Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Freedom Jazz Dance

Sunday Jazz, err excuse me Digital Crate Digging Continues, we're in a Sunday Jazz mode!

We've been back and forth, Saturday Morning Jazzing earlier, then we switched up O-Dog Day Partying now check this mode...

...maybe code switching like it's a conversation now were in funk mode dropping this sound on the nation, actually we're local / national / international / intergalactic like I keep telling y'all!!!

The saga / struggle continues, just got back from Pluto / Mars healing scars now ready to drop this jazz funk on y'all...

...actually still listening to this jazz funk / jazz rock from Brian Auger's Oblivion Express with a track called Freedom Jazz Dance!!

Actually? we had to reload, I told y'all funk mode is how it'll get as we proceed and continue / advance! 

• Bass Guitar – Barry Dean
• Drums, Percussion – Robbie McIntosh 
• Electric Piano, Piano, Vocals, Producer – Brian Auger
• Guitar – Jim Mullen
• Vocals, Tambourine – Alex Ligertwood

Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Malik

Digital Crate Digging Continues per this Terrible / Terrific Tuesday, so called because things can go either way!

Actually? it's been a terrific day now check out how we celebrate life by letting the music play!

Afternoon Jazzing and O-Dog Day Partying coming through strong with this thing but we don't have blinders on we know it's rough out here!

Taking another look at things with a fresh view / fresh vision we see how my people are living from here in Atlanta to Ukraine to the Gaza Strip and all points in between;  we know it's rough out here!

That's why we're taking it there with this weaponized sound! checking out this 70 's  funk band from  NYC / Paris called Lafayette Afro Rock Band!

Check out this cut called Malik, we had to reload it, funk mode? this is how it'll get! Let's Get  It / Let's Go!! it's a big world / universe I know somebody will understand! 

The Heliocentrics - A World Of Masks

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we come through feeling some kind of way, in need of an attitude adjustment!

Ring Of Fire / Solar Eclipse in Libra influenced as we slide through the portal / conduit? staying on point, Public Enemy said You Can't Truss It! 

So what's up with it? a liberal amount of this sound and the good word is our response to it! we're trying to provide directions for those trying to find sanctuary from a variety of storms...

...some of them life changing moving us in other unplanned directions, plus the usual thunder and lightning; the norms.

Dropping the beat plus arranging these poems, pearlescent murmurs during life's rough patches? Stumbling into an epiphany, now what will the deal be? hopefully an episode it matches.

Afternoon Jazz? we're coming through with fresh batches, checking out The Heliocentrics  with their cut A World Of Masks.

Check out the players and the track as we repost this, Brotha O is accused of doing the most with this when he multitasks! 


Jake Ferguson on bass & thai guitar

Jack Yglesias on flutes, percussion & santur

Adrian Owusu on guitars, oud & percussion

Max Weissenfeldt on vibraphone & percussion

Return to Forever - Vulcan Worlds

Sunday Jazz Continues check these menus as we follow these breakbeat scientific  rules and guidelines...

...similar to CDC guidelines concerning the Coronavirus  pandemic that's not over  like some act like it is as we keep masking and social distancing when caught out there in those lines..

...meanwhile we'll pull out the drums weaponized for spiritual warfare implemented by dangerous minds; check the blends to go along with this good word...

Beats bump  on this Sunday evening as we at least try to break even in the mayhem!  check out how we multi- task in the midst of the madness you heard? 

What occurred? let's listen to Vulcan Worlds from Return To Forever; featuring Chick Corea on the keyboards, Stanley Clarke on bass, Lenny White on drums and Al Di Meola on the electric guitar!!

Sounds like some heavyweight players to me!! check this out as we proceed and continue taking this far!!

Return to Forever - Space Circus

Sunday Jazz Continues, as we proceed and continue to drop these smooth jazz sounds on this Sunday evening! 

Besides gospel music, what other music should you listen to on a Sunday evening? 

To the culture? we stay committed, still believing in it! the funk is in our DNA. 

Local / national / international and intergalactic frontiers? we’ll come with it as we let the music play!

Not irrational when we drop these mathematics plus the sound; let’s listen to Return To Forever with a track called Space Circus.

Check out the players and the track to see how they work this!

Chick Corea on the keyboards

Stanley Clarke on bass

Lenny White on the drums.

Bill Connors on guitar.

Narada Michael Walden - The Dance Of Life

Sunday Jazz Continues, check us out as we come through as Sunday afternoon transitions into Sunday evening!

The saga / struggle continues aka life goes on as the toil and strife goes on, but your dude will carry on; he kept believing!

He kept achieving!!  check the menus as we drop this good word and the funky drummer is drumming; this is what’s up /  this is what it do!

Give The Drummer Some? this is what’s up / this is what it do! we found a track from Mr. Narada Michael Walden called the Dance Of Life! he’s going to work on those drums too!! 

This track has more of a jazz rock feel to it, some of y'all might not be ready for this!! 

Check out the players and the track as we proceed and continue to get breakbeat scientific!

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Marc Russo
• Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangements] – Narada*
• Backing Vocals – Carla Vaughn, Jim Gilstrap, Nuhad Saba Martin, Vicki Randle
• Bass – T.M. Stevens
• Drums, Lead Vocals, Percussion [All], Piano – Narada Michael Walden
• Guitar – Corrado Rustici
• Keyboards, Piano [Dyna-my-piano], Synthesizer [Moog, Prophet] – Frank Martin
• Performer [The See America Horns] – Danny Noe, Dave Grover*, Marc Russo
• Trombone – Danny Noe
• Trumpet – Dave Grover*

The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

Digital Crate Digging Continues on this Throwback Thursday; this is how the work will be...

Retro - futuristic? that's on these menus as we go back to the future, not acting brand new with ya, so who'll work with me?

Check the movement as we get into Good Trouble per John Lewis, following the instructions he left before he went home, eulogized by Barack Obama..

Check the movement implemented by others, catching some brothers out there like Herman Cain; damn!! now he's gone home, Trump will say charge it to the game;  a victim of the ongoing drama? 

..I guess it was their time, so O-Zone will continue to go for mine; spot me out on I-20 in Atlanta rocking an old San Diego Chargers hat..

Realizing time is precious, in a zone cruising passed up by a 100 mph dude in the Dodger Charger, "going on with that"

Chilling!! my time is spent wisely! now checking out this classic jazz / funk / rock tune from the The Chambers Brothers - with The Time Has Come....

Check us out as we rock out!! going off in these chambers! communicating with the drum..

Ray Barretto ‎– Confrontation

Sunday Jazz err I mean Digital Crate Digging Continues, this is the Saturday Night Fever edition...

Well, Sunday will be here in an hour or two as I post this, so what it do? O-Zone will school a non- believer..

Dropping Sunday morning type of knowledge!!  it's rough out here my constituents will acknowledge, word from the old deacon in the amen corner? 

Can I get an amen, and another amen again? Trump and his constituents will trample over the constitution running an ill institution; O-Zone? earlier he was out on I-20 in Atlanta cruising, cutting the corner..

Left the shelter in place for a minute but now I'm back in it to win it!! not cutting corners in this breakbeat scientific process; back in the day I was on Broadway in Louisville Kentucky cutting the corner in the Buick Regal drinking Statesman Old Forester Whiskey..

What's the deal?  this breakbeat scientific process is underway!! chilling in the lab watching Kingsman ; The Golden Circle as they chill with the Statesman in Kentucky.

So what's up with me? also in the lab listening to Ray Barretto ‎with this  Jazz  Rock /  Jazz Funk /  Latin Jazz track called Confrontation..

Check out the players and the track, is this an early start to Sunday Jazz? check the situation..

• Congas, Percussion – Ray Barretto 
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• Drums – Richie Morales 
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• Electric Piano [Fender], Piano [Acoustic] Arranged By [Strings], Soloist, Synthesizer – Howard Schneider 
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• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Jeff Richman 
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• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Todd Anderson 
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• Timbales, Percussion – Carlos Cordova 
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• Bass – Eddie Rivera
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• Bongos – "Little" Ray Romero
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• Synthesizer – Cliff Carter

Chicago - Street Player

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Throwback Thursday; plus it's the Fourth of July! much respect to you and yours..

Celebrations are going down from the Trump Salute To America  in Washington DC to your town; check the scores..

Elaborations from beats that bump from David Bowie and Pat Metheny  remixed by DJ Spivey mentioned This Is Not America but that's another story.. 

Collaborations that'll stump the average citizen reveal their alchemy, they'll get foul with you and me!!  somebody said it comes with the territory..

The veteran in the game told the story but he said play on player!! so that's the move after we said a prayer..

Now we're back in the game we're not accepting the blame; O-Zone? rolling like this jazz rock / disco jazz  track from Chicago, a Street Player..

Stanley Clarke / School Days - Live At The Greek

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Flashback Friday / The Friday Night Fever

...checking out this classic Stanley Clarke ...School Days - Live at the Greek (full version).....check out the players and the track...

Stanley Clarke / bass guitar.....Larry Carlton / guitar   ....Billy Cobham / drums

Deron Johnson / keyboards  / Najee / saxophone..

Courtney Pine - The 37th Chamber

Digital Crate Digging Continues on a Saturday afternoon; of course Afternoon Jazz is usually the focus..

The saga / struggle continues; holla at me with those tunes my constituents beseeched me, but it was hard to reach me if they're bogus..

Check out how we approach this; out there where jazz meets hip hop, with a taste of drum and bass / electro..

...checking out Courtney Pine with The 37th Chamber;   it's nice!!!

...check it out!! going for mine / going all out!! already responded to that and this; we paid the price..

Chicago - Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home

Afternoon Jazz Continues, in conjunction with digital crate digging; it's going down!!

...in conjunction with Throwback Thursday; who'll work with me? some of my constituents are digging the way this is going down!!

The function? getting breakbeat scientific, that's how the work will be!! no need for a subpoena like Matt Whitaker 

Dropping the funk son!! along with jazz, rock, hip hop and house music along with other elements; we'll get with ya!!

What's the deal bro? we're checking out this smooth jazz / rock from Chicago with a track called  Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home.

What's the deal bro? just check us out, not trying to spaz on anybody even though we checked the flow per our satellite station!! we'll just drop this breakbeat science on the dome!!



 

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu / John McLaughlin - Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord

Sunday Jazz Continues; by now you should know how we do it..

Please!! it's rough out here!! all of us our going through it...

Acting like we knew it, as we proceed and continue!! the music will take us to another place..

Acting like we knew it, as we proceed and continue!! check us out, chilling out in this time and space..

...checking out some jazz rock from Carlos Santana  and  Mahavishnu /  John McLaughlin  .....with a cut called Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord

..right on time for this Sunday!! check out the players and the track; hopefully we'll all be on one accord..

• Bass – Doug Rauch
• Congas – Armando Peraza
• Drums – Billy Cobham, Don Alias, Jan Hammer
• Guitar – Carlos Santana
• Guitar, Piano – Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
• Organ – Khalid Yasin (Larry Young)
• Percussion – James (Mingo) Lewis

Donald Fagen –I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

Sunday Jazz Continues!! I always like Steely Dan...with they're jazz flavored sounds and futuristic lyrics....this is Steely Dan protege Donald Fagen  with a cut called I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) 

 According to Wikipedia, "the 'I.G.Y.' of the title refers to the 'International Geophysical Year', an event that ran from July 1957 to December 1958. 

The I.G.Y. was an international scientific project promoting collaboration among the world's scientists. Fagen's lyrics reference futuristic concepts such as solar-powered cities, a transatlantic tunnel, permanent space stations, and spandex jackets."

 Steely Dan / Mr. Fagen always had top notch / all star players backing him up....check out the players and the track...
 

• Backing Vocals – Frank Floyd , Gordon Grody , Valerie Simpson , Zack Sanders
• Bass – Anthony Jackson 
• Drums –  James Gadson , Jeff Porcaro
• Guitar – Hugh McCracken 
• Percussion – Roger Nichols , Starz Vanderlocket
• Percussion [Sequencing, Special Effect & Wendel I I] – Roger Nichols
• Piano – Greg Phillinganes 
• Producer – Gary Katz
• Saxophone – Dave Tofani , Michael Brecker , Ronnie Cuber 
• Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey 
• Trombone – Dave Bargeron 
• Trumpet – Randy Brecker 

Roland Bautista - Manifestation

Digital Crate Digging Continues per Throwback Thursday!! We're listening to some jazz funk / jazz rock from Roland Bautista with a track called  Manifestation!! Check out the players and the track..

Bass – Donald Beck

Congas – Chip Steen

Drums – Steve Gutierrez

Guitar, Lead Vocals – Roland Bautista

Keyboards, Synthesizer – Bobby Lyle

Percussion – Victor Feldman

Producer – Wayne Henderson

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Truth

Sunday Jazz Continues! We're listening to some classic jazz funk / jazz rock from  Brian Auger's Oblivion Express with a track called Truth!! 

Everybody has a version of the truth,  but that's another story!! I'll explore that concept later. In the meantime and between time check out the players and the track...

• Bass Guitar – Barry Dean
• Drums, Percussion – Robbie McIntosh 
• Electric Piano, Piano, Vocals, Producer – Brian Auger
• Guitar – Jim Mullen
• Vocals, Tambourine – Alex Ligertwood

Airto Moreira - Communion

Sunday Jazz Continues; its not the First Sunday but lets do Communion per Airto Moreira!! 

This is  from his  The Killer Bees album! Check out the players and the track!

Acoustic Bass, Written-By – Stanley Clarke

       Drums, Written-By – Airto Moreira

       Piano, Written-By – Herbie Hancock
       
       Soprano Saxophone – Gary Meek

George Duke / Billy Cobham Band - Hip Pockets (live, 1976)

 Digital Crate Digging Continues per Flashback Friday!! 

At this moment,  I'm on the jazz / funk / rock tip, checking out this classic track from the George Duke / Billy Cobham Band called Hip Pockets!!

Check out the players and the track...

Bass [Electric, Chapman Stick] -- Alphonso Johnson

Electric Guitar -- John Scofield

Electronic Drums -- Billy Cobham

Keyboards -- George Duke

Percussion -- Billy Cobham

Producer -- Billy Cobham, George Duke

Synthesizer [Drum] -- Billy Cobham

 

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire

Sunday Jazz Continues!! we're covering the jazz rock / fusion section with this Mahavishnu Orchestra  track called Birds Of Fire. 

Check out the players and the rack...

• Bass – Rick Laird
• Composed By – J. McLaughlin
• Drums – Billy Cobham
• Guitar – John McLaughlin
• Keyboards, Synthesizer [Moog] – Jan Hammer
• Producer – The Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Violin – Jerry Goodman

Chick Corea Elektric Band - Johnny's Landing

Digital Crate Digging Continues per this HumpDay Extravaganza!! We're checking out this Fusion, Future Jazz, Jazz-Rock from The Chick Corea Elektric Band with a track called Johnny's Landing. Check out the players and the track..

• Bass – John Patitucci
• Drums – Dave Weckl
• Guitar – Frank Gambale
• Keyboards, Piano – Chick Corea
• Producer – Chick Corea
• Saxophone – Eric Marienthal