By Des (217.42.15.139) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:36 pm:

"Killer intro's" and the like,we've done....it occurred to me,while listening to Kool & The Gang's "Too Hot" that there are heap plenty songs that you'll remember for their mid-song 'solo's' as much as the song itself.....thinking caps on??
Here's one or two from me.....
Stevie - 'Lookin' for another pure love' - Jeff Beck guitar solo.
Stevie - 'Do I Do' - Dizzy Gillespie trumpet

Des

By Eli (141.151.87.9) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:56 pm:

I love music..The Ojays...Norman Harris git solo

For the love of money.. The O'jays...Rocco Bene trpt solo

I cant help myself..The Four Tops..Mike Terry
bari solo

Aint to proud to beg..Tempts..Hank Cosby??
tenor solo

Love wont let me wait..Major Harris..Jack Faith
alto solo

Why do fools fall in love..Frankie Lymon...
Sam the Man Taylor..tenor solo

One of a kind love affair..Spinners..Thom Bell
clav solo

Runaway..Loleatta Holloway..Vince Montana
vibe solo

Engine #9.. Wilson Pickett..Bobby Eli
git solo

Somethig..Beatles..George Harrison
git solo

By Des (217.42.15.139) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:27 pm:

Mr.Eli / some good selections that stirred the memory banks.....don't know 'bout that Wilson Pickett cut,though.......

Could widen this to include soloists featured throughout the track......

Bill Withers - 'Can We Pretend' -- Jose Feliciano fantastic accoustic guitar
Tony Bennett - 'The Very Thought of You' -- Bobby Hackett's trumpet breaks me up every time
Gerry Rafferty - 'Baker Street' -- Raphael Ravenscroft Sax
S.Clarke/H.Hewett - 'Heaven Sent' -- Stanley C bass

Des

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:33 pm:

"BLACK MAGIC WOMAN"...CARLOS SANTANA (ALL TIME FAVORITE)
"THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO"...(BALLS TO THE WALLS ON THE TENOR SOLO)

By 1Wicked (66.27.27.22) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:40 pm:

"I*'ll Always Love My Mama" (ext. version)....not a solo stroll...but yet an Earl Young "tour de funk".

"Anticipation"...BarKays... guitar solo

"Savoir Faire"...Chic....guitar solo (tastefully overdubbed)

"Phattenin'"....Brother to Brother.... synth solo

"Glide"...Pleasure....bass solo

"Midnight Plane"...Ronnie Foster... synth/keyboard solo

"Summer Madness (live)"...K&TG...synth solo


"Can This Be Real"...Natural Four...guitar solo

"You Ought To Be Havin' Fun"...TOP...Rocco kickin' serious a** (as usual)

Keni Burke on bass & Chuck "Burn It Down" Bynum on guitars on SEVERAL D.J. Rogers and Bill Withers cuts.

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:47 pm:

NOW YOU WANT TO THROW JAZZ INTO THE EQUATION...HUH WICKED!!!...OK...FOR SIMPLICITY...TASTE...AND FORTUTIDE...MELVIN SPARKS GUITAR WORK (LIKE THAT CLEAN AND CRISP PICKIN THAT ONLY MELVIN SPARKS DO...AND OVER TWO VERSES)..."MORE TODAY THEN YESTERDAY"...WITH CHARLES EARLAND LEADING!!!...STUBASS

By Des (217.42.15.139) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 08:57 pm:

1Wicked.....cannot believe you recalled Ronnie Foster. Man,it's been years since I played those albums of his from the early 80's (I hope my memory's on the mark,there).He had several superb cuts with an '80's ' Synth feel to them.....I love 'em,but they were instrumentals,right??? -- I have no problem with that,genuinely,but the Thread's about guys/gals like Ronnie who'd enter a cut and take it someplace else.......now if you open a Thread about Instrumentals??????
Des

By Eli (141.151.87.9) on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 09:00 pm:

Earth Wind and Fire..Reasons..Andrew Woolfolk
alto solo(live version)

Isely Bros..That Lady..Ernie Isely.. git solo

Freddie Scott..Hey Girl.. Artie Kaplan.. sax solo

Bros.Johnson..Stomp..Louis Johnson..bass solo

Cozy Cole..Topsy Part 2 ..drum solo

Del Shannon..Runaway..ondine solo

Stevie..For once in my life..harmonica solo

Manhattan Transfer..Spice of life..harmonica solo

By JoB (204.42.12.2) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 04:06 am:

Des...I actually happened to be listening to "Do I Do" as I came upon this thread...good choice...and to add to it, had a real bass been used, wouldn't those couple of bass interludes have been great???

...or how about that cut on Anita Bakers "Compositions" ("Fairy Tales") when she stops singing and the band starts to do their thing, whoever that is on the piano took it to CHURCH :o)

The intro and the interludes on the Tops' "Keeper of the Castle" have kind of a funky little groove goin' on...

...and (last one for now) that jam session the Funks had going on in the middle of Barrett Strong's "Money" (speaking of taking it to church, whoever was playing that tambourine was playing that thing like they had JUST got out of morning service!) :o)

By stephanie (68.50.216.139) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 09:34 am:

My man was mentioned Del Shannon!!! He had an incredible voice!!! This man did falsettos better than Frankie Valli although I cant compare the two. I saw him live a few years before he died in a small club and I have to tell you he put on a great show. I have always been troubled by the fact that although he had a few hits he should have had a MUCH longer career and the one song I didnt care for was Little Town Flirt. There is something Detroit about this man and I cant put my handle on it but he definitely had soul in him. I think Del Shannon is one of the unsung heroes of Rock and Roll and for Runaway alone he should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame I have all of his albums and never tire of listening to him,
Stephanie

By 1Wicked (66.27.27.22) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 11:31 pm:

Stu: I guess "Summer Madness" would/could be considered a jazz cut....if The Jazziacs had done it. (LOL)

Des: Though much of the "Love Satellite" album is instrumental..."Midnight Plane" IS a vocal track (sung by Ronnie). (Kinda like a Ronnie Laws track...)

By Fury13 (209.69.165.10) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 11:57 pm:

Del Shannon: fantastic singer, great songwriter. From Coopersville, Michigan, but recorded in Detroit. Max Crook, who played the musitron (proto-synthesizer) on Del's records, contributed a lot to the Del Shannon sound. I am a huge Del Shannon fan. By the way, he IS in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame; he was inducted in 1999.

By Fury13 (12.2.196.17) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 11:59 pm:

Mr. Eli, was it Sam "The Man" Taylor on the sax solo on "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" or was it Jimmy "One Note" Wright? I know that Jimmy Wright played on a lot of the Gee, Rama and early Roulette stuff.

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Friday, August 22, 2003 - 12:01 am:

OK WICKED!!!...YOU WIN...I GIVE...BUT I NEEDED A GOOD SEGUE INTO SPARKS!!!...STU
PS...WHERE'S BARRY (LEXUS DUDE)???...

By dvdmike (65.208.234.61) on Friday, August 22, 2003 - 09:15 am:

Eli, that was actually Don Myrick on the solo on the live versions of "Reasons", Philip Bailey says, "Mr. Don Myrick on the alto horn. He plays so beautiful, don't you agree?".

By moanman (24.44.218.110) on Friday, August 22, 2003 - 09:47 am:

On the song "Cancer" (from "Night and Day")...

Joe Jackson's piano playing isn't just a solo, it's a virtuoso display of Latin jazz pyrotechnics. Makes ya sweat & say, damn! halfway through, & still he doesn't stop. It's a stellar performance, almost, but not quite manic, & I'd suggest anyone who loves the piano as much I do, to peep it out.