Johnny Hammond – Tell Me What To Do

Sunday Jazz is back after a slight hiatus; kicking things off with Johnny Hammond and  Tell Me What To Do; featuring production by the Mizell brothers..Larry and Fonce.

Those cats were know for their production work with  Bobbi Humphrey and Donald Byrd.

This cut is from the Johnny Hammond  album “Gears” . check out the players and the track…

• Johnny Hammond – Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano  Larry Mizell – Keyboards (Solina), Backing Vocals

• Fonce Mizell – Clavinet, Backing Vocals    Jerry Peters – Electric Piano, Piano

• Harvey Mason – Drums    Chuck Rainey – Electric Bass    Craig McMullen, John Rowin – Guitar

• Roger Glenn – Flute, Vibraphone   Kenneth Nash – Cymbal, Gong, Percussion

• Hadley Caliman – Tenor Saxophone  Julian Priester – Trombone

• Michael White – Violin

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Donald Byrd – Black Byrd

Digital Crate Digging Continues…..checking out this classic jazz / funk track from Donald Byrd…called Black Byrd….this is when he hooked up with the Mizell Brothers to put out that jazz /funk / soul fusion music during the 70″s…on this particular cut the players our…

• Donald Byrd – trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet, vocals ….Allen Curtis Barnes – flute, oboe, saxophone

• Roger Glenn – saxophone, flute  Fonce Mizell – trumpet, vocals  …Larry Mizell – vocals

• Kevin Toney – piano   Freddie Perren – piano, synthesizer, vocals…Dean Parks,

• David T. Walker,     Barney Perry – guitar  Joe Sample – piano, electric piano

• Wilton Felder, Joe Hill – bass   Harvey Mason, Sr, ….Keith Killgo – drums

• Bobbye Hall Porter, Perk Jacobs, Stephanie Spruill – percussion