Funky jazz grooves 1968- 1971
featuring Herbie Hancock, Grant Green (above), Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Charles Earland, Shirley Scott, Houston Person and Rusty Bryant
with Joe Henderson, Melvin Sparks, Billy Butler, Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath, Blue Mitchell, Harold Land, Julian Priester, Wilbert Longmire, Claude Bartee, Ronnie Foster and Idris Muhammad
[1'13] Jimmy McGriff- The Worm (single, Blue Note 1968) Blue Mitchell- tp; Danny Turner- as; Fats Theus- ts; Bob Ashton- bars; McGriff- org; Thornel Schwartz- g; Bob Bushnell- elb; Mel Lewis or Grady Tate- d
[4'31] Sonny Stitt- Them Funky Changes (Black Vibrations, Prestige 1971) Virgil Jones- tp; Stitt- ts; Leon Spencer- org; Melvin Sparks- g; Idris Muhammad- d; Buddy Caldwell- cga
[12'25] Herbie Hancock- Wiggle-Waggle (Fat Albert Rotunda, Warner Bros 1969) Joe Newman, Johnnie Coles, Ernie Royal -tp; Garnett Brown, Benny Powell- tb; Ray Alonge- Frh; Joe Farrell- as, ts; Joe Henderson- ts; Arthur 'Babe' Clarke- bars; Eric Gale, Billy Butler- g; Hancock- elp; Jerry Jemmott- elb; Bernard Purdie- d; George Devens- perc
[18'11] Lou Donaldson- Donkey Walk (Everything I Play is Funky, Blue Note 1969) Eddie Williams- tp; Donaldson- as; Charles Earland- org; Melvin Sparks- g; Jimmy Lewis- elb; Idris Muhammad- d
[24'47] Houston Person- Jamilah (Goodness!, Prestige 1969) Person- ts; Sonny Phillips- org; Billy Butler- g; Bob Bushnell- el b; Frankie Jones- d; Buddy Caldwell- cga
[30'16] Donald Byrd- The Weasil (Fancy Free, Blue Note 1969) Byrd- tp; Julian Priester- tb; Frank Foster- ts; Duke Pearson- elp; Jimmy Ponder- g; Roland Wilson- b; Joe Chambers- d; Nat Bettis, John Richardson- per
[39'03] Shirley Scott- Messie Bessie (Something, Atlantic 1970) Scott- org; Billy Butler, Eric Gale- g; Chuck Rainey- elb; Jimmy Johnson- d
[43'18] Freddie Hubbard- South Street Stroll (A Soul Experiment, Atlantic 1968) Hubbard- tp; Carlos Garnett- ts; Kenny Barron- elp; Gary Illingworth- org; Billy Butler- g; Jerry Jemmott- elb; Grady Tate- d
[47'44] Bobby Hutcherson and Harold Land- Ummh (San Francisco, Blue Note 1970) Land- ts; Hutcherson- vib; Joe Sample- elp, clav; John Williams- el-b; Mickey Roker- d
[55'24] Charles Earland- Letha (Black Drops, Prestige 1970) Virgil Jones- tp; Clayton Pruden- tb; Jimmy Heath- ts; Earland- org; Maynard Parker- g; Jimmy Turner- d
[62'42] Rusty Bryant- Fire Eater (Fire Eater, Prestige 1971) Bryant- ts; Bill Mason- org; Wilbert Longmire- g; Idris Muhammad- d
[72'14] Eddie Harris- Listen Here (The Electrifying Eddie Harris, Atlantic 1968) Eddie Harris- el-ts; Jodie Christian- p; Melvin Jackson- b; Richard Smith- d; Ray Barretto, Joe Wohletz- perc
[79'51] Grant Green- Sookie, Sookie (Alive!, Blue Note 1970) Claude Bartee- ts; Billy Bivens- vib; Ronnie Foster- org; Green- g; Idris Muhammad- d; Joseph Armstrong- cga
[90'46] Jack McDuff- Hunk O' Funk (To Seek a New Home, Blue Note 1970) Martin Drover, Bud Parks- tp; John Bennett- tb; Norman Leppard, Dick Morrissey- ts, fl; J.J. Jackson- p; McDuff- org; Terry Smith- g; Larry Steele- elb; Phil Leaford- d
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