Charles Earland "Leaving This Planet"

Wonderful LP !

Incredible line-up !

Harvey Mason
Freddie Hubbard
Joe Henderson
Charles Earland
Eddie Henderson
Patrick Gleason
etc...

this was recorded in 1973. "Mason's Galaxy" reminds me "Vein Melter" (Headhunters) wich was recorded the same year.

Enjoy

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Freddie Hubbard / Stanley Turrentine "In Concert"

This is the CD version featuring Vol1+Vol2

Gibraltar 19:05
Interlude 1:18
Povo 19:14
Gibraltar (Detroit Version) 21:06
Hornets (Chicago Version) 9:43

some really nice sounds by herbie, intense use of whawha, fuzz and echoplex.
herbie is in between "sextant" and "headhunters"...

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Enjoy !

Freddie Hubbard "Straight Life"

Al Tootie Heath "Kawaida"

A super-hip batch of soul jazz tracks by Albert Toodie Heath of the Heath Brothers -- working here on a rare session as a leader, with a sound that's right up there with the Heath Brothers' early work for Strata East!! The lineup is incredible -- as Heath is joined by players that include Don Cherry, Buster Williams, Mtume, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, and Ed Blackwell -- all coming together for a session that's nearly lost to the history books, but which is one of the strongest spiritual jazz sessions of the late 60s! Herbie plays all acoustic piano throughout, and the tracks are long, leaping, and loping -- with stretched-out spiritual solos from Jimmy Heath and Don Cherry -- and a proud and righteous sound that's extremely free-spirited without going too far out! Titles include "Baraka", "Maulana", "Dunia", and "Kamili".

Jackie McLean "Destination Out"

Eddie Henderson "Realization"

Just why this album was released on Capricorn Records is hard to understand. The label was set up with the Allman Brothers in mind and also featured Sea Level, Allman keyboardist Chuck Levell's band. This release just is not in the mould and explains why it didn't get much response when at the time.

But it follows a line of ground breaking albums from Herbie Hancock and his then fusion/electronic band. In a trio of albums, Sextant, Crossings and Mwandishi Hancock explored virgin territory with an electronics expert at its core. The whole new direction would not have been possible without Hancock's vision and Dr. Patrick Gleeson's noises. In addition to the Hancock canon, this rich vein of invention produced 2 gems from Henderson and a criminally overlooked masterpiece from Julian Preister, "Love Love". This has recently been re-released on ECM and is an essential purchase.

This is the first of the Henderson albums. A brilliant trumpeter, he only played music as an aside, as he is in fact Dr Henderson, M.D.. Indeed, after a few more albums he returned to doctoring for some years.

The band is a cracker. Hancock on a bank of keyboards, Lenny White & Billy Hart on drums, Buster Williams on bass and Bennie Maupin on wind instruments. Over a big groove, Hancock, Henderson and Maupin solo with the added feature of Gleeson's electronic colours. This is far out and spacey. So much so that this and the other albums referred to have become a source of samples for many a DJ.

Thanks to prognotfrog.blogspot.com for this few words.

Lonnie Smith "Live At Club Mozambique"

A lost jazz-funk gem -- originally recorded at Club Mozambique in Detroit in 1970, but not issued by Blue Note until the mid 90s! The set's right up there with Lonnie's classic Move Your Hand live set -- as the tracks are long, free, and very funky, performed by a hip group that includes Joe Dukes on drums, Dave Hubbard on tenor, Ronnie Cuber on baritone, and George Benson on guitar. Lonnie's organ is harder than you'll ever hear it in later years -- and tracks include "Scream", "Expressions", "I Can't Stand It", "Peace Of Mind", "Love Bowl", and "Play It Back".
Thanks to Dusty Groove.

Buster Williams "Pinnacle"

A totally excellent Buster Williams album from the mid 70's, and one of the best (and hardest to find) albums on Muse! The bassist has always been one of our favorite talents -- and this little gem is one of the few albums he's cut on his own, a majestic bit of soul jazz and funk, recorded with a very hip lineup! Includes the great slow funk track "The Hump", which has a tight sample-heavy bass and electronics intro, plus lots of other nice ones like "Tayamisha", "Batuki", and "Noble Ego". Sonny Fortune, Woody Shaw, and Billy Hart are all in the group -- and with players like that, how can you miss?
Dusty Groove

Duke Pearson "The Phantom"

Hello !

I'm beginning this blog, because i've been downloading so much on different blogs like "orgy in rythm", "el reza", "my jazz world", pharaohsdance", "loronix" etc...
time for me now to share :)