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 

Bob James - Macumba

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Terrible / Terrific Tuesday, so named because things can go either way!

Actually? it’s been a great day, it’s been a blessing to see it! of course we focused on manifesting the terrific outcome and the vibe has been that way!

For the tribe? we’re dropping this good word and letting the good music while we’re chilling out in our remote outpost out off of I-20 in Atlanta!

Check the vibe, as we bring things down a thousand, somebody will understand a brotha…

…as we come through with this classic jazz funk from Bob James with a track called Macumba!

Check out the all star players and the track as we drop this funk on ya!

Arranged By [Vocals] – Rod Temperton

Drums – John Robinson 

Guitar – Steve Khan

Lyricon – Rob Zante

Synthesizer [Bass], Drum Programming, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Bob James

Trumpet – Mike Lawrence, Ron Tooley

Vocals – Luther Vandross, Milt Grayson, Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry, Yvonne Lewis, Zach Sanders*

Woodwind – Wally Kane, Whit Sidener

Bass – Gary King

Percussion – Leonard 'Doc' Gibbs, Jr

• Trombone – Dave Taylor
• Trumpet – Jon Faddis 

 

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

Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson - Sister Sanctified

Sunday Jazz Continues on this last Sunday Jazz program of 2019. 

It's also the last episode from the 2010's, when I really got this concept going!!

Being retrospective, checking through my archives, ran across this Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson post, with their classic track Sister Sanctified, off their collaborative album  called Cherry..

Retro- futuristic? Sister Sanctified was sampled on My Philosophy by Boogie Down Productions from By All Means Necessary released in '88, concepts were revolutionary..

Retro - futuristic? there was a bad link, now we'll reload not trying to miss it!! 

Check out the players and the track, as that classic jazz funk / soul jazz sound is revisited!!!

• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Milt Jackson - vibraphone
• Bob James - piano, electric piano, arranger
• Cornell Dupree - guitar
• Ron Carter - bass
• Billy Cobham - drums

Eric Gale - Sara Smile

Sunday Jazz Continues!! check us out as a little digital crate digging will be involved...

The saga / struggle continues, can you dig it? during the ongoing process we jumped to the the conclusion that it's rough out here, but we evolved..

The saga / struggle continues,  threw some salve on the wounds and kept it moving / grooving..

Chilling out on this Sunday evening after coming out odd and even in the ongoing crap game; life is a gamble,  winning and losing..

Shady dealing out here in Babylon? oh yes, once again it's on!! we rebuke it with this sound!! listening to Eric Gale with his version of the the Hall and Oates track Sara Smile..

They're killing it!! check out the all star players he has rolling with him and the track; they've got a reggae twist to it, but something tells me it'll make you smile!!

• Bass – Gary King 
• Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCraken
• Drums – Andrew Smith , Steve Gadd 
• Guitar – Eric Gale
• Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
• Organ – Richard Tee 
• Producer, Synthesizer, Clavinet – Bob James
• Saxophone – Eddie Daniels, George Young , Mike Brecker
• Trombone – Dave Taylor, Wayne Andre
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lou Soloff, Randy Brecker
• Viola – Emanuel Vardi, Lamarr Alsop
• Violin – David Nadien, Diane Halprin, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman
• Vocals – Frank Floyd, Lani Groves, Patti Austin, Ray Simpson, Vivian Cherry, Bill Eaton, Zack Sanders

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

Smooth and Soft Jazz - Relaxing - Chillout by DJ André Collyer - Vol 01

Sunday Jazz Continues, check these menus; it's like Sunday  meals served after church in your favorite soul food spot...

Maybe it's like a home cooked meal so what's the deal?  Digital Underground said "DoWhatchaLike" ; whatever, as long as the meal is hot!!

Keeping it real while up in the spot; at the moment trying to chill; Sunday is a day of reflection...

Keeping it real, hip to the plot and scheme the evil opponent was cooking up  wanting to see us in central booking after the thought and fashion police inspection..

Keeping it real, hip to the plot and scheme, so we're booking up fleeing the scene soon arriving in a safe haven / safe harbor..

But mentioned they'll get gaffled but we weren't baffled; chilling out relaxing listening to Smooth and Soft Jazz - Relaxing - Chillout by DJ André Collyer - Vol 01; check the playlist and the mix we won't come undone even though it's hatred some harbor..

Mixed by DJ André Collyer 01- SADAO WATANABE - SAILING 02- DANCING FANTASY - TAKE FIVE 03- DOUG CAMERON - RENDEZVOURS 04- 3 FORCE - HERE COMES THE NIGHT 05- BEN TANKARD - HEAVENLY VIBES 06- JONATHAN CAIN - BODY LANGUAGE 07- THE BRAXTON BROTHERS - NEVER TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY 08- PAUL TAYLOR - AVENUE 09- C DULFER - FOR THE LOVE OF YOU 10- NORMAN BROWN - NIGHT DRIVE 11- LEO GANDELMAN - SOLAR 12- BOB JAMES E EARL KLUGH - HANDARA 13- EUGE GROOVE - CHILLAXIM 14- BRYAN SAVAGE - SOUL TEMPTATION 15- WAYNE G - SLOW AND SLOW 16- DAVE KOSZ - TOGETHER AGAIN 17- MARION MEADOWNS - SWEET GRAPES (INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ) 18- NAJEE - BUENOS AIRES 19- CHIELI MINUCCI SPECIAL EFX - YOU MAKE ME 20- RICK BRAUN - SHINNING STAR

Bob James - Kim Waters Take Me There

Sunday Jazz errr I mean Digital Crate Digging Continues on Music Monday..

It seems like my Sunday Jazz format; your listening to smooth jazz station W...well you know how those commercial stations play..

We've got work to do, check the format; we're listening to Bob James, featuring Kim Waters as they drop a track called Take Me There

Now this is a nice combination!! Bob James on the keyboards and Kim Waters on the sax, taking it there..

Check out the other players dealing with the situation; what they're playing?  it's too smooth!!!

Check out the track as we bring it back; what? that vibe that's too smooth!!

Bass – Will Lee
Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Producer, Arranged By – Chuck Loeb
Percussion – David Charles 
Recorded By, Mixed By – Ken Freeman 
Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Kim Waters

• Piano, Keyboards, Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Bob James

Johnny Hammond - Rock Steady

Digital Crate Digging Continues!! real Flashback Friday business will be conducted....

Of course the saga / struggle continues, how will we play? unlike Trump supporters we won't be corrupted..

Of course the saga / struggle continues, but we know how the sport goes!! big ballers won't be picked up in the NBA Draft..

Of course the saga / struggle continues!! let me be the first to tell you it's rough out here!! bearing witness after we did the math!!

We stayed on course / stayed on the path, like this Aretha Franklin track worked out by Johnny Hammond called  Rock Steady..

Check out the players and the track, this is real Flashback Friday business as we continue to rock steady...

• Arranged By, Conductor – Bob James
• Bass – Ron Carter
• Drums – Bernard Purdie
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Guitar – Bob Mann, Eric Gale, George Benson, Melvin Sparks
• Organ, Electric Piano – Johnny Hammond
• Percussion – Airto Moreira, Omar Clay
• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Saxophone [Alto, Tenor] – Grover Washington, Jr., Harold Vick
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Pepper Adams
• Trombone – Wayne Andre
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Al DeRisi, Snooky Young
• Violin – Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Katzman, Joe Malin, Julius Brand, Julius Held, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman

Eric Gale - Ginseng Woman

Digital Crate Digging Continues per the HumpDay Extravaganza! We're checking out this Eric Gale classic called Ginseng Woman!! 

He's  rolling with a little help from Bob James on the keyboards, and of course Eric Gale plays the shxt out of the guitar!! They had help from Grover Washington too!! Check it out!!

Fourplay - Bali Run

Digital Crate Digging Continues per #JazzAppreciationMonth: We're checking out this smooth track from Fourplay with a track called  Bali Run.

• Bass – Nathan East
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Executive-Producer – Bob James
• Guitar – Lee Ritenour
• Keyboards – Bob James