Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out Roland Kirk (Pre Rahsaan) and a cut called Fly By Night!! off of his debut album Atlantic called The Inflated Tear..
Beside Mr Kirk on the woodwinds such as flutes, saxophones etc… check out the other players and the track..
…….pianist Ron Burton, bassist Steve Novosel, and drummer Jimmy Hopps
Check them out!!
Digital Crate Digging Continues…this is some real “crate digging” type of business right here!!
….checking out this jam called Sheriff Sam (Sound by Law) by Faruq Z. Bey & Northwoods Improvisers
..straight from the Detroit / Michigan area!! R.I.P Faruq Z Bey who passed away on 06 / 01/ 2012. Check out the players and the track…
Faruq Z. Bey – Tenor…..Mike Carey – Tenor …..Skeeter C.R. Shelton – Tenor
Mike Gilmore – Vibes…..Mike Johnston – Bass…..Nick Ashton – Drums
Digital Crate Digging Continues…and I mean some real crate digging
…posted up vibe player Khan Jamal on my other site The Sonic Assault…while doing the knowledge / research on Khan Jamal I noticed he played in Sunny Murray’s The Untouchable Factor group
….here’s a cut from that group….featuring Sunny Murray, drums; Khan Jamal, vibes; Fred Hopkins, bass; David Murray, reeds; Byard Lancaster, saxophone and flute….
These cats are getting off!! check them out…..
Sunday Jazz Continues….fate is something else…was browsing…looking for something else and found this classic piece of work…Pharoah Sanders and the song Balance…which is what I was looking for today…chilling out…listening to some of this good jazz on a Sunday afternoon / evening…Mr. Sanders co-conspirators are…
Alto Saxophone — Sonny Fortune ……Bass — Cecil McBee, Sirone (Norris Jones)*
Drums — Billy Hart, Majeed Shabazz* Drums [African] — Chief Bey
Guitar — Sonny Sherrock* ………….. Percussion — Nat Bettis, Tony Wylie
Piano — Lonnie Liston Smith …………….Producer — Clifford Jordan, Jr.*
Saxophone, Percussion, Composed By — Pharoah Sanders….Tuba — Howard Johnson (3)
Vocals, Percussion — Leon Thomas ….this is what is called free jazz…..like old girl once said ” everybody won’t be able”…to understand….if you know what I mean….because …man!! these cats are playing!!!
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