segunda-feira, 29 de setembro de 2008

COREY GLOVER - Live at CBGB´s 12/4/97 - Bootleg

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Tracks:
01. The Sermon
02. April Rain
03. The Joker
04. Love Rears
05. Do You First, Then Do Myself

FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS - Urban Mythology Volume One [2008]

!!!!!!!!

Vernon Reid: Guitar, Guitar Synth
Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Bass
Calvin Weston: Drums




Tracks:
01. A Tale of Two Bridges
02. Don Cheadle
03. Ghost Sign Crossroad
04. Over and Under
05. A Lost Way Found
06. Nappy Hour
07. Chump Champ Chunk
08. Get Your Legs On
09. Doing Within
10. Street Corner Prophecy

terça-feira, 9 de setembro de 2008

ERIC GALES - That´s What I Am [2001]

Só a versão de Foxy Lady já valeria o disco!!!

Eric Gales Band
Eric Gales: Vocals, Guitar, Bass ("Just Got Paid")
Edward "Hot" Cleveland: Drums
Paul Taylor: Bass

With:
Paul Roessler: Keyboards ("Down Low," "You Ugly," "So Good If You Could," and "Can´t Go On")
Kenny Olson: Guitar ("Just Got Paid")
Bernard Fowler: Backing Vocals ("You Ugly," "So Good If You Could," and "Black Day")
Kirsten Johnson and Geza X: Backing Vocals ("You Ugly")
D.J. Kilmore: Turntable ("You Ugly")
Michael Einziger: Guitar ("You Ugly")
Michael DeLorenzo: Backing Vocals ("She Shines" and "So Good If You Could")
Josie Cotton: Backing Vocals ("Can´t Go On")
Geza X: Acoustic Guitar ("Can´t Go On")
Triangle: Production Ideas ("Insane")



Tracks:
01. That´s What I Am
02. Hand Writing on The Wall
03. Down Low
04. So Good If You Could
05. Blue Misty Mornin´
06. She Shines
07. Insane
08. Black Day
09. Can´t Go On
10. Foxey Lady
11. You Ugly
12. Just Got Paid

segunda-feira, 8 de setembro de 2008

DONNY HATHAWAY - Live [1972]

Donny Hathaway: Vocals, Electric Piano
Cornell Dupree, Mike Howard: Guitar
John Littlejohn: Guitar, Vocals
Willie Weeks: Bass
Phil Upchurch: Bass, Guitar
Fred White: Drums


Tracks:
01. What´s Going On
02. The Ghetto
03. Hey Girl
04. You´ve Got a Friend
05. Little Ghetto Boy
06. Whe´re Still Friends
07. Jealous Guy
08. Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)

WAR - Anthology

Versão compacta...


Tracks:
01. Spill The Wine
02. Tobacco Road
03. The Cisco Kid
04. The World Is A Ghetto
05. Why Can´t We Be Friends?
06. Low Rider
07. Galaxy
08. You Got The Power
09. Outlaw
10. Summer
11. Where Was You At
12. Heartbeat
13. L.A. Sunshine
14. Cinco De Mayo
15. Spill The Wine (Juniors Radio Mix)

MANDRILL - The Best Of [1974]

Formado em 1968 no Brooklin pelos irmãos Ric Wilson (sax, vocals), Lou Wilson (trumpet, vocals), e Carlos Wilson (trombone, vocals), acompanhados por Claude "Coffee" Cave (keyboard), Omar Mesa (guitar), Bundie Cenas (bass) e Charlie Prado (drums), o grupo Mandrill incorporou ao som Funk música latina, caribenha e jazz, dosado com influências de blues, psicodelia, musica africana e rock, criando um groove rico em sonoridade e estilos. A coletânea Best Of lançada em 1974 traz clássicos como Fencewalk (já ouviu o solo de guitarra dessa música?) e Mango Meat.

Tracks:
01. Ape Is High
02. Fencewalk
03. Git It All
04. Hang Loose
05. Mandrill
06. Cohelo
07. Mango Meat
08. Symphonic Revolutions
09. Children of the Sun
10. House of Wood
11. I Refuse to Smile

HERBIE HANCOCK - Flood [1975]

Os sons de Headhunters, Thrust e Man-Child em versão ao vivo!!!

Herbie Hancock: Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet, Arp, Fender Rhodes
Bennie Maupin: Sax (Soprano & Tenor), Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Percussion
Paul Jackson: Bass
Mike Clark: Drums
Bill Summers: Percussion
Blackbyrd McKnight: Guitar



Tracks:
01. Introduction/Maiden Voyage
02. Actual Proof
03. Spank-A-Lee
04. Watermelon Man
05. Butterfly
06. Chameleon
07. Hang up Your Hang Ups

segunda-feira, 1 de setembro de 2008

RONALD SHANNON JACKSON AND THE DECODING SOCIETY - Man Dance [1982]

Esse é pra pirar...

The Decoding Society is:
Henry Scott: Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Zane Massey: Tenor, Alto and Soprano Saxophones
Vernon Reid: Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Roland Guitar Synthesizer, Banjo
Melvin Gibbs: Electric Bass
Reverend Bruce Johnson: Fretless Electric Bass, Electric Bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson: Drums
On Track 1,2 and 8
David Gordon replaces Henry Scott and Lee Rozie is added on Tenor and Soprano Saxophones.



Tracks:
01. Man Dance
02. Iola
03. Spanking

04. Catman
05. The Art of Levitation
06. Belly Button
07. Giraffe
08. When Souls Speak
09. Alice in the Congo

terça-feira, 1 de abril de 2008

YOHIMBE BROTHERS - The Tao of Yo [2005]

Melhor que o primeiro!!!

Vernon Reid: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer)
DJ Logic: Turntables, Effects
Bos Omega, Taylor McFerrin, Ricky Quinones, Traz: Vocals
Latasha Natasha Diggs: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Vocal Effect
Eva Milan "AKA Snook" Zsiga: Choir, Chorus
Eddie Hall: Dumbek, Bongos, Conga, Shaker
Graham Haynes: Cornet
Maya Smullyan Jenkins: Dance (Tap)
Jared Michael Nickerson: Bass
Deantoni Parks: Drums
Danny Blume, Christian Castagno: Group Member
Shantyman: Commentary
GoodandEvil: Producer, Engineer, Mixing




Tracks:
01. Shine for Me
02. The Secret Frequency
03. More from Life
04. Shape 4
05. Noh Rio
06. TV
07. 30 Spokes
08. Unimportance
09. No Pistolas
10. Overcoming
11. Words They Choose
12. Shape I
13. Perfect Traveler (Tourist Europe)

quarta-feira, 20 de fevereiro de 2008

terça-feira, 19 de fevereiro de 2008

D´ANGELO - Live at the Jazz Cafe [1995/1998]

[Japan Bonus Track]

Jerry Brooks: Bass
Mike Campbell: Guitar
Norman "Keys" Hurt: Keyboards
Angie Stone, Karen Bernod, Debbie Cole: Vocals (bckgr)


Tracks:
01. Me and Those Dreamin´ Eyes of Mine
02. Can´t Hide Love
03. Cruisin´
04. Sh*t, Damn, Motherf*cker
05. Lady
06. Brown Sugar
07. Heaven Must Be Like T
his

segunda-feira, 18 de fevereiro de 2008

HERBIE HANCOCK - Thrust [1974]



Tracks:
01. Palm Grease
02. Actual Proof
03. Butterfly
04. Spank-A-Lee

Watermelon Man




HERBIE HANCOCK - Headhunters [1973]



Tracks:
01. Chameleon
02. Watermelon Man
03. Sly
04. Vein Melter

sábado, 16 de fevereiro de 2008

COREY GLOVER - Live at CBGB´s 12/4/97 - Bootleg

Esse nem eu tenho! Meu big brother tem uma amiga que trouxe da gringa e tal: Um promo do Corey Glover ao vivo no CBGB em 04/12/97 (o álbum Hymns foi lançado em abril de 1998). Aproveite enquanto o link tá inteiro...





Tracks:
01. The Sermon
02. April Rain
03. The Joker
04. Love Rears
05. Do You First, Then Do Myself

YOHIMBE BROTHERS - Front End Lifter [2002]

Dá pra imaginar?

Vernon Reid: Guitar, Effects
DJ Logic: Scratching, Turntables, Sampling, Sounds
With: Doug Wimbish, Kevin Webb, Val, Greg Tate, Hank Schroy, Eddie Hall, Leon Gruenbaum, Corey Glover, Micah Gaugh, Yuval Gabay, Mark Durham, Latasha Natasha Diggs, Elisa Burchett, David Barnes, Tony B!





Tracks:
01. Ponk
02. Tenemental
03. 6996-Club-Yohimbe
04. Psychopathia Mojosexualis
05. Welcome 2 the Freq Show
06. $moke and Du$t Dub (Version)
07. The Big Pill
08. Bamalamb
09. Transmission XXX
10. Just a Little Screwy
11. Invitation to a Situation
12. Prelude to a Diss
13. Innerspin (A Tone Hymn)
14. The callipygiac Caldonians
15. That Obscure Object of Desire

domingo, 10 de fevereiro de 2008

THE ERIC GALES BAND - Picture Of A Thousand Faces [1993]

Eric Gales começou a se apresentar com 11 anos de idade e 4 anos depois lançou o primeiro cd, The Eric Gales Band [1991]. Ainda sob a tutela de seu irmão Eugene Gales, Eric lança em 1993 o segundo trabalho (e na minha opinião o melhor), assumindo os vocais ao lado de Eugene e contrabaixo em algumas faixas. Diferente de outros guitarristas prodígio-mirins surgidos nas últimas décadas - como Jonny Lang ou Kenny Wayne Shepherd (que a gente ouve e fala: "que legalziiinho, ele toca pra caramba e tem um songbook do Stevie Ray Vaughan", etc...) - a influência de caras como Hendrix, SRV, Robin Trower estão presentes no som encapetado da Fender Strato de Eric como referência, nunca soando apenas como cópia. Detalhe: o cara é canhoto e toca com as cordas na posição de destros, sem inversão! Dá pra encarar?


Eric Gales: Guitars, Lead & Background Vocals, Bass Guitar on "Temple of Deliverance" and "God Only Knows"
Eugene Gales: Bass Guitar, Lead & Background Vocals, 2nd Guitar on "Temple of Deliverance", Acoustic Slide Guitar on "Angel of the Night"
Hubert "H-Bomb" Crawford Jr.: Drums, Percussion & Background Vocals





Tracks:
01. Paralyzed
02. Angel of the Night
03. Picture of a Thousand Faces
04. God Only Knows
05. I Want You (She´s So Heavy)
06. Temple of Deliverance
07. Guilty of the Innocence
08. Misty
09. Take a Look (Deep Inside of You)
10. Bang That Bell
11. Draw the Line


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AL GREEN - The Definitive Greatest Hits [2007]

Contribuição de FJ para o blog. Al Green é "o cara" da soul music, assim como James Brown é para o funk. Coletânea lançada originalmente em 1975 e relançada em 2007 com adição de seis músicas (como "I Can´t Stop" de 2004). A sessão rítmica é basicamente a mesma em todo o álbum - as músicas são quase todas do período dos anos 70 - com James Mitchell, os irmãos Hodges e Cia.

Al Green: Vocals
Howard Grimes, Al Jackson: Drums
Leroy Hodges: Bass
Charles Hodges: Organ and Piano
Teenie Hodges: Guitar
Wayne Jackson: Trumpet
Andrew Love, Ed Logan: Tenor
James Mitchell: Baritone Sax
Jack Hale: Trombone





Tracks:
01. Let´s Stay Together
02. Tired of Being Alone
03. Take Me to the River
04. I´m Still In Love With You
05. Look What You Done For Me
06. Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
07. Love and Happiness
08. Keep Me Cryin´
09. Call Me (Come Back Home)
10. Livin´ For You
11. Let´s Get Married
12. Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
13. L-O-V-E (Love)
14. You Ought to Be with Me
15. Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams In My Arms)
16. Full Of Fire
17. Back Up Train
18. I Can´t Get Next to You
19. Belle
20. I Can´t Stop
21. Perfect To Me

sábado, 2 de fevereiro de 2008

FUNKADELIC (THE U.S. FUNK MOB) - Hardcore Jollies [1976]

Apesar da ausência de Eddie Hazel, Hardcore Jollies é um super disco de guitarra. Ouça - Comin´ Round The Mountain, Cosmic Slop e a faixa título Hardcore Jollies - e você vai saber do que estou falando! Nota do encarte: "Dedicated to de guitar players of the world".

George Clinton: Vocals
Bernie Worrell: Synthesizer, Vocals
Michael Hampton: Guitar, Drums, Guitar Effects
Gary "Mudbone" Cooper: Guitar
Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, Calvin Simon: Guitar, Vocals
Gary Shider: Bass
Raymond Davis, Cordel Mosson: Bass, Vocals
Jerome Brailey: Drums, Vocals
Grady Thomas, Glen: Vocals
Buddy Miles: Percussion, Vocals





Tracks:
*
Osmosis Phase One
01. Comin´ Round The Mountain
02. Smokey
03. If You Got Funk, You Got Style
04. Hardcore Jollies
*Terribitus Phase Two
05. Soul Mate
06. Cosmic Slop
07. You Scared The Lovin´ Outta Me
08. Adolescent Funk

quarta-feira, 30 de janeiro de 2008

FISHBONE & THE FAMILYHOOD NEXTPERIENCE presents: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx [2000]

O disco + legal do Fishbone! Funk, ska, rock, punk, reggae, metal, psicodelia, muito bom humor e sabe-se lá o que mais fazem a mistura que causa o som dessa banda. Participações do Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Flea, John Frusciante e Chad Smith - em Shakey Ground (Temptations) e George Clinton, Rick James e Gwen Stefani - ééé, aquela mesma do No Doubt - em Everybody Is A Star (Sly & the Family Stone).

Angelo Moore: Vocals, Horns, Theremin
Dirty Walker A. Kibby ll, Dog King of the Freaks: Vocals, Horns
Norwood Fisher: Bass, Vocals
Spacey-T: Guitar, Vocals
John McKnight: Keys, Horns
John Steward: Drummer





Tracks:
01. Shakey Ground
02. The Suffering
03. Where´d You Get Those Pants
04. Everybody Is A Star
05. One Planet People
06. Just Allow
07. Aids & Armageddon
08. It All Kept Startin´ Over Again
09. Dear God
10. Karma Tsunami

sexta-feira, 25 de janeiro de 2008

VERNON REID & MASQUE - Known Unknown [2004]

Eu vi o show desse disco em 2005, Sampa, e só dá para comparar com o show do Living Colour que rolou aqui em agosto do ano passado (yeah, eu vi os dois hahahaha). Com uma roupagem mais jazz/rock, traz releituras de Thelonious Monk (Brilliant Corners) e Lee Morgan (Sidewinder), participação de DJ Logic (que trabalhou com Vernon em Mistaken Identity e é parceiro no Yohimbe Brothers) e a batera animal de Marlon Browden. Highly Recommended!

Vernon Reid: Guitar and Guitar Synth
Leon Gruenbaum: Organ, Piano, Casio, Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Chee Peeeee
Hank Schroy: Bass
Marlon Browden: Drums
DJ Logic: Special Guest on Voodoo Pimp Stroll





Tracks:
01. Known Unknown
02. The Slouch
03. Brilliant Corners
04. Strange Blessing
05. Outskirts
06. Down And Out In Kigali And Freetown
07. Sidewinder
08. Voodoo Pimp Stroll
09. Time
10. Flatbush And Church
11. Ebow Underground (Excerpt)
12. X The Unknown

quinta-feira, 24 de janeiro de 2008

quarta-feira, 23 de janeiro de 2008

segunda-feira, 21 de janeiro de 2008

JOSHUA REDMAN ELASTIC BAND - Momentum [2005]

Nem vou comentar! Dê uma olhada na banda que acompanha o cara nesse disco...

Joshua Redman: Sax (Tenor & Soprano), Clavinet, Synthesizer Bass, Organ
Sam Yahel: Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizer Bass, Atmosphere
Peter Bernstein, Eric Krasno, Jeff Parker, Kurt Rosenwinkel: Guitar
Me´Shell Ndegéocello, Flea: Bass
Brian Blade, Jeff Ballard, ?uestlove: Drums, Synthesizer Drums
Nicholas Payton: Trumpet
Stefon Harris: Vibraphone





Tracks:
01. Soundcheck
02. Sweet Nasty
03. Just a Moment
04. Shut Your Mouth
05. The Crunge
06. Riverwide
07. Greasy G
08. Lonely Woman
09. Swunk
10. Blowing Changes
11. Double Jeopardy
12. Put in Your Pocket
13. Showtime


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sábado, 19 de janeiro de 2008

DON BYRON - Nu Blaxploitation [1998]

Conheci o trabalho de Don Byron em Mistaken Identity, primeiro solo de Vernon Reid (ambos membros da Black Rock Coalition) onde o cara tira o som mais doido de clarineta que já ouvi. Acompanhado da banda Existential Dred (Uri Caine: piano e órgão, Ben Wittman: bateria e Reggie Washington: Baixo), Byron foca em Nu Blaxploitation os anos 70 funk. Meu destaque vai para as músicas Blinky (onde imagino que ele cita Mais Que Nada de Jorge Ben no solo de clarineta), Fencewalk (Mandrill) e If 6 Was 9 (Hendrix). Jazz/Funk de primeira!

Don Byron: Clarinets, baritone sax, background vocals, percussion
Sadiq: Poet
Uri Caine: Piano, organ, clavinet, background vocals
Reggie Washington: Bass, background vocals
Ben Wittman: Drums
Dean Bowman: Vocals
Rodney Holmes: Drums (track 06)





Tracks:
01. Alien
02. Domino Theories
03. Blinky
04. Mango Meat
05. Interview
06. Schizo Jam (live)
07. Dodi
08. I´m Stuck
09. I Cannot Commit
10. Fencewalk
11. Hagalo
12. Domino Theories
13. If 6 Was 9
14. Furman

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LIVING COLOUR - Dread [1993]

Lançado somente em edição japonesa, Dread traz dez faixas ao vivo + versões acústicas (entre elas Love Rears Its Ugly Head) além de sobras de estúdio.
° Recorded Live in Paris June 1993
°° Recorded Live in Chicago April 1993
°°° Recorded Live for Dutch Radio Broadoast February 1993

Vernon Reid: Guitar
Corey Glover: Vocals
Doug Wimbish: Bass
Will Calhoum: Drums





Tracks:
01. Leave it Alone °
02. Time´s Up °
03. Go Away °
04. Funny Vibe °°
05. Auslander °
06. Middleman °°
07. Cult of Personality °
08. Nothingness °°
09. Postman °°
10. This Little Pig °
11. Never Satisfied °°°
12. Love Rears its Ugly Head °°°
13. Open Letter (To a Landlord) °°°
14. Nothingness (Acoustic) °°°
15. 17 Days
16. TV News


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quinta-feira, 17 de janeiro de 2008

VERNON REID & MASQUE - Other True Self [2006]

Yeahhh!!! Abrindo as postagens com Vernon Reid, guitarrista fundador do Living Colour. Esse é o terceiro álbum do cara, lançado em 2006. O primeiro - This Little Room - nunca foi lançado. Other True Self traz uma sonoridade mais rock (na levada da bateria de Don McKenzie principalmente) comparado aos anteriores, Known Unknown [2004] e Mistaken Identity [1996].

Vernon Reid: Electric, electronic, acoustic guitar, and six string banjo
Leon Gruenbaum: Keyboards, acoustic piano, samchilliam tip tip tip cheeeepee, melodica, toy piano, and glockenspiel
Hank Schroy: Electric and acoustic bass
Don McKenzie: Acoustic and electronic drums





Tracks:
01. Game is Rigged
02. National Anthem
03. Flatbush and Church Revisited
04. Afrerika
05. Enjoy the Silence
06. Whiteface
07. Oxossi
08. G
09. Wildlife
10. Overcoming
11. Kizzy
12. Mind of My Mind
13. Prof. Bebey



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