Bud Shank ‎– Bud Shank and Three Trombones (1954)

1. Valve In Head
2. Cool Fool
3. Little Girl Blue
4. Mobile
5. Wailing Vessel
6. Baby's Birthday Party
7. You Don't Know What Love Is
8. Sing Something Simple

Bud Shank - alto sax
Bob Enevoldsen - trombone
Maynard Ferguson - trombone
Stu Williamson - trombone
Claude Williamson - piano
Joe Mondragon - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

Tony Camillo's Bazuka - Dynomite (1975)

1. T.C.'s Inferno
2. Side Dish
3. Come To Me
4. Bazuka Limited
5. I'm Gonna Love Lovin' You
6. Love Explosion
7. Shark Bite
8. Walkin' Tall
9. Dynomite
10. Earthquake
11. T.C.'s Inferno (Reprise)

Jimmy Heath - Picture of Heath (1975)

1. For Minors Only
2. Body and Soul
3. Picture of Heath
4. Bruh Slim
5. All Members
6. C.T.A.

Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Barry Harris - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa - The Mighty Two (1963)

1. The Mighty Two
2. The Three Drags
3. Paradiddle Song
4. Accent on Flamboyance
5. Rolls ala Bossa Nova
6. The Mighty Two Alone Together
7. Rolls ala Bossa Nova #2
8. More Flams
9. Swingin' the Rudiments
10. Que Sticks
11. Two in One
12. Rhythmic Excursion

Louis Bellson, Gene Krupa - drums
Joe Newman, Joe Wilder - trumpet
Tyree Glenn - trombone
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Dick Hyman - piano
Mary Osborne - guitar
Milt Hinton - bass
Fred Thompson - arranger

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)

1. Can't We Be Friends?
2. Isn't This a Lovely Day?
3. Moonlight in Vermont
4. They Can't Take That Away from Me
5. Under a Blanket of Blue
6. Tenderly
7. A Foggy Day
8. Stars Fell on Alabama
9. Cheek to Cheek
10. The Nearness of You
11. April in Paris

Louis Armstrong - vocals, trumpet
Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Ray Brown - bass
Herb Ellis - guitar
Oscar Peterson - piano
Buddy Rich - drums
Buddy Bregman - Arranger / Conductor

Hank Mobley - Peckin' Time (1959)

1. High and Flighty
2. Speak Low
3. Peckin' Time
4. Stretchin' Out
5. Git-Go Blues
6. High and Flighty [alternate take]
7. Speak Low [alternate take]
8. Stretchin' Out [alternate take]

Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan - trumpet
Wynton Kelly - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Charlie Persip - drums

Seldon Powell - Messin' With Seldon Powell (1973)

1. Messin'
2. Alfie
3. I Want To Be Where You Are
4. One Night Affair
5. Back Stabbers
6. Nobody But You
7. Afro Jazz
8. Weeping

Seldon Powell  - saxophone
Jimmy Owens - trumpet
Garnett Brown - trombone
Cornell Dupree, David Barron, James C. Boykin, Lloyd Davis, David Spinozza - guitar
Paul Griffin, Frank Owens - piano, organ
Bill Sauter, Gordon Edwards - bass
Norman Pride - percussion
Bernard Purdie - drums
Barbara Massey, Eileen Gilbert, Hilda Harris, Maretha Stewart - vocals

Produced by Lloyd Price

Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1956)

1. Black Coffee
2. I've Got You Under My Skin
3. Easy Living
4. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
5. A Woman Alone With the Blues
6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
7. (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young
8. Love Me or Leave Me

Peggy Lee - vocals
Pete Candoli - trumpet
Jimmy Rowles - piano
Max Wayne - bass
Ed Shaughnessy - drums

Stella Castellucci - harp
Lou Levy - piano
Bill Pitman - guitar
Buddy Clark - bass
Larry Bunker - drums, vibraphone, percussion

Blue Mitchell - Vital Blue (1971)

1. Booty Shakin'
2. Vital Blue
3. Unseen Sounds
4. Herman's Helmet
5. I Love You
6. For All We Know

Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Joe Henderson - flute, tenor saxophone
Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano
Stanley Gilbert - bass
Doug Sides - drums
Susaye Greene - vocals

Nat Adderley - Introducing Nat Adderley (1955)

1. Watermelon
2. Little Joanie Walks
3. Two Brothers
4. I Should Care
5. Crazy Baby
6. New Arrival
7. Sun Dance
8. Fort Lauderdale
9. Friday Nite
10. Blues for Bohemia

Nat Adderley – cornet
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Horace Silver - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Funky Mix

Hey followers!!! New posts will be coming soon but in the meantime, check out this mix I created full of grooves, funk and jazz!!! Thanks to everyone who has visited this blog!!

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here's the setlist:

The Temptations - Treat Her Like a Lady
Grand Popo Football Club - Men Are Not Nice Guys (UK Version)
The Soul Searchers - If It Ain't Funky
Donald Byrd - Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
Sister Sledge - You're a Friend To Me
Stanley Turrentine - Sister Sanctified
Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Edwin Starr - Easin' In
Bob James - Dream Journey
Alvin Cash - Keep on Dancing
Grant Green - Wind Jammer
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Cannonball Adderley - Taurus: Wampus Cat
Horace Silver - Acid, Pot or Pills
Idris Muhammad - Baia (Boogie Bump)
Ike and Tina Turner - I Idolize You
James Brown - In The Middle, Pt. 1
Kurtis Blow - Rappin' Blow (Part 2)
Tom Tom Club - Under the Boardwalk
Teddy Pendergrass - Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
Kashmere Stage Band - Take Five
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Herbie Hancock - Butterfly
Tim Maia - Leva O Meu Blue

Sonny Clark - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)

1. Be-Bop
2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
3. Two Bass Hit
4. Tadd's Delight
5. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
6. I'll Remember April

Sonny Clark - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

Freddie Hubbard - Backlash (1967)

1. Backlash
2. The Return of the Prodigal Son
3. Little Sunflower
4. On the Que-Tee
5. Up Jumped Spring
6. Echoes of Blue

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute
Albert Dailey - piano
Bob Cunningham - bass
Ray Appleton - drums
Ray Barretto - conga Produced by Arif Mardin

Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball in Japan (1966)

1. Work Song
2. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
3. This Here
4. Money in the Pocket
5. The Sticks
6. Jive Samba

Cannonball Adderley – alto sax
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Victor Gaskin – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums

Chico Hamilton - The Original Ellington Suite (1958)

1. In a Mellotone
2. In a Sentimental Mood
3. I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So
4. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
5. Everything But You
6. Day Dream
7. I'm Beginning to See the Light
8. Azure
9. It Don't Mean a Thing

Chico Hamilton - drums
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Nathan Gershman - cello
John Pisano - guitar
Hal Gaylor - bass

Ben Webster - Ben Webster and Associates (1959)

1. In a Mellow Tone
2. De-Dar
3. Young Bean
4. Time After Time
5. Budd Johnson

Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Les Spann - guitar
Jimmy Jones - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Jo Jones - drums

Jimmy Ponder - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1974)

1. I Who Have Nothing
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. When Sunny Gets Blue
4. 25 Or 6 To 4
5. Poinciana
6. Funky Situation
7. Peace Movement

Jimmy Ponder - guitar
Roland Hanna - piano
Hubert Laws - flute
Wilbur Bascomb - bass
Montego Joe - drums/percussion

Louie Bellson - Louie Bellson Jam (1979)

1. Melody for Thelma
2. Stein on Vine
3. Shave Tail
4. Gonga Din
5. I Wonder Why
6. Ballad Medley: All the Way Home/Time to Ride a Moonbeam/Bye Bye to All
7. Blue Invasion
8. A Gush of Periwinkles

Louis Bellson - Drums
Blue Mitchell - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Bob Bain - Guitar
Pete Christlieb - Sax
Gary Pratt - Bass
Emil Richards - Percussion, Conga, Gong, Bells, Vibraphone
Ross Tompkins - Piano, Fender Rhodes

Miles Davis - Pangaea (1975)

Live in Japan

1. Zimbabwe
2. Gondwana

Miles Davis – electric trumpet with wah-wah, organ
Sonny Fortune – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
Pete Cosey – electric guitar, synthesizer, percussion
Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
Michael Henderson – electric bass
Al Foster – drums
James "Mtume" Foreman – conga, percussion, water drum, rhythm box

Miles Davis - Dig (1951)

1. Dig
2. It's Only A Paper Moon
3. Denial
4. Bluing
5. Out of the Blue
6. Conception
7. My Old Flame

Miles Davis – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
Tommy Potter – double bass
Charles Mingus – double bass (on "Conception")
Art Blakey – drums

Red Garland - It's a Blue World (1958)

1. This Can't Be Love
2. Since I Fell for You
3. Crazy Rhythm
4. Teach Me Tonight
5. It's a Blue World

Red Garland - piano
Paul Chambers - double bass
Art Taylor - drums

Grant Green - Solid (1964)

1. Minor League
2. Ezz-Thetic
3. Grant's Tune
4. Solid
5. The Kicker

Grant Green - guitar
James Spaulding - alto saxophone
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)

1. Quiet Storm
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy
3. Baby That's Backatcha
4. Wedding Song
5. Happy – Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues
6. Love Letters
7. Coincidentally

Smokey Robinson – vocals
Melba Bradford – background vocals
Joseph A. Brown – drums, percussion
Carmen Bryant – background vocals
Gary Coleman – percussion
Shawn Furlong – sound effects, sopranino
Michael Jacobsen – electric cello
Gene Pello – drums
James Alibe Sledge – bongos, conga, background vocals
Fred Smith – horns, woodwind
Russ Turner – musical arrangements, keyboards, background vocals
Marv Tarplin – guitar

Oliver Nelson - Screamin' the Blues (1961)

1. Screamin' the Blues
2. March on, March On
3. The Drive
4. The Meetin'
5. Three Seconds
6. Alto-Itis

Oliver Nelson - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
Eric Dolphy - bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Richard Williams - trumpet
Richard Wyands - piano
George Duvivier - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)

1. Harlem
2. Ain't No Sunshine
3. Grandma's Hands
4. Sweet Wanomi
5. Everybody's Talkin'
6. Do It Good
7. Hope She'll Be Happier
8. Let It Be
9. I'm Her Daddy
10. In My Heart
11. Moanin' and Groanin'
12. Better Off Dead

Bill Withers – guitar, vocals
Stephen Stills – guitar
Booker T. Jones – guitar, keyboards
Chris Ethridge - bass
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
Bobbye Hall Porter – percussion

Mose Allison - I Don't Worry About a Thing (1962)

1. I Don't Worry About a Thing
2. It Didn't Turn Out That Way
3. Your Mind Is on Vacation
4. Let Me See
5. Everything I Have Is Yours
6. Stand By
7. Idyll
8. The Well
9. Meet Me at No Special Place
10. The Song Is Ended

Mose Allison - piano, vocals
Addison Farmer - bass
Osie Johnson - drums

Billie Holiday - Carnegie Hall Concert (1956)

1. Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
2. Lady Sings the Blues
3. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
4. Reading from Lady Sings the Blues/Trav'lin' Light
5. Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
6. Billie's Blues
7. Body and Soul
8. Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
9. Don't Explain
10. Yesterdays
11. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
12. I'll Be Seeing You
13. Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
14. My Man
15. I Cried for You
16. Fine and Mellow
17. I Cover the Waterfront
18. What a Little Moonlight Can Do


Billie Holiday - vocals
Carl Drinkard - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Carson Smith - bass
Chico Hamilton - drums
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax
Tony Scott - piano, clarinet
Buck Clayton - trumpet
Al Cohn -tenor sax

Narration by Gilbert Millstein

Tom Jobim Apresenta (1966)

1. Berimbau
2. Eu Preciso de Voce
3. Morrer de Amor
4. Preciso Aprender a Ser Só
5. Imagem
6. Morte de um Deus de Sal
7. Samba Torto
8. Chuva
9. Razão de Viver
10. Seu Encanto
11. Tristeza de nós dois
12. Voce

Eumir Deodato - piano
Jorge Ferreira da Silva - alto sax, flute
Mauricio Einhorn - harmonica
Oscar Castro Neves - guitar
Sergio Barroso - bass
Edison Machado - drums

Hampton Hawes - Hamp's Piano (1967)

1. Hamp's Blues
2. Rhythm
3. Black Forest Blues
4. Autumn Leaves
5. What Is This Thing Called Love
6. Sonora
7. I'm All Smiles
8. My Foolish Heart

Hampton Hawes - piano
Eberhard Weber - bass
Claus Weiss - drums

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1972)

1. Daddy Bug
2. In A Silent Way
3. Move To Groove
4. Ayers Monologue
5. Thoughts
6. Sketches In Red, Yellow, Brown, Black, And White
7. He Gives Us All His Love
8. Your Cup Of Tea
9. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Roy Ayers - vibraphone
Clint Houston - bass
Harry Whitaker - piano, vocals
David Lee - drums, percussion

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)

1. I Have a Dream
2. The Prisoner
3. Firewater
4. He Who Lives in Fear
5. Promise of the Sun

Herbie Hancock — acoustic piano, electric piano
Johnny Coles — flugelhorn
Garnett Brown — trombone
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, alto flute
Buster Williams — bass
Tootie Heath — drums
Tony Studd — bass trombone (1, 2, 4)
Jack Jeffers — bass trombone (3, 5)
Hubert Laws — flute (1, 2, 4)
Jerome Richardson — bass clarinet (1, 2, 4), flute (3, 5)
Romeo Penque — bass clarinet (3, 5)

Produced by Duke Pearson

Phineas Newborn Jr. - Piano Portraits (1959)

1. Star Eyes
2. Golden Earrings
3. It's All Right With Me
4. I Can't Get Started
5. Sweet and Lovely
6. Just in Time
7. Caravan
8. For All We Know
9. (Blues Theme) For Left Hand Only
10. Chelsea Bridge

Phineas Newborn, Jr. - piano
John Simmons - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Drums Around the Corner (1958)

1. Moose the Mooche
2. Blakey's Blues
3. Lee's Tune
4. Let's Take 16 Bars
5. Drums in the Rain
6. Lover
7. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
8. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Tracks 1-6

Lee Morgan – trumpet
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones – drums, timpani
Roy Haynes – drums
Ray Barretto – congas

Tracks 7-8

Paul Chambers - bass
Art Blakey - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around (1965)

1. Manhã de Carnaval
2. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
3. Heartaches
4. Shiny Stockings
5. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
6. Le Coiffeur
7. Very Saxily Yours
8. Flick of a Trick

Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Barry Harris - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

The Three Sounds - Live at the Lighthouse (1967)

1. Still I'm Sad
2. Crying Time
3. June Night
4. I Thought About You
5. I Held My Head in Shame
6. Summertime
7. Makin' Bread Again
8. Here's That Rainy Day
9. Blues March
10. Takin' It Easy
11. Drown in My Own Tears
12. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
13. Never Say Yes
14. River Shallow
15. Sunny
16. Bad, Bad Whiskey
17. C Jam Blues

Gene Harris - piano, organ
Andrew Simpkins - bass
Donald Bailey - drums

Richard "Groove" Holmes ‎– Night Glider (1973)

1. Night Glider
2. Flyjack
3. It's Going To Take Some Time
4. Pure Cane Sugar
5. Go Away Little Girl
6. One Mint Julep
7. Young And Foolish

Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
Lloyd Davis - guitar
Horace Ott - electric piano
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
Garnett Brown - trombone
Paul Martinez - bass
Kwasi Jayourba - congas
Bernard Purdie - drums

Abbey Lincoln - That's Him! (1957)

1. Strong Man
2. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
3. My Man
4. Tender as a Rose
5. That's Him
6. I Must Have That Man!
7. I Must Have That Man! (take 3)
8. Porgy
9. Porgy
10. When a Woman Loves a Man
11. Don't Explain

Abbey Lincoln - vocals
Kenny Dorham - trumpet
Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly - piano, bass ("Don't Explain")
Paul Chambers - bass (except "Don't Explain")
Max Roach - drums

Hank Mobley - Hank (1957)

1. Fit for a Hanker
2. Hi Groove, Low Feedback
3. You'd Be So Easy to Love
4. Time After Time
5. Dance of the Infidels

Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
John Jenkins - alto saxophone
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Bobby Timmons - piano
Wilbur Ware - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Produced by Alfred Lion

George Benson - Giblet Gravy (1968)

1. Along Comes Mary
2. Sunny
3. What’s New?
4. Giblet Gravy
5. Walk on By
6. Thunder Walk
7. Sack O’ Woe
8. Groovin’
9. Low Down and Dirty
10. Billie’s Bounce
11. What’s New (alternate)
12. What’s New (alternate 2)

George Benson – Guitar
Pepper Adams – Baritone sax
Ron Carter – Bass
Bob Cranshaw – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
Eric Gale – Guitar
Carl Lynch – Guitar
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Johnny Pacheco – Conga, Tambourine
Alan Raph – Bass Trombone
Jimmy Owens – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ernie Royal – Trumpet
Snooky Young – Trumpet
Lois Winter – Vocals
Eileen Gilbert – Vocals
Albertine Robinson – Vocals

Stanley Turrentine - Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)

1. And Satisfy
2. What Could I Do Without You
3. Feeling Good
4. Shake
5. Walk On By
6. Baptismal

Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
James Spaulding - alto saxophone
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
McCoy Tyner - piano
Grant Green - guitar
Bob Cranshaw - bass, electric bass
Mickey Roker - drums

Arranged by Duke Pearson
Produced by Alfred Lion