Ralph MacDonald – It Feels So Good

Sunday Jazz Continues, check us out as we come through on a Sunday afternoon!

The science dropped is appropriate for any time frame as we drop this good word and a tune..

We’re in chill mode recuperating from the shady deal mode that dominates the world!

My constituents can feel this mode, recuperating as from Atlanta to Ukraine and all points in between is where the drama unfurled!

….checking out percussionist Ralph MacDonald with a Latin jazz / funk type of jam called  It Feels So Good.

It not only feels so good..it sounds so good!! check out the players and the track to see what’s up / what’s good!

Check this out at Ralph MacDonald – It Feels So Good

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Ralph MacDonald – You Need More Calypso (Club Version)

Sunday Jazz Continues on a cool Sunday night in Atlanta, but the science dropped is good for any day…

Putting it down, check the menus as insight is dropped, check the science plus this good music will play..

Check the sound; this uptempo sound is dropped, club goers mentioned dancing the night way…

Gaining ground but it’s not simple though; this sport is complex,  paid attention!  even though funds were  low we could still play..

Check the sound, club goers mentioned dancing the night way!! Ralph MacDonald said You Need More Calypso (Club Version)

Check the players and the track; dancing the night way at the disco / at the club? on a Sunday night out there swerving?

Check this out at Ralph MacDonald – You Need More Calypso (Club Version)

Eric Gale – Sara Smile

Sunday Jazz Continues!! check us out as a little digital crate digging will be involved…

The saga / struggle continues, can you dig it? during the ongoing process we jumped to the the conclusion that it’s rough out here, but we evolved..

The saga / struggle continues,  threw some salve on the wounds and kept it moving / grooving..

Chilling out on this Sunday evening after coming out odd and even in the ongoing crap game; life is a gamble,  winning and losing..

Shady dealing out here in Babylon? oh yes, once again it’s on!! we rebuke it with this sound!! listening to Eric Gale with his version of the the Hall and Oates track Sara Smile..

They’re killing it!! check out the all star players he has rolling with him and the track; they’ve got a reggae twist to it, but something tells me it’ll make you smile!!

• Bass – Gary King 
• Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCraken
• Drums – Andrew Smith , Steve Gadd 
• Guitar – Eric Gale
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Organ – Richard Tee 
• Producer, Synthesizer, Clavinet – Bob James
• Saxophone – Eddie Daniels, George Young , Mike Brecker
• Trombone – Dave Taylor, Wayne Andre
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lou Soloff, Randy Brecker
• Viola – Emanuel Vardi, Lamarr Alsop
• Violin – David Nadien, Diane Halprin, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman
• Vocals – Frank Floyd, Lani Groves, Patti Austin, Ray Simpson, Vivian Cherry, Bill Eaton, Zack Sanders

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Mongo Santamaría – Jai Alai (Reno)

Digital Crate Digging Continues!! check us out, this is the segment I call the Saturday Night Fever..

No John Travolta dances but check the BeeGees Staying Alive circumstances!! like the Monkees O-Zone is a believer..

Lighting volt striking jokers cracking jokes about monkeys per Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon?

Usain Bolt type of quickness!! broke north, cracking junkies upside the head with this knowledge; schooling them but they’re still out there tricking!!

Jolts of reality made us quick with this, like we’re playing Jai Alai out in Vegas or Reno..

Bolts are tightened by these mechanics of the breakbeat scientific variety; check out the players and the track as we’re hitting up this O-Dog Day Party with some Afro-Cuban / Latin Jazz / Disco Jazz from Mongo Santamaría with a track called Jai Alai (Reno)

Arranged By, Conductor – Jay Chattaway

Bass – Gary King

Congas [Solo] – Mongo Santamaria

Drums – Steve Berrios

Electric Piano [Mini Moog Solo, Fender Rhodes] – Barry Miles

Guitar – Eric Gale

Guitar [Solo] – Jeff Layton

Percussion – Jimmy Maelen

Trumpet [Solo] – Jon Faddis

Written-By – G. King

Gabor Szabo Feat. Bob James – Ziggidy Zag

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Music Monday; we were O-Dog Day Partying earlier..

Now moving in another direction per our pursuit of beat perfection; we’ve got work to do…

Mentioned doing the math, but no unnecessary digging like William Barr concerning the so called “spying” on the Trump campaign..

Mentioned the aftermath; hindsight is 20 / 20; bid rigging raising the bar? we’re just plying our trade; blue collar with it!! beats will bump and O-Zone will maintain..

Still on the warpath, moving straight ahead!! zig zagging like Joe Bidenconcerning abortion? naw!! we’re not acting brand new in the sport son!!

Listening to Gabor Szabo Feat. Bob James with  Ziggidy Zag; sliding down I-20 in Atlanta!! check the players and the track!  smooth / chillout version of O-Dog Day Partying!! we’re lounging son!!

Bass – Louis Johnson
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Eric Gale, Gabor Szabo
Keyboards – Bob James
Lyricon, Saxophone [Tenor] – Tom Scott
Percussion – Idris Muhammad, Ralph MacDonald
Producer – Bob James
Trombone – George Bohanon
Trumpet – Jon Faddis

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Stanley Turrentine – “Storm”

Sunday Jazz err I mean Digital Crate  Digging Continues per The HumpDay Extravaganza!

checking out Stanley Turrentine’s Storm…of course Mr. Turrentine (Mr. T) is playing the tenor sax….with help from the following….

• Eumir Deodato – electric piano, arranger, conductor  Ron Carter – bass

• Airto Moreira – drums, percussion    Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ

• Eric Gale – electric guitar  Billy Cobham – drums

plus others……check this out!!

 

Eric Gale – Lookin’ Good

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Throwback Thursday!! we’re in the lab cooling out / chilling out..

Wrecking out? the train of thought going off the rails? I’m ruling that out, told you I’m chilling out!!

…checking out one of my favorite jazz guitarists Eric Gale, with a cut called Lookin’ Good.

This song is from Mr. Gale’s Part Of You album, some of that “good good”

This album includes input from the soul /  funk jazz mafia of Richard Tee, Harvey Mason, Steve Gadd, Ralph MacDonald, Dave Grusin, and Grover Washington, Jr., as well as Charles Earland and Idris Muhammad.

Ladies and gentlemen? it doesn’t get much better than that!! Check this out!!

Source: THE SONIC ASSAULT!!!…..STEADY BOMBARDMENT!!!!: Eric Gale – Lookin’ Good

Ralph MacDonald – Jam On The Groove

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out this classic groove from percussionist Ralph MacDonald called Jam On The Groove..

This is from his solo debut with Sound of a Drum, with a cast including Grover Washington, Jr., Bob James, and Toots Thielemans  and Eric Gale…check it out!!

Source: THE SONIC ASSAULT!!!…..STEADY BOMBARDMENT!!!!: Ralph MacDonald – Jam On The Groove

Eric Gale / Boardwalk

Digital Crate Digging Continues per the Humpday Extravaganza!!

We’re checking out some soul jazz / jazz funk from jazz guitarist   Eric Gale!!

He’s laying down this smooth track called Boardwalk;  check it out / let’s go!!

Source: Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Eric Gale / Boardwalk

Hank Crawford ‎– I Hear A Symphony

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Music Monday!! We’re listening to some disco jazz from   Hank Crawford ‎  with his version of the Motown hit I Hear A Symphony!! Check out the players and the track..

 

• Alto Saxophone – Hank Crawford
• Bass – Gary King
• Bass Trombone – Dave Taylor*, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd
• Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Seymour Barab
• Drums – Steve Gadd
• Electric Piano – Leon Pendarvis
• Guitar – Eric Gale
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Shaker, Tambourine – Idris Muhammad
• Trombone – Barry Rogers, Fred Wesley
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, John Frosk, Jon Faddis, Robert Millikan
• Violin – Charles Libove, David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Joe Malin, Joe Pintavalle*, Lewis Eley, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman, Raoul Poliakin, Richard Sortomme
• Vocals – Patti Austin