Good Jazz-Funk Albums

[oldspice676]

What are some Jazz-Funk albums from back in the day im trying to start a jazz collection!

[GeeTee(HPK)]

Wow, there's so many,but I'll list a few of my favorites.

You can't go wrong with any of the Kudu recordings from Grover Washington Jr.
Mr. Magic
A Secret Place
Live at the Bijou
It Feels So Good

Any CTI recordings
Deodato 1 and 2
Bob James 1,2,3,and 4
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay and First Flight
Stanley Turrentine - Sugar, Don't Mess With Mr. T.
George Benson - Bad Benson

Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
Return To Forever - No Mystery
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Billy Cobham - Crosswind

George Duke - Feel
George Duke - Faces In Reflection
George Duke - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Herbie Hancock -Thrust
Herbie Hancock - Man child

Tom Browne - Browne Sugar [[his debut recording before "Funkin' For Jamaica")
Roy Ayers - Red,Black and Green
Roy Ayers - A Tear To A Smile
Roy Ayers - Mystic Voyage
Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke [[self title recording)
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love


I could go on and on, but that's just a start. If you like, check out a old thread of SDF entitled "Contemporary Jazz or Jazz Fusion, Is There A Difference ?" It was based on a show I put together last summer. The MP3 link is no longer available to hear,but we had a great discussion going on. You can also find some YouTube clips that a few members of the forum posted up.

I hope this helps. Continue the journey,and keep this great music alive ! :)

[oldspice676]

Wow, there's so many,but I'll list a few of my favorites.

You can't go wrong with any of the Kudu recordings from Grover Washington Jr.
Mr. Magic
A Secret Place
Live at the Bijou
It Feels So Good

Any CTI recordings
Deodato 1 and 2
Bob James 1,2,3,and 4
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay and First Flight
Stanley Turrentine - Sugar, Don't Mess With Mr. T.
George Benson - Bad Benson

Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
Return To Forever - No Mystery
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Billy Cobham - Crosswind

George Duke - Feel
George Duke - Faces In Reflection
George Duke - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Herbie Hancock -Thrust
Herbie Hancock - Man child

Tom Browne - Browne Sugar [[his debut recording before "Funkin' For Jamaica")
Roy Ayers - Red,Black and Green
Roy Ayers - A Tear To A Smile
Roy Ayers - Mystic Voyage
Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke [[self title recording)
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love


I could go on and on, but that's just a start. If you like, check out a old thread of SDF entitled "Contemporary Jazz or Jazz Fusion, Is There A Difference ?" It was based on a show I put together last summer. The MP3 link is no longer available to hear,but we had a great discussion going on. You can also find some YouTube clips that a few members of the forum posted up.

I hope this helps. Continue the journey,and keep this great music alive ! :)

lol mann thats a great list, but i wished the mp3 link as still available!, but i'll check that out & thanks for ur help much appreciated

[GeeTee(HPK)]

You're welcome, from one DJ to another. :)
The MP3 links are only good for a week. When I post them on the forum, you pretty much have to listen or download it right away.

Who knows, I might do a jazz fusion show later this year.

[oldspice676]

You're welcome, from one DJ to another. :)
The MP3 links are only good for a week. When I post them on the forum, you pretty much have to listen or download it right away.

Who knows, I might do a jazz fusion show later this year.

sweet id u ever do it let me know i'll enjoy it!

[timmyfunk]

Anything by Gil Scott Heron.

[daddyacey]

Donald Byrd--Places and Spaces
Bobbie Humphries --Blacks And Blues
Lonnie Liston Smith--Expansions
Weather Report--Best of Vol 1
Ronnie Laws --Pressure Sensitive
Ronnie Laws --Friends And Strangers
Santana---- Welcome--[["Oh Yes I Said Santana!!!!")
Rainbow Seeker --Joe Sample
Stanley Clarke--School Days

Now let us go deep into the early Jazz Funk ,[[here we go :D) I recommend ,
Silver Cycles - Eddie Harris
That Is Why You"re Overweight--Eddie Harris
Lee Morgan--Sidewinder
Herbie Mann--Memphis Underground

[oldspice676]

good stuff people! im enjoying these albums haha keep em up :-)

[destruction]

One of our faves:

Lou Donaldson - Everything I Play is Funky

[destruction]

And our other fave:

Mr Ramsey Lewis.

[the_chicks_call_me__slick]

What about Dexter Wansel - Life on Mars?

[oldspice676]

What about Dexter Wansel - Life on Mars?

i got that one dexter wansel is a great jazz fusion artist

[paladin]

The CTI Live Summer Sessions were pretty dam good back then, Stanley T, Hank Crawford, Grover, Esther Philip's, Bob James, Idris Muhammad etc.... [[ think Motown Review of a Collection of Jazz Greats playing together.....)

Also :

Gears by Johnny Hammond : spotlight on Los Conquistadores la Chocolates
Hank Crawford's Back : spotlight on Midnight over Memphis

[destruction]

Rock Creek Park - BlackByrds

Maybe some Fela for an international slant.

[oldspice676]

rock creek park - blackbyrds

maybe some fela for an international slant.

right on brothers!!

[zebop]

Pleasure-Dust Yourself Off
Pleasure-Joyous
The Crusaders-1
The Crusaders-2nd Crusade
Ramsey Lewis-Don't It Feel Good
Ramsey Lewis-Sun Goddess
Ramsey Lewis-Salongo
Lonnie Liston Smith-Loveland
Bob James-Lucky Seven- Most of his stuff from 74-84
The Brecker Brothers-s/t to Detente
David Sanborn-s/t- Released in 1975, this is a really nice album

[imnokid]

Root Down-Jimmy Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R99VnAwZepM

just about any Eddie Harris album from the 70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJ8SGxyFSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xs2os0f7t8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md8Fwo1aBcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqjG5244uw

[ollie]

Miles Davic ~ Bitches Brew and many more albums in that genre
Billy Cobham ~ Spectrum & Crosswinds
The Headhunters 1st & 2nd Album
Jimmy Smith ~ Sit On It
Pharoah Sanders ~ Tembi
Lenny White ~ Venusion Summer & Big City & Streamline
Eddie Henderson ~ Sunburst
Eddie Henderson ~ Mahal
Peaces Of A Dream ~ 1st album
Harvey Mason ~ Earth Movers
Azymuth ~ 1st & 2nd Album
Airto Moeira ~ Fingers on CTI
Joe Farrell ~ Canned Heat on CTI
Chick Corea ~ Inner Space
Idris Muhammad ~ Power Of Sou on CTI
Gabor Szabo ~ Macho on CTI

[oldspice676]

miles davic ~ bitches brew and many more albums in that genre
billy cobham ~ spectrum & crosswinds
the headhunters 1st & 2nd album
jimmy smith ~ sit on it
pharoah sanders ~ tembi
lenny white ~ venusion summer & big city & streamline
eddie henderson ~ sunburst
eddie henderson ~ mahal
peaces of a dream ~ 1st album
harvey mason ~ earth movers
azymuth ~ 1st & 2nd album
airto moeira ~ fingers on cti
joe farrell ~ canned heat on cti
chick corea ~ inner space
idris muhammad ~ power of sou on cti
gabor szabo ~ macho on cti

ohhh i love those sound clips i like it alot keep em comin!

[cozmic]

Azymuth ~ 1st & 2nd Album
Great band. I'm glad that live footage from the 80's appeared online.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xWMbtwaEBw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOpKqNovKs

I guess you referred to their first 2 albums on Milestone Records ?
If you have a chance, check also their earlier releases from 1974-1977 :

1974/1975 - Som Livre [[Brasil)
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20040821/4032103693.jpg
Original copy.

Reissues from FarOut Records [[UK) are available on cd & vinyl :

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z-wa6bSR2kI/TB9w85QPn4I/AAAAAAAACQ8/HB70WVRXZ0U/s1600/Cover.jpg


Som Livre and another Brazilian label [[Cast) also reissued the album on cd :

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1975 - Polydor [[Brasil)
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EP released on 45-format




1977 - Atlantic [[Brasil)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3106879769_779d969434_z.jpg?zz=1

[tomato tom]

BRICK..BRICK
GEORGE DUKE..LIBERATED FANTASIES
GROVER WASHINGTON JR..MISTER MAGIC / SOUL BOX VOLUMES 1 & 2 / FEELS SO GOOD
DR STRUTT..DR STRUTT / STRUTTIN
NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN..AWAKENING
Just a few of the top of me head..PAULO XXXX

[paul1970]

I'm a HUGE fan of Jazz Funk so i'm right at home with this.....

This is the group Passport from the album Cross Collateral...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1o8tjOspk

This is the title song from Joe Farrell's album Canned Funk....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJx82tU-sI

There's also this classic from Freddie Hubbard's Windjammer album...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHIDBRsOJYE

[soulster]

The first side of Ronnie Foster's "Love Satelite" album from 1978. Stevie Wonder even plays the drums on the track "Happy Song".

[roger]

Well ..

Anything from ROY AYERS/THE CRUSADERS/LONNIE LISTON SMITH is good for me ..

One that seems to have been missed so far is the collection of "Live" recordings at the Montreux [[ Switzerland ) Jazz Festival in the '80s ..

http://www.amazon.com/Casino-Lights-Live-At-Montreux/dp/B000002KY7

The DAVID SANBORNE track "Love Is Not Enough" is an absolute gem ..

And you get the likes of RANDY CRAWFORD on there too ..

Roger

[chidrummer]

Albums eh?

Funk in a Mason Jar - Harvey Mason
Hiroshima - Hiroshima
Urban Renewal - Tower of Power
Rhythm & Business - Tower of Power
Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
Catching The Sun - Spyro Gyra
Double Feature - Special EFX
Mystique - Special EFX
Carmel - Joe Sample
8:30 - Weather Report
Mr. Gone - Weather Report
Straight To The Heart - David Sanborn
Voyeur - David Sanborn
ManChild - Herbie Hancock
Secrets - Herbie Hancock
Aja - Steely Dan
You Know That Feeling - Brian Bromberg
Every Step of The Way - David Benoit
After The Storm - Norman Brown
Yellowjackets - Yellowjackets
Blue Hats - Yellowjackets
Pat Metheny Group - PMG
Letter From Home - PMG
Live in Japan - The Crusaders
Wired - Jeff Beck
Blow by Blow - Jeff Beck
Night of The Living Dregs - The Dixie Dregs

[tomato tom]

Has anyone on this site ever actually heard GEORGE DUKE LIBERATED FANTASIES LP on the BASF label? Wish I knew how to upload from vinyl. This is probably the best Jazz Funk Fusion album I have ever had the pleasure to hear. i will try and get one of my comnputer savy mates to sort something out so I can share with you..Paulo xxxx

[marv2]

Donald Byrd--Places and Spaces
Bobbie Humphries --Blacks And Blues
Lonnie Liston Smith--Expansions
Weather Report--Best of Vol 1
Ronnie Laws --Pressure Sensitive
Ronnie Laws --Friends And Strangers
Santana---- Welcome--[["Oh Yes I Said Santana!!!!")
Rainbow Seeker --Joe Sample
Stanley Clarke--School Days

Now let us go deep into the early Jazz Funk ,[[here we go :D) I recommend ,
Silver Cycles - Eddie Harris
That Is Why You"re Overweight--Eddie Harris
Lee Morgan--Sidewinder
Herbie Mann--Memphis Underground

Daddy, you named several my favorites......Ronnie Laws FOREVER!

I'll Harvey Mason - Funk in a Mason Jar

Stanley Turrentine - anything by him!

Jimmy Smith - The Cat
- Midnight Special
- The Sermon

[cozmic]

Has anyone on this site ever actually heard GEORGE DUKE LIBERATED FANTASIES LP on the BASF label?

I dig most of George's work on BASF ! Great series of albums with rich textures of sound.