Eddie Henderson – Sunburst

Sunday Jazz Continues; Checking out this nice jazz / funk track by Eddie Henderson – called Sunburst. Check out the all star players he has with him and the track…

• Acoustic Bass – Buster Williams
• Drums – Billy Hart, Harvey Mason
• Electric Bass, Effects – Alphonso Johnson
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Synthesizer [Mini Moog, Arp Odyssey, Arp String Ensemble] – George Duke
• Marimba – Bobby Hutcherson
• Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Bass Clarinet – Bennie Maupin
• Trombone, Horn [Post] – Julian Priester
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet – Eddie Henderson

 

Harvey Mason ‎- No Lands Man

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out some jazz rock / fusion from Harvey Mason ‎- with a track called No Lands Man..check out the players and the track..

Bass – Anthony Jackson   / Drums – Harvey Mason    / Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Jan Hammer

Harvey Mason – Take Five

Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out drummer Harvey Mason – with his  version of the jazz classic Take Five..check out the players and the track..

Arranged By [Vocals] – Harvey Mason Jr. Backing Vocals – Heather Mason, Vern Arnold Composed By – Paul Desmond Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Harvey Mason Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr. Keyboards, Percussion – Harvey Mason Jr.

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

 

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

Donald Byrd – Lansana’s Priestess

Digital Crate Digging Continues…last episode I had DJ Spinna‘s remix of this Donald Byrd classic Lansana’s Priestess…..this song has been in my head all day!! checking out the original version…nice!!  this is from his Street Lady album check out the players….

Personnel

• Donald Byrd – trumpet      Roger Glenn – flute    Jerry Peters – piano, electric piano
• Fonce Mizell – clavinet, trumpet, vocals   Fred Perren – synthesizer, vocals

• David T. Walker – guitar    Chuck Rainey – electric bass   Harvey Mason – drums

• King Errisson – congas   Stephanie Spruill – percussion    Larry Mizell – vocals, arranger, conductor

Ladies and gentleman? that’s an all star cast….check this out!!