Charles Earland - Black Drops (1970)

1. Sing a Simple Song
2. Don't Say Goodbye
3. Lazy Bird
4. Letha
5. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
6. Buck Green

Charles Earland – organ
Virgil Jones – trumpet
Clayton Pruden – trombone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Maynard Parker – guitar
Jimmy Turner – drums

Charles Earland - Living Black! (1970)

Live at the Key Club in New Jersey

1. Key Club Cookout
2. Westbound No. 9
3. Killer Joe
4. Milestones
5. More Today Than Yesterday (not on original release)
6. Message from a Black Man (not on original release)

Charles Earland - organ
Gary Chandler - trumpet
Grover Washington Jr. - tenor saxophone
Maynard Parker - guitar
Jesse Kilpatrick - drums
Buddy Caldwell - congas

Ahmad Jamal - Genetic Walk (1975)

1. Genetic Walk
2. Spartacus Love Theme
3. Chaser
4. La Costa
5. Pablo Sierra
6. Bellows
7. Don't Ask My Neighbors
8. Time For Love

Ahmad Jamal – keyboards
Calvin Keys – guitar (tracks 5 & 6)
Danny Leake – guitar (track 7)
Richard Evans – bass (track 4, 7)
Roger Harris – bass (track 1)
John Heard – bass (tracks 2, & 5, 6 & 8)
Jamil Nasser – bass (track 3)
Steve Cobb – drums (track 4)
Frank Gant – drums (tracks 3 & 6)
Morris Jenkins – drums (track 1, 7)
Eddie Marshall – drums (track 2)
Harvey Mason – drums (track 5)

Les McCann Ltd. ‎Plays The Truth (1960)

1. Vacushna
2. A Little 3/4 For God & Co
3. I'll Remember April
4. Fish This Week
5. How High The Moon
6. This Can't Be Love
7. For Carl Perkins
8. The Truth

Les McCann - piano
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Ron Jefferson - drums

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Central Park North (1969)

1. Tow Away Zone
2. Quietude
3. Jive Samba
4. The Groove Merchant
5. Big Dipper
6. Central Park North

Thad Jones – flugelhorn
Mel Lewis – drums
Roland Hanna – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Sam Brown – guitar
Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone
Snooky Young – trumpet
Richard Williams – trumpet
Danny Moore – trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Cliff Heather – trombone

produced by Sonny Lester

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)

1. The Little Pixie
2. A- That's Freedom
3. Bachafillen
4. Don't Git Sassy
5. Willow Tree
6. Samba Con Getchu
7. Quietude
8. The Second Race
9. Lover Man

Thad Jones – flugelhorn
Mel Lewis – drums
Roland Hanna – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Sam Herman – guitar
Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet
Richard Williams – trumpet
Bill Berry – trumpet
Snooky Young – trumpet
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
Garnett Brown – trombone
Tom McIntosh – trombone
 Cliff Heather – trombone

Rusty Bryant - Soul Liberation (1970)

1. Cold Duck Time
2. The Ballad of Open Bliss
3. Lou-Lou
4. Soul Liberation
5. Freeze-Dried Soul

Rusty Bryant - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Virgil Jones - trumpet
Charles Earland - organ
Melvin Sparks - guitar
Idris Muhammad - drums

The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet - Calypso Blues (1965)

1. Ebony Samba
2 Tin Tin Deo
3 Please Don't Leave
4 Lush Life
5 The Man From Potter's Crossing
6. Wives And Lovers
7. Ensadinado
8. Lorraine
9. Love Hungry
10. Balafon
11. Day By Day
12. Calypso Blues
13. Invitation
14. Insensatez
15. Serenata
16. Con Alma
17. Just Give Me Time
18. Born To Be Blue
19. Lilemor
20. Sconsolato

Francy Boland - piano, arranger
Sahib Shihab - flute
Joe Harris - percussion
Jimmy Woode - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums
Fats Sadi - vibraphone, percussion
Produced by Gigi Campi

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Standing Out (1960)

1. Li'l Liza Jane
2. This Is My Night to Dream
3. Scarlet Ribbons
4. Here 'Tis
5. My Ship
6. Put Your Little Foot Right Out
7. Solo Para Ti
8. These Foolish Things
9. When the Spirit Moves You
10. A Portrait of Jennie

Ramsey Lewis - piano
El Dee Young - bass
Issac "Red" Holt - drums

The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975)

1. Young and Foolish
2. The Touch of Your Lips
3. Some Other Time
4. When in Rome
5. We'll Be Together Again
6. My Foolish Heart
7. Waltz for Debby
8. But Beautiful
9. Days of Wine and Roses

Tony Bennett - vocals
Bill Evans - piano

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

The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band Live at Ronnie Scott's (1969)

1. Box 703
2. Griff's Groove
3. Volcano
4. Love Which To No Loved One Permits Excuse For Loving
5. Now Hear My Meanin'
6 And Thence We Issued Out Again To See The Stars
7. Rue Chaptal
8. I Don't Want Nothin' From Nobody And I Ain't Giving Nothin' Away
9. Sax No End
10. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
11. The Minor Blues
12. The Girl & The Turk
13. Kenny & Kenny

Eric Van Lier, Nat Peck, Ake Persson - trombone
Benny Bailey, Dusko Gojkovic*, Idrees Sulieman, Tony Fisher - trumpet
Ron Mathewson -bass
Francy Boland - piano
Derek Humble, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Sahib Shihab - saxophone
Tony Coe – saxophone, clarinet
Kenny Clare, Kenny Clarke - drums

Buddy Rich and Harry "Sweets" Edison - Buddy and Sweets (1955)

1. Yellow Rose of Brooklyn
2. Easy Does It
3. All Sweets
4. Nice Work If You Can Get It
5. Barney's Bugle
6. Now's the Time
7. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me

Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
Barney Kessel – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
John Simmons – bass
Buddy Rich – drums

Donald Byrd - The Creeper (1967)

1. Samba Yanta
2. I Will Wait for You
3. Blues Medium Rare
4. The Creeper
5. Chico-San
6. Early Sunday Morning
7. Blues Well Done

Donald Byrd - trumpet
Sonny Red - alto saxophone
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
Chick Corea - piano
Miroslav Vitouš - bass
Mickey Roker - drums

Bill Evans and Don Elliott - Tenderly: An Informal Session (1956-57)

1. Tenderly
2. I'll Take Romance
3. Laura
4. Blues No. 1
5. I'll Know
6. Like Someone in Love
7. Love Letters
8. Thou Swell
9. Airegin
10. Everything Happens to Me
11. Blues No. 2
12. Stella by Starlight
13. Funkallero

Bill Evans - piano
Don Elliott - vibraphone, vocal percussion

Hampton Hawes - For Real! (1958)

1. Hip
2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
3. Crazeology
4. Numbers Game
5. For Real
6. I Love You

Hampton Hawes - piano
Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Scott LaFaro - bass
Frank Butler - drums

Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (1963)

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 15, 1963 at the Montmartre jazz club.


1. Consequences
2. Monk's Mood
3. Emotions
4. Wo Wo
5. Trio
6. Crepuscule With Nellie
7. O.C.
8. When Will the Blues Leave?
9. The Funeral
10. Mick

Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone
John Tchicai - alto saxophone
Don Cherry - trumpet
Don Moore - bass
J. C. Moses - drums

Ira Kris - Jazzanova (1971)

1. Canto De Ossanha
2. Inside My Head
3. Rio
4. Reza
5. Canto De Iemanja
6. Juanito
7. Casa Forte

Ira Kris, Juan Romero - guitar
Frank St. Peter - flute
Jimmy Woode - bass
Tony Inzalaco - drums

Carmen McRae - Alive! (1965)

Live in NY at The Village Gate.

1. Sometimes I'm Happy
2. Don't Explain
3. Woman Talk
4. Kick Off Your Shoes
5. The Shadow of Your Smile
6. The Sweetest Sounds
7. Where Would You Be Without Me?
8. Feeling Good
9. Run Run Run
10. No More
11. Look at That Face
12. I Wish I Were in Love Again
13. You Better Go Now
14. Love for Sale
15. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
16. Miss Brown to You
17. Perdido
18. Too Close for Comfort
19. Midnight Sun
20. Trav'lin' Light
21. Love Is Here to Stay

Carmen McRae - vocals
Ray Beckenstein - flute
Jo Puma - guitar
Norman Simmons - piano
Paul Breslin - double bass
Jose Mangual - bongos
Frank Severino - drums

Slide Hampton/Joe Haider Orchestra ‎– Give Me A Double (1974)

Live in Munich

1. Tribute
2. Grandfather's Garden
3. Think
4. Like A Blues
5. Tante Nelly
6. What Is Happening
7. Quiet Nights
8. Waltz For My Lady
9. A Time For Love

Slide Hampton, Bob Burgess - trombone
Joe Haider - piano
Ferdinand Povel - alto saxophone, flute
Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Andy Scherrer - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Ack Van Rooyen, Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet, flugelhorn
Eric Van Lier - tuba, bass trombone
Isla Eckinger - bass
Billy Brooks - drums

The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1964)

1. Ecclusiastics
2. By Myself
3. Roland Speaks
4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
6. I've Got Your Number
7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
8. April Morning
9. Get in the Basement
10. Abstract Improvisation

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
Harold Mabern: piano (tracks 1-9)
Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 6-9)
Sonny Brown: drums (tracks 6-9)

The Benny Golson Orchestra (tracks 1-5)
Benny Golson - conductor, arranger
Richard Williams, Virgil Jones - trumpet
Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh: trombone
Don Butterfield: tuba
Richard Davis: bass
Albert Heath: drums

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Reeds & Deeds (1963)

1. Land of Peace
2. Lonesome August Child
3. Limbo Boat
4. Hay Ro
5. Waltz of the Friends
6. This Is Always
7. Reeds and Deeds
8. Song of the Countrymen

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
Virgil Jones - trumpet
Charles Greenlee - trombone (tracks 1-5)
Harold Mabern - piano
Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 1-5)
Walter Perkins: drums
Tom McIntosh: trombone (tracks 6-8)
Richard Davis: bass (tracks 6-8)
Benny Golson: arranger (tracks 6-8)

Kenny Drew - This Is New (1957)

1. This Is New
2. Carol
3. It's You or No One
4. You're My Thrill
5. Little T
6. Paul's Pal
7. Why Do I Love You?

Kenny Drew - piano
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
Wilbur Ware - bass
G.T. Hogan - drums

Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

1. Five Will Get You Ten
2. Subdued
3. Sundu Clark
4. A Fickle Sonance
5. Enitnerrut
6. Lost

Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

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!!

https://soundcloud.com/africaine/get-loose

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