Filthy organ and guitar based soul/funk/jazz from late '60s to the present

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I guess this started off on one hand with stuff like booker t, and on the other hand with guys like jimmy smith, boogaloo joe jones, and leon spencer. these days i hear it in bands like lefties soul connection, budos band, calypso king and the soul investigators, etc, but i'm interested in recommendations on some of the old stuff that works this sound. i think the definitive lps that i have in this "genre", if you want to call it that, are 'where i'm coming from' by leon spencer and 'no way!' by boogaloo joe jones.

this thread is for recommendations and discussions of this sound and anything that comes remotely close.

omar little, Friday, 20 June 2008 17:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://robotsinheat.com/trax/Moonshadow.mp3

jaxon, Friday, 20 June 2008 17:55 (seventeen years ago)

kenny burrell - midnight blue?

deej, Friday, 20 June 2008 17:59 (seventeen years ago)

'chitlins con carne' <3 not sure if this fits in w/ what yr talking about

deej, Friday, 20 June 2008 17:59 (seventeen years ago)

check this for what i'm talking about

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=30137943

omar little, Friday, 20 June 2008 18:02 (seventeen years ago)

check out some of the hammond/soul organ mixes here: http://funky16corners.wordpress.com/funky16corners-podcast-archive/
incredible stuff

tylerw, Friday, 20 June 2008 19:48 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/images/local/250/424037622E1A4B3F8513C9361A4D42FC.jpg

I just picked this up and so far it hasn't blown me away like I expected it would. I could very well be dead inside but it's still early.. I liked Montgomery's "Smokin at the Half Note" better.

brownie, Friday, 20 June 2008 20:05 (seventeen years ago)

Lee Michaels would seem fit for this thread. Often dropped the guitar entirely in favor of loud Hammond and drums, no bass, none needed. Most noteable for Lee Michaels and Lee Michaels Live.

Gorge, Friday, 20 June 2008 20:06 (seventeen years ago)

yeah the jimmy smith/wes montgomery records are not quite as killer as they should be ... though that cover is awesome.

tylerw, Friday, 20 June 2008 20:18 (seventeen years ago)

i've never loved organ based jazz, but if you're into that kinda stuff, you should check out charles earland.

i do love Larry Young's later fusion stuff. so hard.

lee michaels is pretty fucking great.

jaxon, Friday, 20 June 2008 20:39 (seventeen years ago)

(speaking of Charles Earland ... he's on that second one .. )

Stormy Davis, Friday, 20 June 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)

Jack McDuff's "Moon Rappin" is awesome ... but I generally like the early 70s jazz organ stuff better, guys like Ronnie Foster and Mandre ... more synth-o-sizers.

Romeo Jones, Friday, 20 June 2008 22:12 (seventeen years ago)

mandre is the man

jaxon, Friday, 20 June 2008 22:22 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Jacques Denjean - dans la nuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMY5Ta8IxOc

meisenfek, Friday, 15 January 2010 09:13 (sixteen years ago)

I'll bet those George Freeman records are good.

the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 January 2010 14:54 (sixteen years ago)

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/cae.jpg

Fahrvergnügent (herb albert), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:09 (sixteen years ago)

ha! that cover is awesome. never heard of that dude, though -- are his records readily available?

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

i guess so: http://www.amazon.com/Hail-Caesar-75-Frazier/dp/B00000JO9N

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

for a new groove : chris joss.

last years album, sticks, was all david holmes style 70s funk with sitars, this years album, monomaniacs volume 1, is authentic funked up hammond organ riffs.

a little cheesy in parts perhaps, but in small doses, absolutely brilliant.

mark e, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:25 (sixteen years ago)

six months pass...

The Clique - wormin' (instro of Sookie Sookie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Y8Iiyjx3s

meisenfek, Saturday, 7 August 2010 06:31 (fifteen years ago)


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