Merl Saunders ‎– Merl Saunders (1974)

1. Aunt Monk
2. It's Cheaper To Keep Her
3. Wondering Why
4. Easy Evil
5. Bolinas Brown
6. An't No Woman Like The One I've Got
7. When I Die
8. Righteousness

Merl Saunders- vocals, organ, clavinet, electric piano
Billy Fender, Joel Cohen, Michael Howell - guitar
Bill Upchurch, John Kahn - bass
Tony Saunders - bass, backing vocals
Martin Fierro - saxophone
King Errisson - congas
Kenneth Nash - percussion
Gaylord Birch, Eccleston W. Wainwright, Jimmy Nelson - drums

The Joe Cuba Sextet ‎– Bustin' Out (1972)

1. What A Baby
2. Pud-Da-Din
3. Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do
4. Ohh! Ah
5. Do You Feel It?
6. A Thousand Ways
7. Joe Cuba's Madness Part 1
8. Joe Cuba's Madness Part 2

Charles Earland - Intensity (1972)

Sorry for the delay in posts! I had to get a new computer and transfer all my music but I am back. Here's more Earland which includes Lee Morgan's last recording before his death.

1. Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home
2. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
3. 'Cause I Love Her
4. Morgan
5. Lowdown (not on original release)
6. Speedball (not on original release)

Charles Earland - organ
Jon Faddis, Virgil Jones, Lee Morgan, Victor Paz - trumpet
Dick Griffin, Jack Jeffers, Clifford Adams - trombone
Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo flute
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
William Thorpe - baritone saxophone
John Fourie, Greg Millar, Maynard Parker - guitar
Billy Cobham - drums
Sonny Morgan - congas

Charles Earland - Black Drops (1970)

1. Sing a Simple Song
2. Don't Say Goodbye
3. Lazy Bird
4. Letha
5. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
6. Buck Green

Charles Earland – organ
Virgil Jones – trumpet
Clayton Pruden – trombone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Maynard Parker – guitar
Jimmy Turner – drums

Ahmad Jamal - Genetic Walk (1975)

1. Genetic Walk
2. Spartacus Love Theme
3. Chaser
4. La Costa
5. Pablo Sierra
6. Bellows
7. Don't Ask My Neighbors
8. Time For Love

Ahmad Jamal – keyboards
Calvin Keys – guitar (tracks 5 & 6)
Danny Leake – guitar (track 7)
Richard Evans – bass (track 4, 7)
Roger Harris – bass (track 1)
John Heard – bass (tracks 2, & 5, 6 & 8)
Jamil Nasser – bass (track 3)
Steve Cobb – drums (track 4)
Frank Gant – drums (tracks 3 & 6)
Morris Jenkins – drums (track 1, 7)
Eddie Marshall – drums (track 2)
Harvey Mason – drums (track 5)

Rusty Bryant - Soul Liberation (1970)

1. Cold Duck Time
2. The Ballad of Open Bliss
3. Lou-Lou
4. Soul Liberation
5. Freeze-Dried Soul

Rusty Bryant - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Virgil Jones - trumpet
Charles Earland - organ
Melvin Sparks - guitar
Idris Muhammad - drums

Tony Camillo's Bazuka - Dynomite (1975)

1. T.C.'s Inferno
2. Side Dish
3. Come To Me
4. Bazuka Limited
5. I'm Gonna Love Lovin' You
6. Love Explosion
7. Shark Bite
8. Walkin' Tall
9. Dynomite
10. Earthquake
11. T.C.'s Inferno (Reprise)

Seldon Powell - Messin' With Seldon Powell (1973)

1. Messin'
2. Alfie
3. I Want To Be Where You Are
4. One Night Affair
5. Back Stabbers
6. Nobody But You
7. Afro Jazz
8. Weeping

Seldon Powell  - saxophone
Jimmy Owens - trumpet
Garnett Brown - trombone
Cornell Dupree, David Barron, James C. Boykin, Lloyd Davis, David Spinozza - guitar
Paul Griffin, Frank Owens - piano, organ
Bill Sauter, Gordon Edwards - bass
Norman Pride - percussion
Bernard Purdie - drums
Barbara Massey, Eileen Gilbert, Hilda Harris, Maretha Stewart - vocals

Produced by Lloyd Price

Funky Mix

Hey followers!!! New posts will be coming soon but in the meantime, check out this mix I created full of grooves, funk and jazz!!! Thanks to everyone who has visited this blog!!

https://soundcloud.com/africaine/get-loose

here's the setlist:

The Temptations - Treat Her Like a Lady
Grand Popo Football Club - Men Are Not Nice Guys (UK Version)
The Soul Searchers - If It Ain't Funky
Donald Byrd - Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
Sister Sledge - You're a Friend To Me
Stanley Turrentine - Sister Sanctified
Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Edwin Starr - Easin' In
Bob James - Dream Journey
Alvin Cash - Keep on Dancing
Grant Green - Wind Jammer
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Cannonball Adderley - Taurus: Wampus Cat
Horace Silver - Acid, Pot or Pills
Idris Muhammad - Baia (Boogie Bump)
Ike and Tina Turner - I Idolize You
James Brown - In The Middle, Pt. 1
Kurtis Blow - Rappin' Blow (Part 2)
Tom Tom Club - Under the Boardwalk
Teddy Pendergrass - Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
Kashmere Stage Band - Take Five
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Herbie Hancock - Butterfly
Tim Maia - Leva O Meu Blue

Jimmy Ponder - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1974)

1. I Who Have Nothing
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. When Sunny Gets Blue
4. 25 Or 6 To 4
5. Poinciana
6. Funky Situation
7. Peace Movement

Jimmy Ponder - guitar
Roland Hanna - piano
Hubert Laws - flute
Wilbur Bascomb - bass
Montego Joe - drums/percussion

Miles Davis - Pangaea (1975)

Live in Japan

1. Zimbabwe
2. Gondwana

Miles Davis – electric trumpet with wah-wah, organ
Sonny Fortune – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
Pete Cosey – electric guitar, synthesizer, percussion
Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
Michael Henderson – electric bass
Al Foster – drums
James "Mtume" Foreman – conga, percussion, water drum, rhythm box

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)

1. Quiet Storm
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy
3. Baby That's Backatcha
4. Wedding Song
5. Happy – Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues
6. Love Letters
7. Coincidentally

Smokey Robinson – vocals
Melba Bradford – background vocals
Joseph A. Brown – drums, percussion
Carmen Bryant – background vocals
Gary Coleman – percussion
Shawn Furlong – sound effects, sopranino
Michael Jacobsen – electric cello
Gene Pello – drums
James Alibe Sledge – bongos, conga, background vocals
Fred Smith – horns, woodwind
Russ Turner – musical arrangements, keyboards, background vocals
Marv Tarplin – guitar

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)

1. Harlem
2. Ain't No Sunshine
3. Grandma's Hands
4. Sweet Wanomi
5. Everybody's Talkin'
6. Do It Good
7. Hope She'll Be Happier
8. Let It Be
9. I'm Her Daddy
10. In My Heart
11. Moanin' and Groanin'
12. Better Off Dead

Bill Withers – guitar, vocals
Stephen Stills – guitar
Booker T. Jones – guitar, keyboards
Chris Ethridge - bass
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
Bobbye Hall Porter – percussion

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1972)

1. Daddy Bug
2. In A Silent Way
3. Move To Groove
4. Ayers Monologue
5. Thoughts
6. Sketches In Red, Yellow, Brown, Black, And White
7. He Gives Us All His Love
8. Your Cup Of Tea
9. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Roy Ayers - vibraphone
Clint Houston - bass
Harry Whitaker - piano, vocals
David Lee - drums, percussion

Richard "Groove" Holmes ‎– Night Glider (1973)

1. Night Glider
2. Flyjack
3. It's Going To Take Some Time
4. Pure Cane Sugar
5. Go Away Little Girl
6. One Mint Julep
7. Young And Foolish

Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
Lloyd Davis - guitar
Horace Ott - electric piano
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
Garnett Brown - trombone
Paul Martinez - bass
Kwasi Jayourba - congas
Bernard Purdie - drums

George Benson - Giblet Gravy (1968)

1. Along Comes Mary
2. Sunny
3. What’s New?
4. Giblet Gravy
5. Walk on By
6. Thunder Walk
7. Sack O’ Woe
8. Groovin’
9. Low Down and Dirty
10. Billie’s Bounce
11. What’s New (alternate)
12. What’s New (alternate 2)

George Benson – Guitar
Pepper Adams – Baritone sax
Ron Carter – Bass
Bob Cranshaw – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
Eric Gale – Guitar
Carl Lynch – Guitar
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Johnny Pacheco – Conga, Tambourine
Alan Raph – Bass Trombone
Jimmy Owens – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ernie Royal – Trumpet
Snooky Young – Trumpet
Lois Winter – Vocals
Eileen Gilbert – Vocals
Albertine Robinson – Vocals

Willie Mitchell - Solid Soul (1968)

1. Prayer Meetin'
2. Grazing in the Grass
3. Windy
4. Sunrise Serenade
5. The Horse
6. Groovin'
7. San-Ho-Zay
8. Up Hard
9. Monkey Jump
10. Strawberry Soul
11. Hideaway
12. Willie Wam

Willie Mitchell - Trumpet
Charles Hodges - Organ, Keyboards
Leroy Hodges - Bass
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - Guitar
Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums

Michael Longo – Funkia (1974)

1. Ole’ for the Gypsies
2. Samia
3. Funkia
4. Windmills of Your Mind
5. What’s Going On
6. The Last Tango in Paris
7. Southern Soul
8. Gingele

Michael Longo – electric and acoustic piano
Ron Carter – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Carlos “Patato” Valdes- percussion

Produced by Sonny Lester

Ike & Tina Turner – Feel Good (1972)

1. Chopper
2. Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)
3. Feel Good
4. I Like It
5. If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)
6. Black Coffee
7. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
8. If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)
9. You Better Think of Something
10. Bolic

Lee Morgan – Live at the Lighthouse (1970)

Recorded at the Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, July 10–12, 1970.

1. The Beehive
2. Absolutions
3. Peyote
4. Speedball

1. Nommo
2. Neophilia
3. Something Like This
4. I Remember Britt

1. Aon
2. Yunjanna
3. 416 East 10th Street
4. The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Harold Mabern – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Jack DeJohnette – drums (track 5)

Produced by Francis Wolff

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