mighty ryeders - evil vibrations (ubiquit reissue, originally 1978)

Patchworks Ginger X Press - Brothers On The Slide (Philly Soul Mix)

[Re:jazz] feat. ultra nate-twisted

special sauce

Les Wood, Brass & Steel, en voilà qui n’auront pas fait long feu ! Groupe de Disco afro-américain des années 70, les « Wood » auront eu la joie incommensurable d’exister le temps record d’un album. Mais quel album. Sorti en 1976 sur Turbo Label, ce savant mélange de soul, funk et disco, donne une claque aussi puissante qu’un chasseur corse à qui on aurait retiré son permis de chasse. Première track de l’album, Funkanova offre une rafale d’énergie positive pour soigner nos âmes endolories au pays des yaourts périmés. Fascinant.

 Par profondeurdechamps | Publié le 21 février 2014 

    Bass – Douglas Wimbish*
    Congas, Lead Vocals – Craig Derry (tracks: A2, A4, B3)
    Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Harold Sargent
    Engineer – Richard Corsello
    Guitar [Lead], Backing Vocals – Bernard "Skip" McDonald*
    Guitar [Lead], Rhythm Guitar – Barton Campbell
    Mixed By – Harold Sargent, Otha Stokes, Richard Corsello, Bernard McDonald*
    Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Strings, Backing Vocals – Hubert Powell
    Producer – Harold Sargent, Otha Stokes, Bernard McDonald*
    Saxophone, Flute – Otha Stokes
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Bost

Wood Brass & Steel - Funkanova

Rare Groove Spectrum

Brazilian Rhyme

Raw Movements | Rude Movements

Rude Movements

Silver Vibrations

Chicago

To commemorate the passing of the great jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd today, I'd like to share my edit, originally released on the Editions Disco label, of one of my favorite songs of his - the jazz-funk and breakbeat classic "Think Twice".  Produced by the incomparable Mizell Brothers, it was sampled (and provided the basis) for three straight-up classic records: A Tribe Called Quest's "Footprints", Main Source's "Looking At The Front Door", and Armand Van Helden's house masterpiece "Flowers".

Byrd's records were a gateway for many of us who got into the nascent jazz-funk, rare groove and breakbeat scenes of the 1990s as DJs and collectors.  But his 1970s albums for Blue Note like Street Lady, Places & Spaces, as well as those of his protégés the Blackbyrds, were not just a rich trove of hip-hop samples for the eager beat-digger - they contained great songs that helped us to appreciate jazz as a popular art-form that was still engaged with contemporary soul, funk and R&B music, and encouraged investigating its infinite musical dimensions further.  He was, and is, tremendously important to my development as a DJ and lover of music.  We've lost a giant today.  RIP.

Donald Byrd - Think Twice (Edit De Prince Language)

Tommy Stewart

Fulton County Line

Dj Vas - Sweat Power
https://djvas.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-power
https://www.junodownload.com/search/?facet%5Bmirror_artist_facetm%5D%5B%5D=dj+vas

Sweet Power

Patchworks Ginger X Press - Brothers On The Slide (Philly Soul Mix)

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