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUbh2ZOAx-5v_OlT6MgxAroZX_KHuRo3gk8fKkMa84ogjt94_pJ1vMUDTp0sGj0IUYO6cG1zxyLr1yVgYPZIncQC5ULt4CV6qKQYM40SXstId6Q9W0zXBMF9hyphenhyphend0iADHZ7D7t5A/s1600-h/KOKOLO+x+ITUNES.jpg"></a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>Mys35http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930544301224754374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-58034046922581451352008-04-11T14:26:00.005+02:002008-11-05T13:48:50.031+01:00Magic Disco Machine - Disc-O-Tech (1975)Juste avant la déferlante disco du milieu des années 70, Motown voit déjà le vent venir et, surfant sur la vague, sort cet album de musiciens de studio sous le nom de Magic Disco Machine.<br />On y retrouve un duo de choc maison : Hal Davis à la production et James Carmichael aux arrangements mais aussi Paul Riser, Freddie Perren. Les vocaux étant confiés à des groupes comme Sisters Love, Bottom & Co, Devastating Affair ou encore la chanteuse Gloria Jones.<br />Cet album est surtout connu pour le morceau « <em>Scratchin</em> » ayant fait le bonheur des B Boys du monde entier.<br />Le plus drôle dans cette histoire c’est que l’album n’est pas disco.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ecouter un extrait : <a href="http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF73423-01-01-01.mp3">http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF73423-01-01-01.mp3</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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Pee Wee Ellis, Gwen Mc Crae, Gerald Jazzman, Keb Darge, Alice Russel, Lyn Collins,Ed Motta, Oneness of Juju, Poets of Rhythm, Marcos Valle, Breakestra, Brass Construction, Fertile Ground...
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</div>Mys35http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930544301224754374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-55419350791645857322007-10-21T11:40:00.003+02:002008-11-05T13:07:02.075+01:00Interview with James « Plunky » Branch / Plunky & Oneness of Juju<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYd6UVbGJL58UwvaEK0siLyge5frDez1jxBOotyanGQb2e9z-Je8h487tdMRiYJDA-5hhwKPOZmHeQMPHluOQW1nsD2Oo0x66ldtl4VU_YMF25qMiD2dHloQx8FNoDDhWJwWjsUg/s1600-h/plunky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265143534902139378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYd6UVbGJL58UwvaEK0siLyge5frDez1jxBOotyanGQb2e9z-Je8h487tdMRiYJDA-5hhwKPOZmHeQMPHluOQW1nsD2Oo0x66ldtl4VU_YMF25qMiD2dHloQx8FNoDDhWJwWjsUg/s320/plunky.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A conscious funk</span><br /><br />Interview réalisée le 26 Mars 2006 à Marseille lors du festival Bol de Funk.<br />Est-il utile de vous présenter James Plunky Branch dont les concerts ont enflammé le public lors de ses passages en France ?<br />James a su traverser les époques et les styles, diffusant un message plein de spiritualité et de conscience.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">First question about your shows in France, it’s the second time that you’ve been here, how do you feel about it, how's the crowd?</span><br /><br /><br />So far the crowds have been just great and I feel great about it.<br />This may be a life changing tour for me, I’m very gratified that not only older fans seem to appreciate the music but even some new younger people and I think that we’re converting them...<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Now we’re going back in time, I would like to know where the name Oneness of Juju came from.</span><br /><br />The name Juju, we took in San Francisco in 1972 I think, we chose it primarily because we wanted to have an African name, we didn’t have a specific reference to Nigerian Juju Music. We just wanted to have a name that sounded African.<br /><br />We were performing and studying Yoruba “chants” from Nigeria but also Afro-Cuban music which has a relationship. But we chose the name not because we were so knowledgeable about Juju, we just picked the name as an inspiration.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">I would like you to tell me about the Strata East Label. How did you get on there, how was it to work with them and how did you make the 2 albums?</span><br /><br />Strata East was an very important business entity because it represented one of the first times that African American musicians took charge of the business part of the industry.<br /><br /><br />For fifty years before that, musicians had been just that, musicians. Here was Stanley Cowell and Charles Tolliver, the people who started that Label, attempting to take over and to take charge of their own business interests.<br />When we heard about their efforts they had put out maybe 3 or 4 albums and we were excited to say here is a black company featuring Jazz music with the musicians producing themselves and releasing the records.<br /><br />So that Label was based in New York and we were based in SF, we had a gig in NY for a festival, we came and looked up the Strata East people. We had recorded the album that would become “A message from Mozambique” before we left SF and so we were shopping a tape and before we went anywhere else we went to Strata East and they heard it and immediately said “OK you can join us”. It was interesting because they had us join the Label as equals. It wasn’t like a hierarchy, like president right here and you were lowly musicians. All of the musicians were equals.<br /><br />And in fact you mentioned Gil Scott Heron, in fact GSH and Mtume and Oneness of Juju we were the young people at the Label, the other musicians were a little bit older, and a little bit more conservative. They weren’t quite sure when they opened the label that they were ready for the political things that the 3 of us were doing. MTume had done an album for Strata East called “Akabe Line” which is very nationalistic and Oneness of Juju did this one called “Juju” that was African avant-garde Jazz and GSH came with his poetry very much political, he talked about Watergate and so the older musicians weren’t quite sure that they were ready for what we were doing. So there was a kind of 2 different camps within the label. I became great friends with Mtume and GSH at that time, we saw ourselves as sort of the young revolutionaries, the young lions of the label.<br /><br /><br /><br />That was a very positive experience for me, because I was able to learn about the business at the same time as meeting these older, more experienced musicians that helped us along in our career. But lastly we helped them too 'cause the Label, I think, was much more exciting for having had the younger musicians who were striking out in this new direction.<br />In fact GSH’s record probably sold ten times more than anybody else's records at the Label.<br />We were important to them but they were important to us.<br /><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">You stayed for 2 years and then you left the Label?</span><br /><br />Well after those first two years there was something like a chism, a split. As I said, the split came from some of the straight-ahead jazz musicians who were concerned that the Label may move to a more “avant-garde” way or even into a funky way. But GSH's record was so successful, you would think that that would be positive, but some of the musicians were upset that the music was so commercial. The record met this commercial success, it took the label in a whole different direction, just in terms of business. So they were some arguments about which way the label was going to go, so I decided that I would start my own label “Black Fire”.<br /><br />I worked with men from Washington DC. Jimmy Gray had been the distributor for Strata East in the DC area and so I combined with him, he and I partnered to start a Label.<br />We said “we can do the same thing based in Washington” and so we started our own Label and it was fairly successful for us, I’m glad we did it ‘cause again, it was a continuing of the learning experience<br />And if I would say something to the younger musicians, I would say “Don’t be afraid to strike out a new directions.”<br />At one time, Jazz music was a new direction, it’s a fairly old direction now, but in the early days Jazz was a new direction.<br />Hip Hop, at one point in the early eighties was a new direction.<br />But we find great success when we have the strength to go out on our own.<br /><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">And when did you get into Funk, this was a new direction for you ...</span><br /><br />Well, it was a new direction for a Jazz musician because we had been associated with avant garde Jazz movement and people like Sun Ra, Paroah Sanders, John Coltarne, Ornette Coleman. You don’t think of those names and Funk together<br />And before us you really didn’t think too much about African music and Funk together or Jazz with African music together. There were some, I’m not claiming that I invented that, but we were fairly early on with these kind of combinations, fusions of different music. So yes it was a new direction for such a political avant-garde Jazz group to go to African and Funk music<br /><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A lot of artists in the 80s disappeared or lost their inspiration, how did you live through this period, how do you explain this situation/fell about this?</span><br /><br />I think it‘s a kind of natural reaction that some musicians who had some level of popularity, when the market for the music changed it can be very discouraging. In the US we have a disposable culture that means somebody gets hot, and 6 months later we cast them aside and we find a new, younger musician. We constantly go for younger musicians.<br />So as the music or music group gets older, they get less popular and the record companies cast them aside, they are not able to record, they seem to be a little less interesting for the public. They find other things to do. They teach or get out of music all together.<br />And it’s also understandable; as musicians get older they have more financial responsibilities. When you’re younger you might play music even if you're not making money, you just make it for the love of the music. But after getting older, you have children, you have bills, and if you say “well there’s nobody behind this record, no record company wants to release it”, then you do, you fall out of the game.<br />For musicians such as I, I was able to maintain because I did some other things.<br />I was able to teach in school, because my music is very diverse and I’m very versatile I can do other things, I can teach, play art venues, play in museums, not just night clubs, I can lecture and most importantly, what we were talking about, I’m involved in producing. So I use the time to study new media, to build a home studio, to record other people, younger musicians to keep my ideas fresh. I’m able to stay active in that way.<br />There was a period where I didn’t play a lot, commercially, I didn’t go touring in night clubs but I was able to make a living for myself in my state of Virginia, playing in colleges and producing.<br /><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Why did you move back to Virginia ?</span><br /><br />I was originally from Virginia, I went to New York to go to school at Columbia University and then because I was into political issues I moved to San Francisco to get away for 2 or 3 years. Then I came back home because it was easier for me to raise a family.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">I suppose you’ve been to Africa, when was the first time and what where your impressions?</span><br /><br />I’ve been in Africa six or seven times and I can’t remember the first year but by the time I got to Africa, I had been performing for 20 years and wanting to go for that long. I finally went to Nigeria and to Ghana. I didn’t like Nigeria as much as I liked Ghana.<br /><br />Nigeria and particularly Lagos was a big city, very harsh, abrasive, Ghana was more laidback, more relaxed and that was more in keeping with what I liked.<br />But going there was a rewarding experience, I had the chance to play with Sunny Ade, with Fela, I met Asante and a host of musicians.<br />I went to Ghana to tour for their “Commission on Children”, then another tour with Oneness of Juju & Asante.<br />But this was the late 80s, 90s.<br />Africa is an important place for me but I think now for the future, Europe will be important for me. What’s going on right now, with the release of the new DVD in France and I hope it will be important for the musicians and the people as well. Because I think, once again, it may not be a totally new direction but we’re representing this idea of Jazz and Hip-Hop and African, making statements and bringing people together. And I think it could be a good thing.<br /><br /><strong>You’ve also been to Brazil and to Cuba, for some new projects?</strong><br /><br />I went to Brazil to score the music for a film, for a friend of mine. He asked me to go to Brazil to study the music and to prepare a sound track for his film. I went to Cuba for the same reason, a different friend was making a documentary film about Cuba.<br />I took my son, a Hip Hop producer and we went there twice. And while we were there, making the music for his film, we filmed some footage ourselves. My friend’s film was never released, but we made a film of the footage that we shot about Afro-Cuban music. It’s called “Under the Radar - a survey of Afro-Cuban music”. That’s a project for me, and you can tell from my most recent releases that that’s a direction that I want to go in. Doing videos and documentary films, use of multimedia to express our music.<br />As I said we released a DVD “Live in Paris” this year and I’m more exited by the documentary portion of the DVD!<br />We also have a DVD that we’re doing ourselves in Richmond called “African Rhythms 2006”, it’ s a short music video of that song, a remake of that song along with 10 other live segments.<br />Were beginning to have a library of multimedia. It represents a new direction and we’re making DVD about the music and the history of music.<br /><br />Concert in Marseille<br /><br /><embed id="smilplayer" name="smilplayer" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://img510.imageshack.us/slideshow/smilplayer.swf" width="426" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="FFFFFF" menu="false" flashvars="id=img510/3716/11786977560gw.smil"></embed></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
We are a french webzine specialized in funk, soul and afro grooves since 2000.
We wrote more than 400 articles & interviews reaching a large range of funk & soul music :
Pee Wee Ellis, Gwen Mc Crae, Gerald Jazzman, Keb Darge, Alice Russel, Lyn Collins,Ed Motta, Oneness of Juju, Poets of Rhythm, Marcos Valle, Breakestra, Brass Construction, Fertile Ground...
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</div>Mys35http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930544301224754374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-81584323197129114602007-09-19T22:06:00.000+02:002007-09-26T22:59:51.976+02:00Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union - Black Pearl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8LUjDvoAjDl2HFvUxoRKzGv9uLv5VBq_PuKYghdubQCz4WUzlB21ia7o-vKfJlfMYnH6Oi7CE27MgaZy4QFY0_mFGgP7bQAV9VLuDKdPnZqe_sh4_UxTlVML__hWLMQd-8YzQQ/s1600-h/union4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112011455152404482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8LUjDvoAjDl2HFvUxoRKzGv9uLv5VBq_PuKYghdubQCz4WUzlB21ia7o-vKfJlfMYnH6Oi7CE27MgaZy4QFY0_mFGgP7bQAV9VLuDKdPnZqe_sh4_UxTlVML__hWLMQd-8YzQQ/s320/union4.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Black pearl</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Speak like a child</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Darts</em></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Life is more precious than diamonds<br />With the force of nature<br />Soul eyes</em></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em></em></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Conrad Silvert</strong> for Zen Records</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded on September 23-26th, 1980 at The Automat studio - San Francisco.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With :<br /><strong style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Yoshifumi Tada </span>(tp)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tsuneo Takeda</span> (tp)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Kiyoshi Ohsaka</span> (tp, fh)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Nobuo Katoh</span> (tp, fh)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Kenji Nishiyama</span> (tb)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Osamu Matsumoto</span> (tb)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tatsuroh Matsubayashi</span> (tb)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Michiharu Yamazaki </span>(tb)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tatsuya Takahashi</span> (sax, fl, cl)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Keiji Mori</span> (sax,fl)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Hiroshi Yaginuma</span> (sax, fl, cl)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Norio Moriguchi</span> (sax, fl, cl)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Kenichi Tada</span> ( sax, cl)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Masahiro Kanayama</span> (p)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Atsuo Wada</span> (b)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Hideki Nakamura</span> (dr)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Hidetoshi Kaeano</span> (g)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Hiroyuki Ohkubo</span> (g)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Herbie Hancock</span> (p)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Slide Hampton</span> (tb)<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Richie Cole</span> (sax)</strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have never been a fan of jazz big bands, those noisy and overcrowded orchestras, but this one is different.<br />This only-Japanese album has been recorded in 1980 ; it has received the valuable help of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> (and Slide Hampton too), which is giving to the main title track the required amount of funkiness.<br />The well-named <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Black Pearl </span>tune is a 8 minutes jazz-funk killer which starts with a nice slapped bass line.<br />It is a perfect combination of the powerful horn section (which sounds a bit like the '76 Horny Horns) of the orchestra and the elegant-laid-back-funky-style of Herbie Hancock.<br />The rest of the album is less interesting from a "funkateer point of vue", but may fully satisfy any jazz enthusiast.<br />Amazingly, this record is not so hard to find for a fair price of $20 or even less ! </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://x.10.free.fr/funk/tttu-blackpearl.mp3">Audio sample</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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From the very start, the group built their reputation as innovative artists, playing gigs everywhere throughout Philadelphia, especially in Germantown’s Vernon Park. They recorded their first album in 1972, the self-titled <em>Sounds of Liberation</em>, on the Dog Town label. As their touring schedule expanded, <strong>Sounds of Liberation</strong> appeared at the Miss Black America Pageant, the New York City Arts Festival, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and numerous colleges and universities throughout the United States. The original members included <strong>Jamal</strong>,<strong> Lancaster</strong>, <strong>Sudler</strong>, <strong>Hill</strong> and <strong>James</strong>, in addition to the late percussionist <strong>Rashid Salime</strong> and bassist <strong>Billy Mills</strong> who has since changed his instrument to the piano.<br /><br />Through the decades, all of the members have continued to consistently front their own bands and recordings, compose and publish their original music, and conduct workshops, seminars, master classes and lecture demonstrations for students ranging from pre-kindergarten through the undergraduate and graduate levels at universities. Individually and collectively their artistry has become known worldwide, particularly in Europe, Japan and the Philippines. Since their inception the <strong>Sounds of Liberation</strong> have defied classification, choosing instead to create a menagerie of original music that is fresh, free, lyrical, percussive, highly cultivated and spiritually elevated.<br /><br />We met them in September 2006, for their show at La Villette and it was probably one of the best show I have ever seen.<br /><br /><div>These are some audio samples of our interview of the master <strong>Byard Lancaster</strong> : </div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Wegofunk :</strong> <em>As a pionneer of free jazz, can you tell us more about this music?</em></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Byard Lancaster : </span></strong><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw1.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Wegofunk</strong> : <em>You don't sing but you have a message. What is the message contained in your music?</em></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Byard Lancaster : </span></strong><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw2.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_dGHdLBmanLM2SkPJH9eAT2khn-YsQ7tfSeAQsiG4KPfjV8tQtvlrrJPhTX1JpRnN2gHDUEwMLHx5HRXx3AEIEbUAAB5z6K4lzJ40-SM4JdpXKlOPJ-fRnBqIDF7YhbUgtsm/s1600-h/JUST-TEST.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044064631519622338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_dGHdLBmanLM2SkPJH9eAT2khn-YsQ7tfSeAQsiG4KPfjV8tQtvlrrJPhTX1JpRnN2gHDUEwMLHx5HRXx3AEIEbUAAB5z6K4lzJ40-SM4JdpXKlOPJ-fRnBqIDF7YhbUgtsm/s320/JUST-TEST.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Wegofunk :</strong><em> You recorded a great jazz-funk 45 in Paris at the end of the 70s. What do you like into funk music?</em><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Byard Lancaster : </span></strong><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw3.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><div></div><div>Listen to <em><a href="http://www.zao.fr/audio/Just%20Test.mp3">Just Test</a></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Wegofunk :</strong> <em>You played with the best jazz musicians. Can you just describe us some musicians you played with on stage?</em></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Byard Lancaster : </span></strong><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw4.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><br /><div><strong>Wegofunk :</strong> <em>What about the <strong>Sounds of Liberation</strong>?</em></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Byard Lancaster : </span></strong><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw5.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><div></div><div><strong>Wegofunk :</strong> <em>Is Jazz dance the inspiration of <strong>Sounds of Liberation</strong>?</em><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Byard Lancaster :</strong></span><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw6.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><br /><div><strong>Wegofunk :</strong> <em>Something to add?</em></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Byard Lancaster : </span></strong><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/itw7.mp3">Audio Sample</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1160839471888205352007-03-19T17:08:00.000+01:002007-03-20T11:00:13.927+01:00Geneviève Paris - Entre Le Vert Et Le Gris...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/genevieveparis.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/genevieveparis.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Requiem Pour Un Chanteur De Metro</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Un Dimanche Matin</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Entre Le Vert Et Le Gris</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Déviation</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Woodstock</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">La Tête Dans Les Iles</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Tu Fais Ta Valise</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">De Paris En Paris (instrumental)</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Ca Se Voit</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Je Perds La Mémoire, Je Crois</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Jacques Bedos</strong> for AZ</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded in Paris in 1977.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With : </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Gérard Bikialo</strong> (ac. & el. p., synth.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Christian Padovan</strong> (b., voc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>André Ceccarelli</strong> (d.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Marc Chantereau</strong> (perc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Geneviève Paris</strong> (voc., g., ac. p., synth.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Geneviève Paris is a parisian pop singer. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On this album, <em>De Paris En Paris</em> is the only very interesting track, but what a track!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a Cortex-like instrumental jazz-funk with rock influences, featuring <strong>André Ceccarelli</strong> on drums and <strong>Marc Chantereau</strong> (Sirocco, Telemusic, Voyage) on percussion.</span><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/genevieveparis.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1160840391853500772006-11-11T22:27:00.000+01:002006-11-11T23:14:32.113+01:00Orquesta Flamboyan - Se Viste De Gala<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/flamboyan.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/flamboyan.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE<br /><em>Me Siento Guajiro</em><br /><em>Venceremos</em><br /><em>Bailey's Four Women</em><br /><em>Ay Carmela!</em><br /><br />SIDE TWO<br /><em>Que Cosa Tendran Las Mujeres</em><br /><em>Joe's Landlord</em><br /><em>Aprovechate</em><br /><em>El Merengue</em><br /><br />Produced by <strong>Ralph Lew</strong> for Cotique Records<br />Recorded in 1970 in New-York.<br /><br />With :<br /><br /><strong>Frankie Dante</strong> (voc.)<br /><strong>Eddie Gonzalez Jr.</strong> (b.)<br /><strong>Billy "Tata" Baxter</strong> (timbales )<br /><strong>Jerry Gonzalez</strong> (congas on “Bailey’s Four Women”)<br /><strong>Ray Armando</strong> (congas)<br /><strong>Alex Ojeda</strong> (bongos and vocals on “Bailey’s Four Women”)<br /><strong>Joe Mannozzi</strong> (piano)<br /><strong>Joe "Chickie" Fuentes</strong> (trombone)<br /><strong>Angelo Rodriguez</strong> (trombone)<br /><strong>Harry Vigianno</strong> (guitar and tres)<br /><strong>Jose "Juicy" Cruz</strong> (guiro and claves)<br /><strong>Vince Garett</strong> (vibes)<br /><br />A fantastic album of salsa with influences of carribean music (mento, ska) and funk. <em>Venceremos</em> is a killer dancefloor track for latin funk lovers!! </span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/flamboyan.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159236955433280622006-11-09T02:53:00.000+01:002007-03-19T18:29:39.944+01:00War - Live<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/warlive.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/warlive.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Introduction by E. Rodney Jones Of Radio WVON, Chicago, Ill.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Sun Oh Son</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>The Cisco Kid</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>(Intro) Slippin Into Darkness</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Slippin Into Darkness</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Slippin Part. 2</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE THREE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>All Day Music</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Ballero</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>(Intro) Get Down</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE FOUR</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Get Down</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Jerry Goldstein</strong>, <strong>Lonnie Jordan</strong> & <strong>Howard Scott</strong> for Far Out Productions / United Artists Records</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded November 25th, 1972 at the High Chaparral, Chicago, Ill.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With :<br /><strong>Lonnie Jordan</strong> (kb, voc., g., perc) </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>B.B. Dickerson</strong> - (b., perc., voc)<br /><strong>Harold Brown</strong> - (drums) </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Howard Scott</strong> - (g., perc., voc)<br /><strong>Charles Miller</strong> - (clarinet, fl., perc., sax., voc) </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Lee Oskar</strong> - (harmonica, perc., voc.) </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Papa Dee Allen</strong> - (perc, voc.) </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This album is for me the best of War. Because it is their best period (72/73), the energy is really intense and their mastery on stage is incredible. All the tracks are over-boosted. The set includes <em>Slippin' Into Darkness</em>, <em>All Day Music</em> and <em>Get Down</em> in their original long form, as well as the previously unrecorded Ballero, a superb latin jam session that reached #33 on the pop and #17 on R&B singles charts.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">But the track that makes me crazy is <em>The Cisco Kid</em> with the funkiest wahwah guitar I have ever heard!!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/war.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159231978706551392006-10-27T01:39:00.000+02:002006-10-27T20:48:57.380+02:00SOUL - Can You Feel It<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/soulcanyoufee.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/400/soulcanyoufee.jpg" border="0" /></a>SIDE ONE<br /><em>Can You Feel It</em><br /><em>Tell It Like It Is</em><br /><em>Do What's Never You Want To Do</em><br /><em>Peace Of Mind</em><br /><br />SIDE TWO<br /><em>My Cherie Amour</em><br /><em>Love, Peace And Power</em><br /><em>To Mend A Broken Heart</em><br /><em>Sleeping Beauty</em><br /><br />Produced by <strong>Steve Feldman</strong> and <strong>Richard Talmadge</strong> for Musicor / Talmadge Production<br />Recorded in NYC in 1972.<br /><br />With :<br /><strong>Lee Lovett</strong> (b., voc.)<br /><strong>Larry Hancock</strong> (org., voc.)<br /><strong>Gus Hawkins</strong> (fl, sax)<br /><strong>Walter Winston</strong> (g.)<br /><strong>Paul Stubblefield</strong> (d.)<br /><br />This is the second album of the <strong>SOunds of Unity and Love</strong> (SOUL). Maturity has gained ground since <em>What It Is</em> and covers give way to outstanding originals. Energy is still present on this album even if the tracks are more arranged and better produced.<br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/soul.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159142319478996792006-10-25T01:33:00.000+02:002006-10-24T18:51:25.683+02:00F.A.T. - Funky And Tough<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/fatfunkytough.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/400/fatfunkytough.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>How Can I Explain</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Life Is A Beautiful THing</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Feelings</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Satan's Dream</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Magician Man</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Doing Bad</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Free My Mind</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Tip Of My Tongue</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Willie Clarke</strong> for Bold Records and TK Productions.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded in 1977.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With : </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Eric "Fat" Gallon</strong> (d., voc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>McKinley Odom</strong> (b.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Tom Naguet</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Kenny Jones</strong> (tp)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Anthony Clayton</strong> (t. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Oliver Crew</strong> (bass 747 tb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Oscar Daley</strong> (tb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Fat Gallon</strong> is a recording session drummer. His only album for Bold Records is hard to find. But it has been reissued in high quality.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Amazing is the best adjective to qualify the tracks of this record : soul, funk, p-funk and psyche are mixed and the mood is quite crazy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Not as <em>Funky And Tough</em> as could suggest the title, but really preposterous</span>!!<br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/FAT.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159140755805479932006-10-25T00:52:00.000+02:002006-10-24T18:50:51.640+02:00James Brown - Reality<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/brown_james_reality.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/brown_james_reality.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Reality</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Funky President (People It's Bad)</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Further On Up The road</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Check Your Body</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Don't Fence Me In</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">All For One</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm Broken Hearted</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">The Twist</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Who Can I Turn To</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>James Brown</strong> for Polydor.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded in NYC in 1974.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Arranged by <strong>James Brown</strong>, <strong>Fred Wesley</strong> and <strong>Dave Matthews.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With : </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>James Brown</strong> (voc.)</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">The JBS</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Probably not the best year for James Brown with his problems of drug and despair. In spite of this, he produces here some funky dance tracks (<em>Funky President</em>, <em>Check Your Body</em>, <em>Reality</em>) and covers of <strong>Cole Porter</strong>'s <em>Don't Fence Me In</em>, Briscusse show tune <em>Who Can I Turn To</em>, <em>Further On Up The Road</em> and an unrecognizable rendition of <strong>Hank Ballard</strong>'s <em>The Twist</em>.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/funkypresident.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159137419808993322006-10-15T00:20:00.000+02:002006-10-15T01:02:01.220+02:00Mike Longo - Talk With The Spirits<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/longo_talk.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/400/longo_talk.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Wyyoma</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Roma</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>The Proclamation</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Angel Of Love</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Talk With The Spirits</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Dizzy Gillespie</strong> for Pablo Records .</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded in NYC in 1976.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With :</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Mike Longo</strong> (ac. p.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Harold Vick</strong> (t. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Virgil Jones</strong> (tp)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>George Davis</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Bob Cranshaw</strong> (b.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Mickey Roker</strong> (d.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Dizzy Gillespie</strong> (perc. & voc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A jazz-funk album by Dizzy Gillespie's pianist Mike Longo. All the tracks are composed by Mike Longo. He plays here only acoustic piano but the feeling is still very funky. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Something sure : all the musicians took a lot of pleasure to play on this album!!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/mikelongo1.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159224853284109822006-10-15T00:16:00.000+02:002006-10-15T00:42:23.286+02:00Jack McDuff - The Fourth Dimension<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/4thdimension.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/400/4thdimension.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Layin' Back</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Rolling Stone</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>The Fourth Dimension</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Half Breed</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>The City Bump</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">All Is Fair In Love</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Show Casing</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Esmond Edwards</strong> for Cadet Records.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded in NYC in 1974.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With : </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jack McDuff</strong> (org., el.p., kb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jean DuShon</strong> (voc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Harold Vick</strong> (t. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Joe Farrell</strong> (t. sax., fl.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Pee Wee Ellis</strong> (s. & t. sax, fl.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Joe Newman</strong> (tp)</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Richard Williams (tp)</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Seldon Powell</strong> (b. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Garnett Brown</strong> (tb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Joe Beck</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Eric Johnson</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jimmy Ponder</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Gordon Edwards</strong> (b.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Wilbur Bascomb</strong> (b.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Grady Tate</strong> (d.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Norman Pride</strong> (perc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jack McDuff</strong> proves here once more his ability to bring up to date his interpretation of jazz and groove.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>The City Bump</em>, played by <strong>McDuff</strong>, <strong>Ellis</strong> (on flute), <strong>Ponder</strong> and <strong>Tate</strong>, is an irresistible jazz groove track, fat and minimal.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/mcduff.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159222514843629842006-10-14T23:22:00.000+02:002006-10-14T19:08:01.060+02:00Ceasar Frazier - 75<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/frazier75.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/frazier75.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Mighty Mouse</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Summer Breeze</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Sweet Children</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Funk It Down</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Living For The city</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Walking On The Side</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>Bob Porter</strong> for Westbound Records.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Arranged and conducted by <strong>Horace Ott</strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With : </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Ceasar Frazier</strong> (org., el. p., kb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jon Faddis</strong> (tp)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Joe Shepley</strong> (tp)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Garnett Brown</strong> (tb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Charlie Brown</strong> (t. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Babe Clarke</strong> (b. sax)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Horace Ott</strong> (ac. & el. p.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>John Tropea</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>David Spinozza</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Richie Resnikoff</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Cornell Dupree</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Wilbur Bascomb</strong> (b.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Bernard Purdie</strong> (d.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jimmie Young</strong> (d.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Buddy Caldwell</strong> (perc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Joe Venuto</strong> (perc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On the ring : Ceasar Frazier versus Horace Ott (B3 Hammond versus Fender Rhodes). It is the most sensational and spectacular meeting of the Year (<em>75</em>, as the title of the album). A fabulous dance between all those musicians. The arrangements are massive and the beat is fat.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A must-have for jazz and funk lovers.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/ceasarfrazier.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1158498223647404292006-10-11T15:03:00.000+02:002006-10-11T08:13:31.143+02:00Al Hirt - Soul in the Horn<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/al%20hirt.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/al%20hirt.jpg" border="0" /></a>SIDE ONE<br />Honey Pot<br />Mess Around<br />Calypsoul<br />Long Gone<br />Sweetlips<br />Girl<br /><br />SIDE TWO<br />Love Ya Baby<br />Sunday Goin to Meetin Time<br />Snap Back<br />Harlem Hendoo<br />Ludwig<br /><br />Arranged and conducted by <strong>Teacho Wiltshire</strong> & <strong>Paul Griffin</strong> for RCA Victor in 1967<br /><br /><strong>Al Hirt</strong> (trumpet)<br />The other musicians are not mentionned.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city> trumpeter is best known for his work as a mainstream pop artist. </span><span lang="EN-GB">He tries to make this album soulful as the title said and well, he succeded. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Even if a lot of track keep its pop sound, you can find some funky drum breaks on "Honey Pot" and "Girl". </span><span lang="EN-GB">The "Harlem Hendoo" track I mentionned is a monster one, a<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>solid jazz funk base with a deep atmosphere and an oriental feeling. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/Al%20Hirt%20-%20Harlem%20Hendoo.mp3">Audio Sample</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>Mys35http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930544301224754374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1158497618795580902006-10-08T14:53:00.000+02:002006-10-12T13:37:38.323+02:00Mary Watkins - Something Moving<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/mary%20watkins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/mary%20watkins.jpg" border="0" /></a>SIDE ONE<br />Yesterday's Children<br />Back Rap<br />Brick Hut<br />A Chording to people<br /><br />SIDE TWO<br />Leaving All the Shadows Behind<br />Witche's Revenge<br />I Hear Music<br /><br />Produced by <strong>June Willington</strong> and arranged by <strong>Mary Watkins</strong> for Olivia Record in 1978.<br /><br />With:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary Watkins</span> (keys, lead voc,string & vocals arr)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jerene Wackson</span> (ele & classic guitar)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joy Julks</span> (electric bass, french horn)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Linda Tillery </span>(drums, perc, voc)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vicki Randle </span>(voc, congas)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Donna D. Dickerson</span> (voc, lead voc)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gwen Avery</span> (voc, lead voc)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Colleen Stewart</span> (clav)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonnie Kovaleff</span> (trumpet)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Priscilla Andrews </span>(violin)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sabrina Berry</span> (viola)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stephanie Harice</span> (violin)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Melian Eldalin</span> (violin)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hilda Lakewood</span> (violin)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kirsten Wickham </span>(cello)<br /><br />An all woman personel for this album on the feminist label Olivia.<br />Mainly jazz but many influences such as blues, funk & cinematic.<br />Two good tracks in a jazzfunk influence : <span style="font-style: italic;">Brick Hut</span> with his great bass sound<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Witche's Revenge </span>is more in a fusion mood with a very good sound a rhodes making a cinematic atmosphere.<br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/Mary%20Watkins%20-%20Brick%20Hut.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>Mys35http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930544301224754374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159047542188054222006-10-07T23:16:00.000+02:002006-10-08T18:38:02.373+02:00Harold McNair - The Fence<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/hmcnair.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/320/hmcnair.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE<br /><em>The Fence<br />True Love Adventure<br />Early In the Morning</em><br /><br />SIDE TWO<br /><em>Scarborough Fair<br />Here, There and Anywhere</em><br /><br />Recorded in Chelsea, England in 1970.<br />Produced by <strong>Sandy Roberton</strong> for September Productions and B&C Records<br /><br />With :<br /><strong>Harold McNair</strong> (sax., fl. & el. sax.)<br /><strong>Rick Grech</strong> (b.)<br /><strong>Keith Tippett</strong> (p.)<br /><strong>Colin Green</strong> (g.)<br /><strong>Alan Branscombe</strong> (p.)<br /><strong>Terry Cox</strong> (d.)<br /><strong>Danny Thompson</strong> (ac. b.)<br /><strong>Tony Carr</strong> (perc.)<br /><br />This is not funk but a very funky 70s jazz played by jamaican flautist and his english band. Harold McNair is really a fantastic musician inspired by <strong>Roland Kirk</strong>. All the tracks are both soulful and modern.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/mcnair.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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</div>adri3nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567017760351254447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33951151.post-1159138338291176912006-09-25T00:37:00.000+02:002006-09-29T16:55:50.656+02:00Raw Soul Express - Raw Soul Express<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/1600/rawsoulexpress.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5960/3733/400/rawsoulexpress.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE ONE</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">R.S.E.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Emergency</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Dedicate All My Love</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Burn the Candle</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">SIDE TWO</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">It's In You</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">All Alone</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Right On</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Music Meditation</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Produced by <strong>George "Chocolate" Perry</strong> for Cat records & TK Productions</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded in 1976.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With : </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Rickey Washington</strong> (voc., fl., bar. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Christopher Booker</strong> (tp, voc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Martel Williams</strong> (tp)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>John McMinn</strong> (t. sax.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Chris Perkins</strong> (kb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Tommy Johnson</strong> (g.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Diego Iborra</strong> (d.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Albie Manno</strong> (b., voc.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A rare and very great album of funk. 3 big tracks : <em>It's In You</em>, <em>R.S.E.</em>, <em>Emergency</em> ; and a jazz-funk track with a smooth feeling : <em>Music Meditation</em></span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://adrien.deshayes.free.fr/MUSIC/musicmeditation.mp3">Audio Sample</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">weGOfunk blog : funk, soul & afrogroove
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