As the title suggests “Things Gonna Get Better: Street Funk And Jazz Grooves” is just that – a look at some of the kinds of sounds that were being produced in a seven year period from the start of the 1970s. Classics like Idris Muhammad’s sublime ‘I’m A Believer’ rub shoulders with Chet Ivey’s urgent ‘Dose Of Soul’, the political-funk of ‘Push On Jesse Jackson’ from the Pace Setters with Billy Sha-rae’s ‘Do It’, while Dave Hamilton’s previously unheard ‘What’s The Matter With The World’ has a Sly Stone feel to it. Oliver Nelson’s ‘Skull Session’, Funkadelic’s ‘Joyful Process’ and Lonnie Liston Smith’s ‘A Chance For Peace’ are also highlights.
Track listings:
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01 A Joyful Process by Funkadelic
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02 St Louis Breakdown by Oliver Sain
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03 Dose Of Soul by Chet Ivey & his Fabulous Avengers
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04 One Man’s Loss by Vernon Garrett
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05 Payin’ Dues by Ruby Delicious
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06 125th St And 7th Ave by Richard “Groove” Holmes
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07 I’m A Believer by Idris Muhammad
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08 A Chance For Peace by Lonnie Liston Smith
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09 Skull Session by Oliver Nelson
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10 Mucho Macho by Macho
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11 Shorty The Pimp by Don Julian & The Larks
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12 Push On Jessie Jackson by The Pace
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13 Music For The Brothers by The Solicitors
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14 Do It by Billy Sha
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15 Things Gonna Get Better by Clarence Coulter
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16 Soul Meeting by Don Williams & The Exchange
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17 Tite Rope by Harold Alexander
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18 Chains by Black & Blues
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19 Whatcha See Is Whatcha You Get by Pretty Purdie & The Playboys
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20 What’s The Matter With The World by Dave Hamilton
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