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Rokukai 
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 Topic: Souljazz and Jazzfunk Fanatics NeededPosted: 24 May 2012 at 6:50am |
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I'm looking for some obscure gems within this realm I've exhausted all the Prestige and Grover Washington and O'donel Levy records I can. I need some unknown, unheard of James Mason type albums. Anyone brave enough to recommend?
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:01am |
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Hi Rokukai, welcome to the site
I'm afraid I can't do much in terms of truly obscure, though one that is perhaps sometimes overlooked at least, is 'Skull Snaps' - a pretty good funk/soul/RnB album. Not really like James Mason, but definitely soul-ish, but I'm betting you've heard of them anyway  |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:58am |
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A big part of my reviews are on funk-jazz and soul-jazz music. I'm not sure how obscure you are looking for. Most really obscure stuff is on compilations these days put out by acid jazz labels etc.
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 11:30am |
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Thanks for the welcome, and thanks for the recommendation. I've heard those guys from a blaxploit compile. I think they have a full lp, right?
Anyway, we are on the right track....obscure, beat oriented music from the seventies, jazz you can dance to...speaking of blaxploit compilations, the one i have with the skullsnaps has a killer jazzfunk song "Like a Thief in the Night" from a musician Mike Longo. It's the only song I could find with his name on it and it was his only performance credit on AMG. Does anyone know anything about him? |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 11:50am |
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I'm not familiar with Mike Longo, but I do collect soul jazz, funk jazz, acid jazz, trip-hop, blaxploitation, crime-jazz etc
You may also be interested in Italian soundtracks, here is my review of a I Marc 4 collection on this site: |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 12:05pm |
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Here is a rare psychedelic soul-rock album I found in a thrift store, a DJ would kill to get their hands on this:
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:03pm |
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THAT is what I am looking for. Wow that is ultra obscure and looks right up my alley. Thanks.
I did a bit of research after you sent me the Africa link, and I saw it listed as "Various Artists" referring, I suppose, to the different members of the Valiants who perform the songs on the album. Anyways that's a super find, if you have anything else like that send it over, that's the glory of these encyclysites! |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:06pm |
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What is the best Italian soundtrack music?
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:10pm |
I don't know which is the best, but that entire Loungissima series is good.
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 2:11pm |
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This is not real rare, but if you do not know this one, you must check it out, one-of-a-kind electro lounge funk from Eddie Harris:
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 7:07pm |
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A mix of more well known stuff, and not-so-well known stuff, in no particular order:
Herbie Hancock Soulive Lettuce Steve Jenkins The JBs The Greyboy All-stars Orgone The Headhunters John Scofield Eddie Henderson Freddie Hubbard |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 7:32pm |
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Excellent suggestions. Steve Jenkins, I'll have to look him up
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:49pm |
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I have an album of Mighty Ryeders. A good jazz funk. Or in the case of music such as James Mason. The example that Sun Goddess of Ramsey Lewis is plain.
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 8:50pm |
Google "Steve Jenkins bass" He has an album that's called "mad science" |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 9:45pm |
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I found a great one...Tarika bluehttp://allmusic.com/artist/tarika-blue-p543631
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 9:51pm |
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Might Ryeders, I'm going to have to try them. They seem to be right along the lines of what I'm looking for.
Ramsey Lewis, that's a great great album... |
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Posted: 24 May 2012 at 10:09pm |
Yeah, for sure, here's a link to our page for the album Not a 5 star album for me, but still like it a lot |
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Posted: 25 May 2012 at 3:05am |
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This one is new to me, sounds like early Funkadelic sometimes:
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Posted: 25 May 2012 at 4:17pm |
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For those interested, jazz-funk band Lettuce will be releasing a new album "Fly" on June 5
 http://lettucefunk.com/fly-out-on-june-5/ |
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Posted: 25 May 2012 at 9:07pm |
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Really looking forward to that release....Lettuce is one of the best of their kind out there....
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