Bob James - Angela (Theme from "Taxi")

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Music Monday, we're doing business during Holiday Season; Thanksgiving Day? Thursday!

The saga / struggle continues letting the music play accompanied by this good word;  this is how the work will be..

..so who'll work with me? at the moment chilling out in the lab out in our remote outpost out off of I-20 in Atlanta!

O-Dog Day Partying earlier after being out in those Atlanta streets, North / West / South and East! now I'm back in the lab trying to get my mind right, somebody might understand a brotha..

..utilizing 20 / 20 hindsight even though old dude up in Louisville / Newburg told me it is what it is and it's what its going to be! 

Sho You Right is heard from Barry White types in the amen corner, throwing shade at me!

Me? I'm just dropping this ultimate chill out music from Bob James with  Angela (Theme from "Taxi") !!

Checked the files, seeing I had to reload it, now check out the styles /  the players and the track to see what the true facts will be! 

• Drums – Idris Muhammad 
• Electric Bass – Gary King 
• Electric Piano [Yamaha Grand], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic], Piano [Acoustic] – Bob James
• Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Estrin
• Guitar [Solo] – Eric Gale 
• Percussion  Ralph MacDonald 

Drums- Harvey Mason 

In The Meantime and Between Time / I Started Another One (Part Seven)

 Scattered thoughts are collected on a Sunday morning where the deacon just said God is good all the time and all the time God is good!  so in the meantime and between time we’re starting another one.

It's the next episode as we write this good word /  code, similar to Elon Musk and DOGE?  please, Brotha O is staying on code once again it's on!

I let y'all know about this information overload concerning Trump and his executive orders! now chilling out, popcorn ate during the ongoing danger zone theatrics..

..plus rinsed down with a cup of tea or maybe an adult beverage due to this Super Bowl?  in the meantime and between time four five sixing it concerning effective strategies by fanatics..

..to unravel things; they're trying to flood the zone but Brotha O-Zone mentioned The Temptations earlier concerning shaky grounds, leading to the undulating architecture?

Warnings ignored? Brotha O tried to let y'all know what's going on like his blog but it's considered conjecture.

Points scored? in the meantime and between time What's Going On by Marvin Gaye or maybe even this Harvey Mason version  dropped by O-Dog when Sunday Jazzing  or Digital Crate Digging Continues!

Troops deployed to the frontlines in the meantime and between time when we start another one, this good word and funky sounds on the menus.

But some are devoid of funk like Sir Nose per the Parliament  / Funkadelic; these shadetree mechanics introduced a mechanized curse.

They're null and void with it! check the cold polar vortex style fanatics, just getting worse? 

Cold! they're full of it talking a good game in the meantime and between time! their sun swept fairytales or fantasies tricked some!

They're soon caught out there in the smoke and mirrors! that murky atmosphere of the abyss awaits them!

Dave Grusin - Friends And Strangers

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we proceed and continue trying to get over the hump per this HumpDay Extravaganza! 

Y’all should know how we do, still broadcasting live and direct from our remote outpost out off of I-20 in Atlanta! 

A brotha was stranded here when lights started blinking on the instrument panel in the 76 Buick Regal out on I-75 outside of Atlanta!  

Signals on the panel said I was stuck! the word on the curb said this was the land of milk and honey so I pressed my luck! Even my homie from Bombay India said they understand a brotha! 

Another homie from India reminded me of American imperialism around the world, an example was Abrams tanks to Ukraine!!  I told him “true dat” per being a black man trying to survive in America! 

I told him the saga  / struggle continues and they’re still not playing fair with a brotha!

O-Zone will razz a comedian and politician per their shady dealing in this nation!! once again it's on!!

Clones caught up in the machine / apparatus/  check the status!! checked the Atlanta skies, chemtrails left by a drone? 

Told a machinist or social engineer to watch their tone; per Ronnie Laws it's hard to determine Friends and Strangers..

Either or, now check the score; check the players and the track as we check out the Dave Grusin version of  Friends And Strangers!!

• Bass – Marcus Miller
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• Drums – Harvey Mason
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• Electric Piano – Dave Grusin
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• Guitar – Jeff Mironov
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• Percussion – Rubens Bassini
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• Piano – Dave Grusin
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• Synthesizer – Dave Grusin, Edward Walsh, Ian Underwood

Bobbi Humphrey - The Trip

Digital Crate Digging Continues per this Friday Night Fever!! 

We’re chilling out in the lab on a Friday evening still getting breakbeat scientific; schooling a non-believer..

...plus being a prime example of an achiever showing people things can get done..

Rewards will be ample in 2021, jokers will say we’re on one!

Once again it’s on! We're listening to some classic jazz funk from  Bobbi Humphrey with a track called The Trip. 

Check out the players and the track; we’re maxing and relaxing; we’re not trying to trip! 

• Arranged By [Background Vocal] – Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell
• Bass – Chuck Rainey
• Clavinet, Synthesizer [Solina], Trumpet – Fonce Mizell
• Conductor – Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell, Sigidi
• Congas – Mayuto Correa
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Flute, Vocals – Bobbi Humphrey
• Guitar – Craig McMullen, John Rowin
• Harp – Dorothy Ashby
• Marimba, Vibraphone – Roger Glenn
• Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet– Skip Scarborough
• Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Arp] – Jerry Peters
• Piano, Synthesizer [Solina, Arp], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Mizell
• Tenor Saxophone – Tyree Glenn, Jr.
• Trombone – Julian Priester
• Trumpet – Oscar Brashear
• Vocals – Augie Rey, Bobbi Humphrey, Fonce Mizell, Jesse Acuna, Katherine Lyra, Larry Mizell, Rosario Davila, Sónia Tavares 

Azar Lawrence - "People Moving"

Sunday Jazz Continues errr I mean Digital Crate Digging Continues per this Throwback Thursday edition 

Not trying to spaz on this Rainy Night In Georgia per Brook Benton that’s not how we’re living!

Ready to razz a joker like a comedian? Naw! I’m just chilling on this cool night..

 

Sounds will blast plus we’ll drop this insight..

...lets get into some jazz / funk...checking out McCoy Tyner protege saxophonist Azar Lawrence  with a cut called People Moving; off of his album of the same name...

This album was produced by  Skip Scarborough, featuring some of the funkiest jazz players on planet Earth / in the game!

• Bass – Paul Jackson
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Electric Piano – Michael Stanton 
• Guitar – Lee Ritenour
• Percussion – Mtume
• Piano – Jerry Peters 
• Saxophone [Soprano, Alto & Tenor]– Azar Lawrence
• Synthesizer [Arp] – Michael Stanton 
• Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Collette
• Trombone – George Bohanon
• Trumpet – Chuck Findley , OscarBrashear  

  

Donald Byrd - Design A Nation

Digital Crate Digging Continues on what I call the Saturday Night Fever segment; my constituents are eligible for it..

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes on, "holla at me" if your a believer!! "we're gonna make it"

Some will fake it until they make it!!  "do whatcha gotta do"; spotted dude on I-20 in Atlanta in the 70's model Cut Dog aka Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with the Atlanta Falcons license tag representing his team!!

Will they make it?  season over due to Covid - 19?  meanwhile O-Zone kept playing, back in the day? arriving in Atlanta in the 70's model Buick Regal, I even switched up to the Cut Dog but rocking Louisville Cardinal gear, representing my team!!

What does it all mean? Laura Ingraham has some believing  Bernell Trammell was shot because he was on the wrong team aka a Trump supporter but it might have been a Milwaukee street thing, some of these jokers "don't know how the sport will go"

What does it all mean? brothas are damned if they do or don't! meanwhile we'll bring beats that bump plus we'll drop this good word aka the Intelligent Design as we try to walk and talk  with the Lord based on how the sport will go!!

What does it all mean? evolution vs intelligent design? the Lord laughed at jokers trying to do the math, meanwhile we pray about this path we're on;  Trump has destroyed the nation per Covid -19 reactions and other factors..

Saturday night? back on the scene trying to take Donald Byrd's advice; Design A Nation!! check out  the players to see what the track does..

• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Gary Bartz
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• Arranged By – Larry Mizell
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• Backing Vocals – Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Larry Mizell, Lorraine Kenner 
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• Bass [Fender] – Chuck Rainey
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• Clavinet, Trumpet – Fonce Mizell
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• Congas – Mayuto Correa
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• Drums – Harvey Mason
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• Guitar – David T. Walker
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• Percussion – Stuff 'N Ramjet
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• Piano, Organ – Jerry Peters
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• Producer – Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell
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• Synthesizer [Arp Synthesizers], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Mizell
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• Trumpet [Solo], Flugelhorn, Vocals [Solo] – Donald Byrd
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• Whistle [Whistler] – James Carter 

 

Harvey Mason - Marching In The Streets

Digital Crate Digging Continues, we've got this Flashback Friday thing going in conjunction with O-Dog Day Partying!!

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes on, we're letting the music play!  check the celebration; we're dropping the funk son it's our function while we're in the heart of this thing!!

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes on in the heart of this and that thing; check the pandemics concerning Covid -19 and racism..

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes on in the heart of this and that thing!! it's going down from Minneapolis to Atlanta; from Louisville / Newburg and  per Donald Byrd other  spaces and places I've been..

It's going down from Charlotte Mecklenburg  to Johannesburg on up to Pluto and Mars, check the other Flashback Friday reference as the Jonzun Crew mentioned Space Is The Place

Act like you knew!! we're in the heart of this thing as Black Lives Matter marches are worldwide; taking that funky drummer  Harvey Mason's advice?  Marching In The Streets!!  check out the all star players and the track, they're on the case..

Bass Drum – Bob Wirtz
Bass Guitar – Chuck Rainey
Drums, Whistle, Drums [Parade], Voice, Written-By – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Lee Ritenour
Piano – Dave Grusin
Soloist, Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
Tenor Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Ernie Watts
Trombone – George Bohannon
Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Oscar Brashear
Voice – Jerry Peters, Jim Gilstrap, Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, Randy Crawford

Gabor Szabo Feat. Bob James - Ziggidy Zag

Digital Crate Digging Continues!! check us out as Throwback Thursday business gets handled..

It's also a Thankful Thursday, blessed!! could be hungry and thirsty but all praises due to God; he's got that business handled...

Much respect to all as 2020 business gets handled!!  needless to say it's been a rough year as we deal with Covid -19 plus oppression reflected by deaths of  George Floyd / Ahnaud Arbery / Breonna Taylor and others..

...dealing with high unemployment plus $1,200 stimulus checks while billionaires get anointed with more dollars!  it make you wanna holler per Marvin Gaye and the Inner City Blues; the way the system disrespects!! the music will play for my sisters and my brothers...

...for their enjoyment; we're listening to some jazz funk from Gabor Szabo Feat. Bob James with a track called Ziggidy Zag

They're all up on it! check out the players and the track!! referencing life that has us coming and going /  back and forth / to and fro, as we zig zag..

Bass – Louis Johnson
Drums, Arranged By [Arranger] – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Gabor Szabo
Percussion – Ralph McDonald
Producer, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Bob James
Rhythm Guitar – Eric Gale
Saxophone – Tom Scott 
Synthesizer – Ian Underwood
Trombone – George Bohanon
Trumpet – Jon Faddis

Gabor Szabo Feat. Bob James - Ziggidy Zag

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Music Monday; we were O-Dog Day Partying earlier..

Now moving in another direction per our pursuit of beat perfection; we've got work to do...

Mentioned doing the math, but no unnecessary digging like William Barr concerning the so called "spying" on the Trump campaign..

Mentioned the aftermath; hindsight is 20 / 20; bid rigging raising the bar? we're just plying our trade; blue collar with it!! beats will bump and O-Zone will maintain..

Still on the warpath, moving straight ahead!! zig zagging like Joe Biden concerning abortion? naw!! we're not acting brand new in the sport son!!

Listening to Gabor Szabo Feat. Bob James with  Ziggidy Zag; sliding down I-20 in Atlanta!! check the players and the track!  smooth / chillout version of O-Dog Day Partying!! we're lounging son!!

Bass – Louis Johnson
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Eric Gale, Gabor Szabo
Keyboards – Bob James
Lyricon, Saxophone [Tenor] – Tom Scott
Percussion – Idris Muhammad, Ralph MacDonald
Producer – Bob James
Trombone – George Bohanon
Trumpet – Jon Faddis

Deodato - Area Code 808

Digital Crate Digging Continues per my Saturday Night Fever segment; it's on and popping!!

O-Dog Day Partying earlier, now I've got work to do in another area; not quiting / stopping..

Cosmic slopping, out by Jupiter where it'll meet the Full Moon in Sagittarius; intergalactic with it..

Karma isn't stopping, it'll soon meet you if your a fool acting nefarious / a fanatic with it..

This sonic army isn't stopping!! O-Dizzle pulls up with the sound , O-Zone brought the mathematics; check us out..

Listening to Deodato with Area Code 808; check the players and the sound!! they're going all out!!

Bass – Pops Popwell
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – George Parrish, Jr., Larry Carlton
Guitar, Soloist – Ray Gomez
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Soloist – Eumir Deodato
Percussion – Charlie Conrad, Jimmy Maelen

The Headhunters -Here and Now

Sunday Jazz Continues!! check us out, we're digging deep for this sound so digital crate digging will also be a prime factor..

Preparing the menus, now check the meals!! it's like that old soul food spot in the hood!! this food is good!! some are "digging where we're coming from" 

Scaring these venues when we come with drums? an old soul pulling out these Indian or African  drums of war or peace; maybe both..

Daring or truth bringing? entrance denied when we tried to cross the border like the migrant caravan!! so what's up man?  they said I'll need to pledge allegiance / drink the Kool-Aid / elixir or broth!!

Maybe the  turkey broth left over from the Thanksgiving Day dinner? they asked me; man, what are you talking about?  your a real winner I was told,  but I was just waiting on the truth to be told..

When will that happen? will it be like this track by The Headhunters;  Here and Now? thanks given any way for the way things played out because  they could have been worse, it's rough out here in a world that's so cold!!

Check out the players and this track by the Headhunters; it's cold!! these cats were rolling with Herbie Hancock back in the day..

They had that jazz funk / fusion thing going!! check the sound it should be showing, these cats rock!! my motto? let the music play!!

• Bass Drum, Bells, Percussion – Baba Duru
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• Flute – Joyce Jackson
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• Djembe – Zak Diouf
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• Djembe, Cowbell, Bells [Sleigh], Guiro, Maracas, Balafon, Tamborim, Bongos, Caxixi, Shekere, Agogô, Berimbau, Pandeiro, Congas, Cabasa, Marimbula, Gong [Balinese], Percussion [Log Drum, Quica, Gankoqui, Hindewhu], Vocals – Bill Summers
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• Drums, Vocals – Mike Clark
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• Electric Bass – Paul Jackson
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• Electric Guitar, Vocals – Blackbird McKnight
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• Percussion – Harvey Mason
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• Producer – David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., Herbie Hancock
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• Saxello, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano [Acoustic], Vocals – Bennie Maupin

Bobbi Humphrey - San Francisco Lights....

Digging in the crates;  on that  jazz type of vibe per my Afternoon Jazz series..

Digging these slates? oh yes, some of my constituents are; recognizing that we're serious with these!!

Please!! debates about the constitution were ignored; cons used it for points scored!! 

Please!! skates sharpened for the thin ice skating? excitement for those that are bored?

Eased on down the road, deployed out on Highway 101 in San Francisco after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge!!

Eased on down the road , a dude was on one!! listening to Bobbi Humphrey with San Francisco Lights!! check out the players and the track, they're  taking it to the bridge!!

• Arranged By [Backing Vocal Arrangements] – Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Larry Mizell
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• Arranged By, Conductor – Larry Mizell

Backing Vocals –  Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Larry Mizell

• Bass – Wayne Tweed 
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• Clavinet – Chuck Davis , Larry Mizell 
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• Congas – King Errison
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• Drums – Harvey Mason
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• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell

Flute, Vocals – Bobbi Humphrey

• Guitar – John Rowin, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin
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• Percussion – Roger Sainte, Stephany Spruill
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• Piano – Jerry Peters
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• Producer – Chuck Davis, Larry Mizell
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• Synthesizer [Arp] – Larry Mizell
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• Synthesizer [Moog] – Don Preston
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• Trumpet – Fonce Mizell