Charles Earland and Seldon Powell – My Favorite Things (1973)

Digital Crate Digging Continues, check us out!! we’re “all up in” this HumpDay Extravaganza…

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes / toil and strife goes on; might have told you, getting over the hump is the business, somebody will “understand a brotha”

The saga / struggle continues check these menus as this good word is dropped along with these sounds…

While chilling out in the lab? two of my favorite things,  seeped in the joy that it brings when we’re on shaky grounds..

Undergoing beat therapy / sonic rehab!! speaking of my favorite things we’re listening to Charles Earland and Seldon Powell with My Favorite Things (1973)

Shout out to Deep Track Zach a fellow crate digger who turned me on to this one / these things!! he knows what the deal will be!!

I dropped versions of this Julie Andrews classic earlier, I had Ronnie Jordan and John Coltrane revisions..

Check out this version from Mr Earland and Mr Powell and the other all star players they’re working with; check how we’re swerving with this check the style!! we’re out here off of I-20 in Atlanta Afternoon Jazzing!!

From the Prestige LP “Charles III” (PRT-10061)

Soprano Saxophone/Organ: Charles Earland

Tenor Saxophone: Seldon Powell

Tuba: Jack Jeffers

Trumpet: Joe Shepley

Drums: Darryl Washington

Songwriters: Rodgers/Hammerstein

Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

Producer: Jim Rein

 

Charles Earland / Sing A Simple Song

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Throwback Thursday; this is the kind of work exhibited, so who’ll work with me?

It’s great to be here so we’ll call it a Thankful Thursday!! feeling some kind of way, some of us are unworthy..

Chilling out in the lab on a cloudy day in Atlanta; O-Dog Day Partying earlier but check out the mood swing..

Shady dealing led to rehab in an atmosphere that’s drab; bear therapy taking place!! check out the relief the soul food will bring..

Afternoon Jazzing!! I’m caught up in some soul jazz /  jazz funk!! checking out  organist Charles Earland with his version of Sly and the Family Stones’s Sing  A Simple Song.

Check out the players and the track, they’ll putting work in and it’s working!! oh no!! they’re not wrong!!

• Drums – Jimmy Turner
• Guitar – Maynard Parker
• Organ – Charles Earland
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jimmy Heath
• Trombone – Clayton Pruden
• Trumpet – Virgil Jones

 

Charles Earland – I Like It..

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a rainy Saturday afternoon down here in Atlanta..

The saga / struggle continues, good sounds are on these menus along with the good word; somebody will understand a brotha!!

Jamming? that’s what this brotha will do as we act like we knew!! staying on code; thick as thieves like Whitey Bulger praising Trump and knocking Mueller?

Naw!! damning whether we do or don’t? game recognizes game!! that’s the word from Louisville’s / Newburg’s own old schooler Abdullah…

I’m not trying to fool with ya is what I told a shady dealer; why be a punishment glutton, going through the madness over and over? naw!! I don’t like it!!

Just trying to school ya with this O-Dog Day Party with Afternoon Jazz implications; check out the players and the track per listening to Charles Earland with this Randy Muller / Skyy produced track called I Like It..

• Arranged By, Keyboards – Randy Muller
• Backing Vocals – Skyy
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Gregory Spotswood
• Congas – Alfredo Rios, Jr.
• Drums, Backing Vocals – Daryle Moss
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Clifford Richmond
• Lead Guitar – (Butch) Sierra
• Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion – Charles Earland
• Percussion – Lenny A. Gibbs
• Photography By – Ken Ambrose
• Producer – Charles Earland, Randy Muller
• Rhythm Guitar – Sol Roberts
• Strings – The Irv Spice Strings†††††

Charles Earland – Black Talk

Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out this soul-jazz from Charles Earland – with a track called Black Talk…from his album of the same name. Check out the players and the track..

• Drums – Idris Muhammad
• Guitar – Melvin Sparks
• Organ – Charles Earland
• Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person
• Trumpet – Virgil Jones

Source: Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Charles Earland – Black Talk

Charles Earland / Aquarius

Sunday Jazz  Continues!!  that  Sunday Jazz mood is dominant.

Chilling out, hitting you up with these  jazz posts!! that’s what this is about…

Keeping me out of those streets!! please!! spots will get raided like Michael Cohen’s…

Alt-Shift-Delete is the webmaster type business!! bets are faded while your out there trying to get open!!

We had a notion; lets check out Charles Earland…with his version of Aquarius!! oh yes!! he’s got the knack..

This song is off of the Black Talk album by Mr. Earland!!  I posted the title song of that album earlier. Check out the players and the track…

• Drums – Idris Muhammad
• Guitar – Melvin Sparks
• Organ – Charles Earland
• Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person
• Trumpet – Virgil Jones

Source: Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Charles Earland / Aquarius

Charles Earland ‎– Over and Over

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Throwback Thursday!! We’re digging deep for this one!! We’re listening to Charles Earland ‎ with a jazz funk / disco jazz track called Over and Over!!

It has a “Skyy” kind of flavor to it, being that it’s arranged /  co- produced by Skyy leader Randy Muller . Check out the other players and the track!!

• Arranged By, Keyboards – Randy Muller
• Backing Vocals – Skyy
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Gregory Spotswood
• Congas – Alfredo Rios, Jr.
• Drums, Backing Vocals – Daryle Moss
• Engineer – Eddie Youngblood, Jerry Solomon
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Clifford Richmond
• Lead Guitar – (Butch) Sierra
• Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion – Charles Earland
• Percussion – Lenny A. Gibbs
• Producer – Charles Earland, Randy Muller
• Rhythm Guitar – Sol Roberts

 

Charles Earland / Cosmic Fever

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Music Monday!!  Excuse me for being intergalactic with it, rolling with Charles Earland  catching the Cosmic Fever!  Check out the all star players also rolling with him and the track..

Bass – Ron Carter Drums – Howard King, Norman Connors Guitar – John Abercrombie, Robert Lowe Synthesizer [Arp Odessey] – Richard Himsvark Synthesizer [Arp Pro-soloist, Arp String Ensemble], Electric Piano, Pedalboard [Echo-plex] – Charles Earland Trumpet [Electric] – Randy Brecker Violin – Michał Urbaniak Written-By – Charles Earland

 

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Charles Earland / Killer Joe

Digital Crate Digging Continues; we’re checking out some soul jazz from Charles Earland, with his version of Quincy Jones classic Killer Joe. Somebody open up a window, it’s funky in here!! Check out the players and the track…

• Congas – Buddy Caldwell
• Drums – Jesse Kilpatrick
• Guitar – Maynard Parker
• Organ – Charles Earland
• Tenor Saxophone – Grover Washington Jr.
• Trumpet – Gary Chandler