Soul / Funk Jazz - CD Reviews (220)
He Loves You opens the CD with high-powered soulful vocals by Sarah Newell and Andy Spiller’s tasty piano over a very spicy rhythm. The energy stays high in "Rio Dawn," whi…
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360 Urban Groove produced by Higher Octave Jazz, a division of Higher Octave Music, known for such artists as Boney James, Rick Braun, Earl Klugh, Acoustic Alchemy and Geor…
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Pulse’ is the Rubicon Music CD debut by guitarist LT a.k.a. Linda Taylor. With ‘Pulse’ the listener is treated to a hip dose of acid jazz with funk and hip hop percussion …
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Lets step back a moment and look at what we have here. Zony Mash takes its name from a composition by the legendary New Orleans R&B group the Meters while the disc’s title …
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The brainchild of producer, guitarist, and recording engineer Bob Ward, VOODOO DOGS manages to concoct an intoxicating brew, with equal parts of the modern jazz spirit mixe…
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This new release is the best of the best of, and it will leave you spellbound and speechless with pleasure as you listen to the jazz work of Incognito in their new release,…
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Hank Crawford’s new CD grabs you from the start, and doubles as the perfect disc for that romantic Friday-night dinner at home. "Grab the World" the first of several dancea…
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Dan Matrazzo -aka Dr. Dan- has a jam band pedigree like few others. The keyboardist was a founding member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit and was member for Clarence "Gatemouth…
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The cruise ships, Queen Elizabeth 2 and until recently the S/S Norway, offer Floating Jazz Festival joy rides somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean with top grade jazz musici…
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Any recorded output by master drummer Mel Brown is cause for celebration. His stick work has sounded on umpteen Motown records by the Temps, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder a…
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It doesn't have to be cutting edge or even cerebral. Sometimes jazz can just be fun and funky. That is what this swinging ode to joy by veteran blues organist Jimmy McGriff…
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After several decades on the scene with such Cleveland, Ohio groups as the Bottom Line, Mr. Stress Blues Band, Nightbridge, and Armstrong Bearcat Band, saxophonist J.D. Gol…
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Darrell "DFunk" Looney's 7 selection collection of his original compositions highlight the feel of excitement in PANDEMIC LOVE! It is an adventure in funk sound, and Looney…
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The greatest drummer who ever lived, Al Jackson, Jr., the coolest, most persuasive bass player in the world, Donald "Duck" Dunn, the absolute superior guitar playing of the…
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There was some fuss in rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz when Scofield announced that he was going to make the next record with MMW, a hip new trio Martin, Medeski, and Wood on …
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The sublimely unique and timeless productions of Willie Mitchell at Hi Records, all with marvelous musicianship, and one amazing voice made Al Green demand the title of The…
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In all honesty, there aren't enough stars to rate this stellar album. Unfortunately, the last by these four members of Booker T. & the MGs. Booker T. Jones plays his B-3 or…
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Return with us know to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when there was a sound in the air(waves) still referred to as "soul" or "rhythm & blues (R&B)." The sound was in …
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By 1973, the Stax house band, the incomparable Booker T. & the MGs, had lost half of its members. Steve Cropper and Booker T. Jones, himself, had both parted ways with the …
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The greatest band in America took on the greatest band in England, and the boys from Memphis held their own. This is a very cutting edge and ahead of its time album. The Be…
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