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Classic soul, jazz and funk albums

CLASSIC 70S SOUL

Classic albums: 70s Soul

Skip text, jump to albums >> My first introduction to Soul music was Arthur Conley’s ‘Sweet Soul Music’ in 1967. 60’s Soul had an exciting raw sound to it, and many great tracks were recorded in this decade. The 1970’s brought more sophistication and better productions to Soul Music. The soulful vocals backed by strings […]

CLASSIC FUNK

Classic albums: Funk

Skip text, jump to albums >> FUNK – WHERE IT STARTED FOR ME Funk was where it all started as far as I was concerned – it was the first ‘black’ music that got to me. My elder brother Laurence had gotten into Soul a few years earlier, but sixties Soul (Motown, Stax etc) and […]

CLASSIC JAZZ FUNK

Classic albums: Jazz Funk

Skip text, jump to albums >> JAZZ FUNK – MY JOURNEY INTO JAZZ Jazz Funk was my initiation in to the delights of Jazz. I listened to the likes of Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington Jr, Lonnie Liston Smith and the Crusaders, before that my exposure to Jazz was Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball. Fusing James […]

CLASSIC BLUE NOTE

Classic albums: Blue Note

BLUE NOTE – ‘FINEST IN JAZZ SINCE….1939’

CLASSIC SMOOTH JAZZ

Classic albums: Smooth Jazz

Skip text, jump to albums >> THE SMOOTH JAZZ PHENOMENA Few things have created as much controversy within the Jazz world in the last twenty years or so than Smooth Jazz.  Many contend that Smooth Jazz is not Jazz at all and is really instrumental RnB.  The absence of improvisation and the fairly strict adherence […]