The Inner Dimensions Of Rick Mason & The Rare Feelings (1976)

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The Inner Dimensions Of Rick Mason & The Rare Feelings (1976)

Tracklist

1. Rare Feelings
2. Dope
3. I dream of love
4. Funk ain't being funky
5. The angel in my life
6. Metarmophosis Funk
7. Song to God
8. Two against the world

Caldera - Same (1976)

Released:	1976
Genre:	Jazz, Latin
Style:	Jazz-Funk, Latin Jazz
	Engineer - Rik Pekkonen Executive Producer - Larkin Arnold Mastered By - Rick Collins Producer - Wayne Henderson
Notes:	Recorded and mixed at Hollywood Sound, July 1976.

With Wayne Henderson of Crusaders fame handling the production, Caldera showed a great deal of promise on its self-titled 1976 debut album. The Latin jazz-fusion unit isn't afraid to take chances on such imaginative pieces as Jorge Strunz's "El Juguete" and Eduardo del Barrio's "Exaltation" -- chances that pay off in a major way. Though one can tell that Caldera's members were well aware of such explorers as Return to Forever, Weather Report, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it's also clear that they were major Earth, Wind & Fire fans and had absorbed a wide variety of Latin music. Strunz and del Barrio were hardly the only fusionists who incorporated Latin rhythms in the 1970s -- Chick Corea, George Duke, Wayne Shorter, Al DiMeola, and Joe Zawinul were all well aware of the musical innovations of Latinos, but Caldera was unique in the sense that the band represented a real melting pot of Latinos bringing different ideas to the table. And on this LP, those ideas work magnificently. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Caldera - Same (1976)

Tracklisting:

1. Guanacaste
2. Coastin'
3. Exaltation
4. Synesthesia
5. Out Of The Blue
6. El Jueguete
   

Grover Washington, Jr - Live at The Bijou (1978)

Released:	1977
Genre:	Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style:	Jazz-Funk, Funk
	Bass - Tyrone Brown Drums - Millard Vinson Engineer - David Palmer Engineer [Recording] - Dale Ashby Flute - Leslie Burrs Guitar - Richard Steacker Keyboards - James Simmons Percussion - Leondard Gibbs Producer - Creed Taylor Saxophone - Grover Washington, Jr. Violin [Electric] - John Blake
	Recorded in May 1977 at the Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia. Mixed at Electric Lady Studios

All Music Guide :
Grover Washington, Jr always put on exciting shows, and this performance from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia is a good example of his repertoire in 1977. It does not reach the heights of his best studio recordings or concerts, but there are some fine moments. Utilizing his octet of the time (with violinist John Blake, keyboardist James Simmons, and flutist Leslie Burrs), this CD (a straight reissue of the original LP) mostly features Washington playing lesser-known tunes that would not stay in his repertoire for long (other than a medley that includes "Mr. Magic"), but Washington (heard on tenor, alto, and soprano) consistently uplifts the material. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Grover Washington, Jr - Live at The Bijou (1978) part1
Grover Washington, Jr - Live at The Bijou (1978) part2

Tracklist

1. On the cusp
2. You make me dance
3. Lock it in the pocket
4. Days in our lives
5. Mr. Magic
6. Summer song
7. Juffure
8. Sausalito
9. Funkfoot

Jeff Lorber - Lift Off (1985)

Tracklist

1. Lift off
2. The samba
3. Katherine
4. Black Ice
   
5. Curtains
6. Glisten
7. Water Music
8. Cousin Stu
9. Terry's Lament
10. Soft space

Jeff Lorber - Lift Off part1
Jeff Lorber - Lift Off part2

East Bay Rhythm - A Little Love Will Help (1976-80)

All Music Guide :
East Bay Rhythm's name may be a bit obscure to those not from the Bay area, but its key members -- James Levy, Paul Jackson, and Bill Summers -- were members of Herbie Hancock's legendary Headhunters band. The other main member, Butch Haynes, was a member of the fabled Afro-Jazz Quintet. These tracks were cut live and edited minimally. They feature Jackson on bass, Levy on trap kit, with Haynes and Summers on percussion along with a bevy of guests that include Jorge Santana (of Malo) and Carl Lockett, on guitar, Robert Washington and Fall on vocals, and bassist Freddie Washington on bass among others. Recorded between 1976 and 1980 at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, none of the eleven cuts collected here has been released in any form before. What is remarkable about East Bay Rhythm's sound is how rooted it is in various idioms: The deep funk of the middle 1970s, gospel a la James Cleveland, the roots of disco, and of course the wild yet precise, Afro-Cuban son rhythms that propel virtually everything here. What is also remarkable is to hear hand percussion in such overdriven funk numbers as "Accept Me," with its hypnotic guitar lines and slipping bass groove, the hand drums run amok on the inside of the mix. As the vocals fade form the center channel, Levy's syncopation careens under the beat as the hand percussionists ride herd over it. That this track is followed by the glorious instrumental, pre-disco anthem "Party Down," is such a plus here: Afro-Caribbean percussion drives not only the beats but the melody into turning on itself no less than three times before the bridge! The groove feels easy but is complex and stretchable with the cross-cross of rhythmic lines trading space in the center of the tune. Of course, this is just a sampling of what is available here over nearly an hours worth of music. This is the place where Tower of Power, Sly Stone, Roy Ayers funky material, and gospel music meet in a deep soul potboiler. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

East Bay Rhythm - A Little Love Will Help (1976-80)
Tracklist

1. Boogie Children
2. A little love will help (instrumental)
3. Accept me
4. Party down (instrumental)
5. Mud Rat
6. Chuda
7. Raw boogie clav & guitar
8. A little love will help
9. Accept me (instrumental)
10. Party down
11. Boogie children (instrumental)

Patrice Rushen - 2 LP's from 1974 & 1975

Dusty Groove :
The first 2 albums as a leader from keyboardist Patrice Rushen! Prelusion is a great set from Patrice -- very different than her later R&B work from the 80s! The record's her first, and at the time, Patrice was much more of a jazz artist -- working here with a cool west coast set of players (Joe Henderson on tenor, Hadley Caliman on alto and soprano, and Oscar Brashear on trumpet), playing a range of keyboards, from acoustic and electric piano, to ARP, and clavinet. The tracks are long, and have a wonderfully composed soul jazz vibe -- feeling a heck of a lot like work on labels like Strata East, deeply dipping into a soulful bag that's solid and real, with no fakery or tricks to make the mood happen. Includes "Traverse", "Shortie's Portion", "7/73", and "Haw Right Now". Before The Dawn has Patrice working in a groove that's almost like that of Herbie Hancock at the time -- using lots of electric piano, clavinet, and synth to craft some mighty fine jazz funk grooves. The group's a monster assemblage of Fantasy jazz players like Hubert Laws, Lee Ritenour, Hadley Caliman, and Harvey Mason -- and the session crackles with a tight edge that you'll never find in any of Patrice's later work. Tracks are long, with lots of great spacey grooves, and titles include "Razzia", "Before The Dawn", "Kickin Back", and "Jubilation". Note: CD omits the track "Puttered Bopcorn" from Prelusion -- due to space restrictions.


Patrice Rushen - Prelusion

Released:	1974
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Jazz-Funk, Fusion
	Arranged By, Composed By - Patrice Rushen Bass - Tony Dumas Drums - Ndugu* Engineer [Recording] - Eddie Harris , Skip Shimmin Flute, Flute [Alto], Saxophone [Soprano] - Hadley Caliman Percussion - Kenneth Nash Piano [Acoustic], Piano [Electric] - Patrice Rushen Producer - Reggie Andrews Saxophone [Tenor] - Joe Henderson Trombone - George Bohanon Trumpet - Oscar Brashear

Tracklist

1. Shortie's portion
2. 7/73
3. Haw-Right Now
4. Traverse
5. Puttered Bopcorn

Patrice Rushen - Before The Dawn

Released:	1975
Genre:	Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style:	Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Funk
	Bass - Charles Meeks (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2) , Tony Dumas (tracks: A3) Drums - Harvey Mason (tracks: A3, B1, B2) , Ndugu* (tracks: A1, A2) Electric Piano, Piano, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Tambourine, Percussion [Cabasa], Arranged By, Remix - Patrice Rushen Engineer [Recording], Remix - Skip Shimmin Flugelhorn - Oscar Brashear (tracks: A1, A2, B1) Flute - Hubert Laws Flute [Alto] - Hubert Laws (tracks: A3, B1) Guitar - Lee Ritenour Percussion - Kenneth Nash (tracks: A3, B1) , Nate Alfred (tracks: A1, A2, B2) Producer, Remix - Reggie Andrews Saxophone [Tenor] - Hadley Caliman (tracks: A1, A2) Trombone - George Bohannon* (tracks: A1, A2, B1) Trumpet - Oscar Brashear Vocals - Josie James (tracks: A2)
Notes:	Recorded (August 1975), remixed, and mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Ca. Special production assistance: Charles Mims

Patrice Rushen - Prelusion + Before The Dawn (1975)
Tracklist

1. Kickin' back
2. What's the story
3. Jubilation
4. Before the dawn
5. Razzia

Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin - Free Ride (1977)

Released:	1977
Genre:	Electronic, Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style:	Jazz-Funk, Disco
Credits:	Bass - Wilton Felder Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Keyboards [Electronic] - Lalo Schifrin Drums - Eddie Greene* Electric Piano, Piano - Sonny Burke (2) Engineer - Peter Granet Engineer [Synthesizer] - Clark Spangler Flute - Jerome Richardson Guitar [Electric] - Lee Ritenour , Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson , Ray Parker Jr. Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa Saxophone - Ernie Watts Saxophone, Flute - James Horn* Trombone - Lew McCreary Trumpet - Jack H. Laubach , Oscar Brashear Trumpet [Solo] - Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin - Free Ride (1977) [INCOMPLETE]
Tracklisting

1. Unicorn
2. Fire Dance
3. Incantation
4. Wrong Number
5. Free Ride
6. Ozone Madness
7. Love poem for Donna
8. The last stroke of midnight*

*this track is missing, thanks for add :-)

Harvey Mason - Marching In The Street (1975)

Dusty Groove :
Easily the greatest album ever by funky drummer Harvey Mason -- and quite possibly the only one to live up to the rhythmic complexity that Mason brought to countless other fusion sessions for other groups in the 70s! The tracks are all spacious and snapping with brilliantly funky touches -- a sound that resonates with Mason's contributions to Johnny Hammond's Gears album, but which comes off slightly differently here, thanks to a stronger focus on the drums. Keyboards are still a prime element of the set -- played here by Herbie Hancock, Dave Grusin, and Jerry Peters -- the latter 2 of whom helped out on arrangements for the record -- and other players include an all-star lineup of 70s jazz funk legends such as Blue Mitchell, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Hubert Laws, and others. The title cut "Marching In The Street" is a bucketful of breaks -- but all tracks are great too, and titles include "Modaji", "Wild Rice", "Fair Thee Well", "Building Love", "Ballad For Heather", and "Hop Scotch".


Maxine Willard Waters (vocals)
Randy Crawford (vocals)
Harvey Mason, sr. (drums, main performer)
Wah Wah Watson (guitar)
Bob Wertz ()
Blue Mitchell (trumpet)
Dave Grusin (keyboards)
Paul Jackson (bass)
Oscar Brashear (trumpet)
Hubert Laws (flute)
Julia Tillman Waters (vocals)
Jerry Peters (keyboards)
Bobby Bryant (trumpet)
Chuck Rainey (bass)
Frank Rosolino (trombone)
Herbie Hancock (keyboards)
Ernie Watts (saxophone)
Jim Gilstrap (vocals)
George Bohannon (trombone)
Bennie Maupin (saxophone)
Lee Ritenour (guitar)

Harvey Mason - Marching In The Street (1975)

Tracklist

1. Marching in the street
2. Modadji
3. Hop Scotch
4. Wild Rice
5. Ballad For Heather
6. Fair Thee Well
7. Building Love (Hymn)
   

Cortex + Harlem Pop Trotters

2 albums jazz-funk de 1975. Les Cortex d'Alain Mion avec leur Troupeau Bleu et moins connus néanmoins sérieux, les Harlem Globe Trotters, avec leur album éponyme.



Cortex - Troupeau Bleu (1975)


Foutraque.com :
Album mythique malheureusement introuvable dans son édition originale, Troupeau Bleu est une œuvre majeure de jazz funk que Cortex enregistra en 2 jours de juillet 1975 au studio Damiens à Boulogne.

Composé intégralement par Alain Mion, fondateur du groupe, cet album est un concentré des différentes influences de ce pianiste de jazz surdoué.

Le disque s’ouvre sur La Rue, pur morceau de jazz funk embelli par les performances vocales de Mireille Dalbray, la chanteuse du groupe au timbre si particulier. Suit une ré-interprétation jazzy de Colchiques Dans Les Prés assez anecdotique et L’Enfant Samba, un titre exotique au tempo chaloupé.

Le disque prend ensuite des allures pop avec Troupeau Bleu, qui est avec Mary et Jeff, le titre phare de l’album : on est littéralement envoûté par Mireille Dalbray dont la voix reste gravée en mémoire après la première écoute du refrain.

Mary et Jeff est l’autre perle de l’album. En 2’40, tout est dit : une introduction, deux thèmes et une envolée synthétique en guise de break. Rien à ajouter de plus, l’affaire est emballée.
C’est d’ailleurs cela qui détache Alain Mion du peloton de tête des virtuoses du jazz funk : il sait aller à l’essentiel sans jamais trop en faire, privilégiant ainsi l’interprétation par rapport à la démonstration.

Au niveau sonore, les prises sont d’une telle qualité qu’on a du mal à croire qu’elles datent d’il y a 30 ans. L’ensemble dégage une chaleur qui creuse encore l’écart avec les productions habituellement très fades du genre.

Du point de vue des ventes, le disque a été un flop avec un peu moins de 7000 exemplaires vendus à l’époque de sa sortie. Encore une bonne raison pour en vouloir à vos parents. On peut cependant se réjouir de la réédition de ce chef d’œuvre par les gars de Pulp Flavor qui ont fait un travail superbe.

En résumé, un chef d’œuvre à se procurer par tous les moyens.



Cortex - Troupeau Bleu (1975)

1. La rue
2. Automne
3. L' enfant samba
4. Troupeau bleu
5. Prelude
6. Go round
7. Chanson d' un jour d' hiver
8. Mary & Jeff
9. 8 Octobre 71
10. Sabbat (part 1)
11. Sabbat (part 2)
12. Sabbat (part 3)
13. Madbass

Personnel
Mireille Dalbray - chant
Alain Labib - sax alto
Alain Mion - claviers, chant
Jean Grevet - basse
Alain Gandolfi - batterie, chant
Jo Pucheu - guest percussions
Jean-Claude d'Agostini - guest guitare






Harlem Pop Trotters (1975)


Harlem Pop Trotters - Harlem Pop Trotters (1975)

1. Mocassin
2. Penwick
3. Marathonic
4. Ergocentric
5. La moto verte
6. Psychocross
7. Ring modulator
8. Plongée synthétique
9. Kayak
10. Cache catch
11. Rugby
12. White beach

Direction artistique : Jean-Claude Pierric
Direction musicale : François Rolland

Welcome at Groovy Dude

Welcome in the Groovy Dude universe, full of musical stuff. It takes all sorts to make a world... so here mines are. I would like to introduce the blog by a killer jazz-funk LP : Herbie Hancock - Thrust, 1974...



Mike Clark (from liner notes) :
The first time we played with Herbie was as a trio. As soon as we started playing, it was as if we went into "warp speed". He immediately perceived what Paul and I were doing, and took it to another level in the first eight bars. It was as if we were all soloing simultaneously. And because we all really listened to each other, it was not congested. It was true improvisation, with all the funk and fire one could desire! We played like this for about twenty minutes. Afterwards, Herbie stood up, put on a long black coat, walked past me and simply said, "We'll be leaving for Chicago on Monday." Then he walked out the door, silently, looking like Darth Vader.

Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

1. Palm Grease 10.37
   
2. Actual Proof 9.40
3. Butterfly 11.17
4. Spank-A-Lee 7.12

Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet,
Arp Odyssey Synthesizer, Arp Soloist Synthesizer, Arp 2600 Synthesizer,
Arp String Synthesizer.
Bennie Maupin - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Bass Clarinet,
Alto Flute.
Paul Jackson - Electric Bass
Mike Clark - Drums
Bill Summers - Percussion
Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Fransisco, CA, USA, 1974.