East Bay Rhythm -- Mud Rat

Sunday Jazz Continues, but digital crate digging will be a major factor..

Always looking for the obscure, making sure the funk is pure!! it's real, no faking not an actor..

A few years ago a dude was on tour West Coasting!! from Las Vegas to the Bay Area..

From Vegas to Oakland; San Francisco!! from Richmond to San Jose so what's good? how will we play?  check the scenario!!

Back to Oakland from the Tower of Power? Squib Cakes was the last episode!! now we're checking out East Bay Rhythm with a track called Mud Rat

Check out the players and the track!! some of them rolled with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters; so you know the rhythm is funky; it's all that!!

James Levi (drums)

Paul Jackson  (bass)

Bill Summers (percussion) 

Jorge Santana (guitar) Brother of Carlos Santana.

 Freddie Washington  (bass)

Butch Haynes.  (Percussion)   

   

Tower Of Power ‎– Squib Cakes

Digital Crate Digging Continues per what I like to call Saturday Night Fever!! We're listening to some jazz funk from  Tower Of Power ‎ with a track called Squib Cakes!!

This is from their  Back To Oakland album released in 1990! Bay Area stand up!!  Check out the players and the track...

Baritone Saxophone, English Horn, Backing Vocals – Stephen Kupka

Bass – Francis Rocco Prestia

Congas – Brent Byars

Drums – David Garibaldi

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Bruce Conte

Lead Vocals – Lenny Williams

Organ, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals], Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Chester Thompson 

Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute, Alto Flute – Lenny Pickett

Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals – Emilio Castillo

Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bells [Orchestral], Backing Vocals – Greg Adams

Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Backing Vocals – Mic Gillette

Chester Thompson - Trip One

Digital Crate Digging Continues per this #JazzAppreciationMonth. We're checking out some soul jazz from Tower of Power / Carlos Santana associate Chester Thompson with a track called Trip One. Check out the players and the track...

• Drums – Raymond Pounds
• Organ – Chester Thompson 
• Producer – Gene Russell
• Saxophone – Rudolph Johnson
• Trombone – Al Hall