Hubert Laws ‎– The Chicago Theme

Sunday Jazz Continues….checking out this smooth track by  Hubert Laws ‎– called The Chicago Theme..from the album of the same name!! It has a nice groove to it…..check out the players and the track…

• Cello – Alan Shulman, George Ricci
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Flute – Hubert Laws
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Alto Saxophone [Solo] – David Sanborn
• Bass – Doug Bascomb
• Guitar – Joe Beck, Phil Upchurch
• Keyboards and Arranged By – Bob James 
  

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Hubert Laws ‎– Fire and Rain

Digital Crate Digging Continues….but I’m still in a Sunday Jazz mood! listening to Hubert Laws ‎– with his rendition of James Taylor’s Fire and Rain….off the Afro-Classic album. Nice and smooth y’all!! Check out the players and the track…

Hubert Laws – Flute
Bob James – Piano (Rhodes)
Ron Carter – Bass
Gene Bertoncini – Guitar
Airto Moreira – Percussion
Frederick Waits – Drums
Dave Sebesky – Arranger
Dave Friedman – vibraphone

Eric Gale – Thumper

Sunday Jazz Continues…still checking out guitarist Eric Gale..laying down this track called Thumper off of his Multiplication album.

…Of  course he had an all star cast performing with him…check out the players and the track…

• Alto Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
• Baritone Saxophone – George Marge
• Bass – Willie Weeks
• Cello – Charles McCracken, Richard Locker
• Clavinet, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic], Producer – Bob James
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Electric Guitar – Eric Gale
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Piano, Organ – Richard Tee
• Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Daniels
• Trombone – Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre
• Trombone [Bass] – David Taylor
• Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker

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Eric Gale – Cleopatra

Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out one of my favorite jazz guitarists Eric Gale with a cut called Cleopatra…off of his Forecast album…check out the players and the track…

• Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
• Bass – Bill Salter
• Cello – George Ricci, Seymour Barab
• Drums – Idris Muhammad
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Flute, Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – George Marge
• Trombone – Alan Ralph*, Garnett Brown, Tony Studd
• Piano, Organ, Percussion [Bass Marimba], Synthesizer – Bob James

Gabor Szabo – Macho

Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out Gabor Szabo  with his cut called Macho….recorded for CTI Records in 1975. Jazz / Funk at its finest!!

It has a “Bob Jamish” sound to it…because its produced by Bob James and features him on the keyboards…plus the rest of the CTI records crew!! Check out the players and the track…

Gabor Szabo – Guitar
Eric Gale – Rhythm Guitar
Bob James – Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Ian Underwood – Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Louis Johnson – Bass
Scott Edwards – Bass
Harvey Mason – Drums
Tom Scott – Tenor Sax, Lyricon
Ralph McDonald – Percussion
Idris Muhammad – Percussion
Jon Faddis – Trumpet
George Bohanon – Trombone

 

Idris Muhammad Peace of Mind

Digital Crate Digging Continues….in conjunction to what I listen to at work….chilling out at the j-o-b. Sitting out in the hooptie at lunch time trying to relax…..enjoying the nice fall weather….listening to 91.9 WCLK…

……the sound selector put on this nice smooth cut by Idris Muhammad called Peace Of Mind…which is what I was looking for at that moment..this song took me there!! I didn’t want to go back in the building!!

On this cut there are nice solo’s from Grover Washington Jr and Bob James….this was recorded on CTI Records back in the day…so real crate diggers know what it is!! check this out!!

 

 

 

Bob James- One Mint Julep

Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out this classic Bob James…One Mint Julep…off  his Bob James Three album….the players?

• Bob James – Keyboards (Acoustic and Electric Piano, Synthesizers)
• Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken, Jeff Mironov – Guitar
• Harvey Mason, Andy Newmark – Drums
• Gary King, Will Lee – Bass
• Ralph MacDonald – Percussion
• Eddie Daniels – Flute, Tenor Saxophone
• Hubert Laws, Jerry Dodgion – Flute
• John Frosk, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm – Trumpet
• Grover Washington, Jr. – Tenor Saxophone, Tin Whistle

That’s like a Dream Team of contemporary jazz….check this out…