Souljazz and Jazzfunk Fanatics Needed
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Topic: Souljazz and Jazzfunk Fanatics Needed
Posted By: Rokukai
Subject: Souljazz and Jazzfunk Fanatics Needed
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 6:50am
| I'm looking for some obscure gems within this realm I've exhausted all the Prestige and Grover Washington and O'donel Levy records I can. I need some unknown, unheard of James Mason type albums. Anyone brave enough to recommend? |
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:01am
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Hi Rokukai, welcome to the site I'm afraid I can't do much in terms of truly obscure, though one that is perhaps sometimes overlooked at least, is 'Skull Snaps' - a pretty good funk/soul/RnB album. Not really like James Mason, but definitely soul-ish, but I'm betting you've heard of them anyway  ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/dreadpirateroberts%28member%29.aspx?reviews=all/" rel="nofollow - Reviews... |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:58am
| A big part of my reviews are on funk-jazz and soul-jazz music. I'm not sure how obscure you are looking for. Most really obscure stuff is on compilations these days put out by acid jazz labels etc. |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 11:30am
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Thanks for the welcome, and thanks for the recommendation. I've heard those guys from a blaxploit compile. I think they have a full lp, right? Anyway, we are on the right track....obscure, beat oriented music from the seventies, jazz you can dance to...speaking of blaxploit compilations, the one i have with the skullsnaps has a killer jazzfunk song "Like a Thief in the Night" from a musician Mike Longo. It's the only song I could find with his name on it and it was his only performance credit on AMG. Does anyone know anything about him? |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 11:50am
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I'm not familiar with Mike Longo, but I do collect soul jazz, funk jazz, acid jazz, trip-hop, blaxploitation, crime-jazz etc You may also be interested in Italian soundtracks, here is my review of a I Marc 4 collection on this site: http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/i-marc-4--loungissima-series-vol-02-the-psych-jazzy-beat-of-i-marc-4%28compilation%29.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/i-marc-4--loungissima-series-vol-02-the-psych-jazzy-beat-of-i-marc-4(compilation).aspx
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 12:05pm
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Here is a rare psychedelic soul-rock album I found in a thrift store, a DJ would kill to get their hands on this: http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/africa.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/africa.aspx
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Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:03pm
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THAT is what I am looking for. Wow that is ultra obscure and looks right up my alley. Thanks. I did a bit of research after you sent me the Africa link, and I saw it listed as "Various Artists" referring, I suppose, to the different members of the Valiants who perform the songs on the album. Anyways that's a super find, if you have anything else like that send it over, that's the glory of these encyclysites! |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:06pm
| What is the best Italian soundtrack music? |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:10pm
I don't know which is the best, but that entire Loungissima series is good.
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Rokukai wrote:Posted By: js
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:11pm
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This is not real rare, but if you do not know this one, you must check it out, one-of-a-kind electro lounge funk from Eddie Harris: http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/eddie-harris--is-it-in.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/eddie-harris--is-it-in.aspx
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 7:07pm
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A mix of more well known stuff, and not-so-well known stuff, in no particular order: Herbie Hancock Soulive Lettuce Steve Jenkins The JBs The Greyboy All-stars Orgone The Headhunters John Scofield Eddie Henderson Freddie Hubbard ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 7:32pm
| Excellent suggestions. Steve Jenkins, I'll have to look him up |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:49pm
| I have an album of Mighty Ryeders. A good jazz funk. Or in the case of music such as James Mason. The example that Sun Goddess of Ramsey Lewis is plain. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:50pm
Google "Steve Jenkins bass" He has an album that's called "mad science" ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 9:45pm
| I found a great one...Tarika bluehttp://allmusic.com/artist/tarika-blue-p543631 |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 9:51pm
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Might Ryeders, I'm going to have to try them. They seem to be right along the lines of what I'm looking for. Ramsey Lewis, that's a great great album... |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 10:09pm
Yeah, for sure, here's a link to our page for the album Not a 5 star album for me, but still like it a lot http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/skull-snaps--skull-snaps.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/skull-snaps--skull-snaps.aspx ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/dreadpirateroberts%28member%29.aspx?reviews=all/" rel="nofollow - Reviews... |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 3:05am
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This one is new to me, sounds like early Funkadelic sometimes: http://www.amazon.com/Talking-To-The-People/dp/B000UBOM26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337932617&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow - http://www.amazon.com/Talking-To-The-People/dp/B000UBOM26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337932617&sr=8-1
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 4:17pm
For those interested, jazz-funk band Lettuce will be releasing a new album "Fly" on June 5 http://lettucefunk.com/fly-out-on-june-5/" rel="nofollow - http://lettucefunk.com/fly-out-on-june-5/ ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 9:07pm
| Really looking forward to that release....Lettuce is one of the best of their kind out there.... |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 10:37pm
| Wade was called an obscure gems. And I thought that there might be an album to be looking for with reference to those post in the item of Soul/Rare Groove. |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 26 May 2012 at 8:43pm
| Man you guys thank you for all the suggestions--I've acquired some great knowledge and look forward to gaining more. I've listened to The Mighty Ryeders and Tarika Blue, good music and super obscure. That's the stuff I'm looking for. Thanks again y'all |
Posted By: Rokukai
Date Posted: 27 May 2012 at 1:42pm
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I found a great obscure souljazz set today. A double album CD by two artists, Bill Mason and Gary Chandler. Gettin' Off/Outlook it's called. The Gary Chandler set is particularly hot, it's got Cornell Dupree, Ceaser Frazier (two artists who deserve mention on this site by the way), Harold Ousley, and Idris Muhammad. Bill Mason played B-3 for Prestige in the early 70's on a couple notable albums. |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 27 May 2012 at 2:55pm
| Ouch, I didn't realize Cornell Dupree wasn't on here, I'll check out Ceaser Frazier too. |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 5:25pm
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I was doing some research on Bill Mason before adding him to the site. Apparently he records gospel/new age CDs now. http://billmasonmusic.com/" rel="nofollow - http://billmasonmusic.com/
Other soul jazz and funk artists have gone that route. Chuck Brown records new age and children's CDs these days, on piano no less. |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 30 May 2012 at 4:01pm
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I don't know if you are familiar with The Counts http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/the-counts.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/the-counts.aspx
I just dropped off a review on the front page too.
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