Soul / Funk Jazz - CD Reviews (220)
Masque is a Christian soul/R&B/jazz, mostly instrumentally oriented group from Chicago whose purpose is to spread God’s love to all people through music. Their music is …
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This band call themselves an Alternative Christian Funk Band. They use various styles and genres to tell their story but a common thread keeps the CD together from start to…
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There is a lot of talk these days about experimental music. But despitementioning the more obvious names, such as John Coltrane or Sun Ra, there isa basic lack of understan…
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Let me start off by saying Robert Walter is the best keyboardist I have ever heard. You may know him from the 70's funk band the Greyboy All-stars who broke up in 1998. Rob…
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Austin, Texas, based jazz group BLAZE releases an intriguing nine-track CD release entitled "Aural Blaze."BLAZE's sound is a combination of jazz, funk, hip-hop an…
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Out of soul-surrendering late night juke joints and transformed waffle houses comes a sound with more Spirit than serenity, cobbled together, coordined off from upscale ear…
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Plunky is saxophonist J. Plunky Brancy and if you never heard his name, you might have heard his music. He was featured on The Cosby Showas a studio musician who per…
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Washington, D.C., jazz pianist Marcus Johnson follows up with a live album, "Marcus Johnson in Person: Live at Blues Alley." The eight-track compilation features live arran…
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Many fans may remember Victor Bailey as sideman in such groups as Weather Report, Weather Update, Steps Ahead, the Urban Knights, Petite Blonde, the Bill Evans Group and Za…
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20 Jun
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen by Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
A tight band turning out a mighty funkified (or "fonkified", to use local parlance) set of tunes would be a good way to describe New Orleans’ pianist, singer, and multi-ins…
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In an era (this one,alas) where most musicians are "specialists" (i.e., those that usually do but only ONE THING really well), guitarist/composer Skip Heller is a devoted e…
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This British import is very easy on the ears. Not strictly a jazz record, Ruth Hammond turns in nine original jazz & funk tinged pop originals on this set. The CD carries a…
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Joshua Redman’s latest is certainly easy listening. The mood is laid back. The groove is light; it doesn’t dig deep. The lack of bite is so smooth it teeters dangerously on…
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Carla Cook's third CD Simply Natural is a pleasing blend of classic R&B, gospel, and pure jazz. Highlighted by the soulful piano and Fender Rhodes playing of Cyrus C…
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Les McCann is back, actually by demand, because ESC Records approached producer Alan Abrahams with the request to record him again after a lull in McCann’s recording activi…
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For the premier release of his own record label Big Piano Music, pianist/keyboardist George Duke presents ten tracks that sizzle. Face the Music presents urban jazz …
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You don’t classify Sweet Surroundings as "smooth jazz," for it’s not smooth enough for that. Instead, Steve Clarke has developed his own style of electronic funk tha…
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PURE CANE SUGAR is an excellent example of funk jazz utilizing various instruments with Adam Scone on organ. There are 11 selections on this CD collection. Songs includ…
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With a moniker like Groovopolis, you can bet an album by the same name is definitely worth investigating and talking about. First and foremost, this band comes from the int…
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For their fourth release, the Canadian quartet, Metalwood, brings in some high profile guests on this groove and funk fest. Listening to tracks like Steeplejack, it’…
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