Larry Douglas has ruled as one of San Francisco’s top trumpet/flugelhorn players for more than three decades. A native of Statesboro, Georgia, Douglas found early inspiration in the music of his older brother Gary (who played trumpet) and his high school teacher James Blakely (who played alto saxophone). While in college, he and his group Funk, Incorporated (a self-proclaimed Earth, Wind, & Fire pre-cursor band), took first place in the national and international levels of the Budweiser Music Festival competition. He moved to San Francisco, as a member of the United States Army’s Sixth Division Band, in 1975. With his...
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Cosmic Funk Lonnie Liston Smith’s second album ‘Cosmic Funk’ was released in 1974 on the Flying Dutchman label. The title track is a spacey funky jazz number reminiscent of Miles Davis ‘On the Corner’. ‘Footprints’ is a brilliant percussive version of the Wayne Shorter track featuring Lonnie’s textured keyboards, George Barron on Soprano Sax, propelled by Al Anderson’s bass. ‘Beautiful Woman’ is a beautiful track featuring Donald Smith harmonic vocals. ‘Sais (Egypt)’is a lovely atmospheric Spiritual Jazz track written by Mtume. Donald Smith appears again on the slower and reflective...
Moonchild return with their 5th studio album 'Starfruit' giving us a welcome new Soul album.Dan Berkson has a nice new Jazz album and there is a good EP from Quiet Dawn on First Word.There are some great vinyl reissues this week from Lonnie Liston Smith, Kool and the Gang, Don Julian, Oliver Nelson and Larry Douglas. The latest in Tramp's Praise Poems series volume 8 is now available and Ray Alexander Technique rare Funk album is available on CD. The recent albums from Kenny G and Bob James are available on CD and LP. Bobby Cole's jazz classic 'Perfect Day' has a welcome...
Moonchild return with their 5th album 'Starfruit' . Amber Navran's cute voice is complimented by musicians Andris Mattson and Max Bryk and many guest singers and musicians making a very hypnotic laid back album. Lalah Hathaway sings on the strutting mid tempo 'Tell Him'. Alex Isley guests on the head nodder 'You Got Me' and Chantae Caan 'The Long Way' which also has a sax solo from Josh Johnson. 'I'll Be Here' and 'Too Good' are also nice headnodders. 'Love You Need' is slightly funkier with nice flugelhorn from Mattson but features an unnecessary rap by Rapsody. Overall a good album....
Check out this amazing selection of Smokey Robinson albums, some as part of the Miracles, others as a solo artist plus the Miracles albums after he left. The large collection contained almost all of the albums he recorded from the early 60's through to the late 80's. The records are all in great condition and the covers have average wear for their age, as individually graded. All are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine titles from the same collection last week HERE to optimize postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone...
Sunbear only released one outing during their short-lived career, the self-titled release "Sunbear" for Don Cornelius and Dick Griffey's Soul Train records, melding together Disco, Jazz-Funk and Soul and drawing heavily upon influences such as Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power and El Chicano. Principally comprised by founding members Sun (Arnie Oliver a.k.a Ahaguna G. Sun) on drums, percussion, fender rhodes and clavinet—and Bear (Werner Schuchner) on electric and acoustic guitars, bass, fender rhodes and percussion—the little known group recorded their sole release in Los Angeles in 1977, featuring the likes of Oscar Brashear on trumpet, Ernie Watts on...
Kahil El Zabar Quartet contemporary Spiritual Jazz opus 'A Time For Healing' is very apt for these times and it is finally available on limited edition Double LP as well as CD. Kenny Cox unreleased Strata Lp 'Clap Clap Your Hands' also gets a first issue on vinyl in a deluxe double LP on BBE and we still have a few copies of the CD left. Ornette Coleman Tone Poet 6LP box set is now available in limited numbers. Sunbear Soul/Jazz-Funk album on Soul train is reissued on vinyl and we have back in stock after a long time out Chick Corea 'Return To...
Bay Area jazz guitar legend Calvin Keys released his debut solo record, Shawn-Neeq, in 1971, and it remains one of the most beloved albums on the Black Jazz label. But that record was mere prelude for 1974"s Proceed with Caution; this time around, the arrangements were more complex, the instrumentation more diverse. In short, a quantum leap forward; indeed, as Calvin tells Pat Thomas in his liner notes for the release, 'I started going to the Los Angeles School of Music studying orchestrations and I was putting it to use!' And he recruited the band to fulfill his ambitious musical visions...
First vinyl issue of an unreleased jazz album recorded by keyboardist Kenny Cox for the Detroit Strata label in 1974. ‘My Lost Love’ ‘Clap Clap (the Joyful Noise) and ‘Samba De Romance’ are beautiful mellow keyboard led mid tempo shufflers, ‘Island Song’ is more uptempo and percussive. ‘Beyond the Dream’ is a spiritual jazz workout. Nice album, a real discovery. Buy the LP HERE Buy the CD HERE Check out the tracks below, Kenny Cox - Clap Clap (A Joyful Noise) Kenny Cox - Samba De Romance Kenny Cox - Island Song Kenny Cox - Lost My Love Kenny Cox...
Check out this selection of Original Vinyl Soul LPs from the large collection that we have been processing. This batch focusses on Stevie Wonder, Bobby Womack and Lou Rawls (including many of the 60's albums he recorded with David Axelrod). There are many classics and a few obscurities included. Most records are hardly played near Mint and covers have minimal average wear for their 40-50 years age, as individually graded. Almost all are one off's although there are a couple of doubles, so please order early to avoid disappointment. Orders can be placed on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or be...
