Thursday, May 15, 2008

DAVE PELL -- I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAM


Great west coast stuff from my collection. Pretty rare, pretty swinging. Hope you like it.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

agostinho do santos -- vanguarda



some cool swinging bossa by agostinho. mix up a few caipirinas and give it a spin.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

george benson -- the george benson cookbook



sure enough cooking with gas here. with lonnie smith, benny green, ronnie cuber, jimmy lovelace and marion booker.

george benson -- bad benson



george doing his thing.

gladys knight and the pips -- anthology



these guys are good. some solid tracks in here

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

gladys knight and the pips -- claudine soundtrack



not that you would need me to tell you once you heard it, but this stuff is written and produced by curtis mayfield. ms knight and the pips getting a little deeper than usual. kind of makes you wonder if pushed, they might cut you up. pretty cool.

gladys knight and the pips -- imagination



gladys and the pips singing some of their many hits.

Monday, May 5, 2008

miles davis and gil evans -- quiet nights



classico.

george freeman -- new improved funk



this is, in fact, funkified. with von freeman sax, john young piano, leroy jackson bass, bob guthrie or marion booker drums, bobby blevins organ.

bayete` (todd cochran) -- worlds around the sun



never heard of this guy, but this is a pretty solid effort. features bobby hutcherson, mulobo, james leary lll, oscar brashear, thabo vincar, mganda, wayne wallace, hadley caliman.

groove merchant sampler



has tracks by organ players like groove holmes and mcgriff, also lucky thompson, basie, levy, corea, etc. pretty good batch.