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Ray Bryant: Only the Best of Ray Bryant *

8 CD / Collectables Records / 2009-06-30

Artists: Ray Bryant

This 8-disc bundle pack of CDs reissued by the Collectables label includes the classic albums "Madison Time With A Hollywood Jazz Beat," "Cold Turkey," "Groove House," "Soul," "Live At Basin Street Ea...continue...

Jack McDuff: Gin & Orange

1 CD / Dusty Groove / 2009-05-26

Tracks: Mac-Duffin; Electric Surfboard, The; On The Case; Channel One; Get It Up; Gin & Orange; Beep Bo Boo; With The Wind
Artists: Jack McDuff

Personnel: Jack McDuff (organ); Jerry Byrde, Cash McCall (guitar); Gene Barge (alto saxophone); Cliff Davis, Bill Phipps, Ben Branch (tenor saxophone); Phil Upchurch (bass guitar); Joe Burkes, Morris ...continue...

Roy Ayers Ubiquity: He's Coming [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve (USA) / 2009-04-14

Tracks: He's A Superstar; He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother; Ain't Got Time; I Don't Know How To Love Him; He's Coming; We Live In Brooklyn Baby; Sweet Butterfly Of Love; Sweet Tears; Fire Weaver
Artists: Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Personnel: Harry Whitaker (vocals, electric piano, organ); Roy Ayers (vocals, organ, vibraphone); Samuel Brown (guitar); Selwart Clarke (strings); Sonny Fortune (flute, soprano saxophone); John Willia...continue...

Raphael Wressnig/Alex Schultz: Don't Be Afraid to Groove *

1 CD / Pepper Cake / 2009-02-24

Tracks: Mama & Papa; It's Your Thing; What's Going On; Droppin' In; I Wish I Knew; Jimmy McGroove; Road to Detroit; Let's Stay Together; Turtle Walk; As
Artists: Raphael Wressnig/Alex Schultz

Audio Mixer: Reinhard Brunner.

Liner Note Author: Bob Putignano.

Recording information: Mollin, Austria (2007).

On DON'T BE AFRAID TO GROOVE, Austrian Hammond B3 organ player Raph...continue...

Dr. Lonnie Smith: Rise Up! *

1 CD / Palmetto Records / 2009-02-17

Tracks: Matterapat, A; Come Together; Pilgrimage; Dapper Dan; And The World Weeps; People Make The World Go Round; Tyrone; Sweet Dreams; Voodoo Doll
Artists: Dr. Lonnie Smith

Personnel: Dr. Lonnie Smith (vocals, Hammond b-3 organ); Jo Lawry (vocals); Matt Balitsaris, Peter Bernstein (guitar); Donald Harrison (alto saxophone); Herlin Riley (drums); Pat Rustici, Natasha Zaik...continue...

Roy Ayers: Ubiquity [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve (USA) / 2009-01-27

Tracks: Pretty Brown Skin; Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head; I Can't Help Myself; Love; Fuzz, The; Hummin'; Can You Dig It?; Painted Desert; He Gives Us All His Love
Artists: Roy Ayers

Personnel: Roy Ayers (vocals, vibraphone); Edwin Birdsong (vocals, organ); Richie Resnicoff (guitar); Harry Whitaker, Bill Henderson (electric piano); John Williams (electric bass); Alphonse Mouzon (d...continue...

Grover Washington Jr.: Soul Box [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve (USA) / 2008-10-21

Tracks: Aubrey; Masterpiece; Trouble Man; You Are The Sunshine Of My Life; Don't Explain; Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do; Taurian Matador
Artists: Grover Washington Jr.

Personnel: Grover Washington Jr. (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Barbara Massey, Randolph Peyton, Bill Eaton, Maeretha Stewart, Bernard Thacker, Eileen Gilbert (vocals); Eric Gal...continue...

Jimmy Smith (Jazz): Hobo Flats [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve (USA) / 2008-10-21

Tracks: Hobo Flats; Blueberry Hill; Walk Right In; Trouble In Mind; Preacher, The; Meditation; I Can't Stop Loving You
Artists: Jimmy Smith (Jazz)

Arranger: Oliver Nelson.

When it comes to the classic jazz organ sound--based in a mingling of hard bop and influences of blues and gospel--Jimmy Smith was first among equals. Among many other ...continue...

Joe Boogaloo Jones: Right On Brothers

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2008-10-07

Tracks: Right On; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Poppin'; Someday We'll Be Together; Brown Bag; Let It Be Me; Right On [Single Version]; Someday We'll Be Together [Singele Version]
Artists: Joe Boogaloo Jones

Personnel: Joe Boogaloo Jones (guitar); Rudy Van Gelder (recorder); Rusty Bryant (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jimmy Lewis (Fender Rhodes piano, bass instrument); Charlie Earland (organ); Bernard...continue...

Roy Ayers: You Send Me [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve (USA) / 2008-09-23

Tracks: You Send Me; I Wanna Touch You Baby; Can't You See Me?; Get On Up, Get On Down; Everytime I See You; Rhythm; And Don't You Say No; It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind
Artists: Roy Ayers

Originally released in 1978, YOU SEND ME finds Roy Ayers smack in the middle of his crossover jazz phase. In fact, the album more often resembles an R&B set, complete with quiet storm tracks, than it ...continue...

Stanley Turrentine: Dearly Beloved

1 CD / Blue Note / 2008-09-16

Tracks: Baia; Wee Hour Theme; My Shining Hour; Troubles of the World; Yesterday's; Dearly Beloved; Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You
Artists: Stanley Turrentine

Personnel: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Shirley Scott (organ); Roy Brooks (drum).

Originally recorded and released in the early 1960s, this excellent Stanley Turrentine date is one of ...continue...

Reuben Wilson: Got To Get Your Own

1 CD / Dusty Groove / 2008-09-16

Tracks: What The People Gon' Say; In The Booth, In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark; Back Rub; Tight Money; Stoned Out Of My Mind; Together (You & Me); Got To Get Your Own
Artists: Reuben Wilson

Personnel: Reuben Wilson (organ); Pee Wee Ellis (saxophone); Richard Tee (keyboards); Bernard Purdie (drums).

Recording information: Sound Exchange, NYC, NY.

Reuben Wilson is best known ...continue...

Reuben Wilson: Set Us Free

1 CD / Blue Note / 2008-07-22

Tracks: Set Us Free; We're In Love; Sho-Nuff Mellow; Mr. Big Stuff; Right On With This Mess; Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology); Tom's Thumb
Artists: Reuben Wilson

Recording information: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1971).

This 2008 Blue Note reissue of the original 1973 album by soul-jazz organist Reuben Wilson joins a flurry of recent reissu...continue...

The Three Sounds: Soul Symphony *

1 CD / Blue Note / 2008-07-22

Tracks: Soul Symphony; Repeat After Me; Upper Four Hundred; Popsicle Pimp; Black Sugar
Artists: The Three Sounds

The Three Sounds: Gene Harris (piano); Henry Franklin (upright bass); Carl Burnett (drums).

Additional personnel: Freddy Robinson (guitar); Buddy Collette (flute); David Duke (French horn); Ala...continue...

The Three Sounds: Elegant Soul

1 CD / Blue Note / 2008-07-22

Tracks: Elegant Soul; Do It Right Now; Sittin' Duck; [Sock It To Me] Harper Valley P.T.a.; Sugar Hill; African Sweets; Black Gold; Book of Slim; Walls of Respect
Artists: The Three Sounds

The Three Sounds: Gene Harris (piano); Andy Simpkins (bass instrument); Carl Burnett (drum).

Additional personnel: Al Vescovo (guitar); Henry Felber (violin, strings); Leonard Malarsky, Dave Bu...continue...

Ramsey Lewis: Goin' Latin

1 CD / Verve (USA) / 2008-06-24

Tracks: Hey Mrs. Jones; Summer Samba; One, Two, Three; Free Again; Down By The Riverside; Blue Bongo; I'll Wait For You; Function At The Junction; Spanish Grease; Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love); Cast Your ...
Artists: Ramsey Lewis

As its title indicates, GOIN' LATIN features Latin rhythms, and Lewis blends samba, bossa nova, mambo, and boogaloo all into his stylistic palette here.

Pianist Ramsey Lewis cut the sessions fo...continue...

Stanley Turrentine: The Return of the Prodigal Son

1 CD / Blue Note / 2008-05-13

Tracks: Return Of The Prodigal Son; Pres Delight (Flying Dumbo); Bonita; New Time Shuffle; Better Luck Next Time; Ain't No Mountain High Enough; Dr. Feelgood; Look Of Love, The; You Want Me To Stop Loving Yo...
Artists: Stanley Turrentine

Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine is best known for his soul-jazz outings of the 1960s, and that feeling suffuses the 1967 session recordings collected on THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON. Working wi...continue...

Reuben Wilson/Bernard Purdie/Grant Green Jr.: The Godfathers of Groove

1 CD / 18th & Vine / 2006-12-13

Tracks: Okiedoke, The; Flipity Flop; Sweet Home Chicago; My Father's Song; Long Live New Orleans; Everyday I Have the Blues; Summer Sun; People Get Ready; Jusy My Imagination
Artists: Reuben Wilson/Bernard Purdie/Grant Green Jr.

Personnel: Reuben Wilson; Bernard Purdie; Grant Green Jr.; Jerry Jemmott.

This all-star date brings together three significant soul-jazz figures: organist Rueben Wilson, veteran session drummer...continue...

The Prime Ministers: Read 'Em and Weep

1 CD / Night Train / 2006-01-10

Tracks: Hot Cha - (Version 1); One Naughty Flat; Sack-O-Woe; Cellar Groove; Time; Sweet Eyes; Watermelon Man; How Does It Feel; Peeper, The; Story, The; What a Difference a Day Makes; Read 'Em and Weep; Hot ...
Artists: The Prime Ministers

Recording information: 1965....continue...

Various Artists: Blue Break Beats Vol. 2

1 CD / Blue Note / 2005-11-29

Tracks: Street Lady - Donald Byrd; Jasper Country Man - Bobbi Humphrey; Kumquat Kids - Eddie Henderson; Higga Boom - Gene Harris; Orange Peel - Reuben Wilson; Worm, The - Jimmy McGriff; Caterpillar, The - Lo...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Dean Rudland.

All selections are stereo, except track 6 which is mono.

This is part of Blue Note's The Blue Series....continue...

Various Artists: Blue Break Beats Vol. 3

1 CD / Blue Note / 2005-11-29

Tracks: Walk Tall - Cannonball Adderley; You've Made Me So Very Happy - Lou Rawls; Ode to Billy Joe - Lou Donaldson; Sho' Nuff Melon - Reuben Wilson; Howling For Judy - Jeremy Steig; Light My Fire - Shirley ...
Artists: Various Artists

This is part of Blue Note's The Blue Series....continue...

Stanley Turrentine: Let It Go

1 CD / Universal Records (Japan) / 2005-02-28

Tracks: Let It Go; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Ciao, Ciao; 'T'ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It); Good Lookin' Out; Sure as You're Born (Theme From "Harper"); Deep Purple
Artists: Stanley Turrentine

Recorded on April 6 & 15, 1966.

LET IT GO sees two masters of the soul-jazz idiom grooving together in a relaxed context. At the time of this recording in 1966, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine a...continue...

Quincy Jones/Bill Cosby: The New Mixes Vol. 1

1 CD / Concord Music Group / 2004-07-13

Tracks: Along Came Mister Nobody; Jimmy's Theme; Pelando; Matthew Herbert's Techically Amateur Mix; Ev'ryday; Vaeurs Personelles; United; Glimmer; Where's Eddie?; Jamon y Queso; Miss Leslie; Highland Street ...
Artists: Quincy Jones/Bill Cosby

Recording information: 1969....continue...

Quincy Jones/Bill Cosby: The Original Jam Sessions 1969

1 CD / Concord Music Group / 2004-06-22

Tracks: Hikky-Burr (Kincaid Kinfolk); Groovy-Gravy; Oh Happy Day; Jimmy Cookin' on Top (Interlude) - (interlude); Toe Jam; Jive Den; Eubie Walkin'; Monty, Is That You?; Drawing Room, The (Interlude); Hikky-B...
Artists: Quincy Jones/Bill Cosby

Personnel include: Quincy Jones; Bill Cosby (vocals); Arthur Adams (guitar); Eddie Harris, Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Claire Fischer, Les McCann, Monty Alexander (piano); Joe Sample (Fender Rhodes...continue...

Brute Force: Brute Force

1 CD / Sepia-Tone / 2004-03-23

Tracks: Do It Right Now; Some Kind of Approval; Deacon, The; Right Direction; Monster; Ye-le-WA; Doubt
Artists: Brute Force

Brute Force includes: Richard Daniel (electric piano); Sonny Sharrock (guitar); Ted Daniel....continue...