{"id":399,"date":"2010-03-28T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T21:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=399"},"modified":"2015-02-04T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T13:44:52","slug":"funky16corners-radio-v-84-moving-between-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Funky16Corners Radio v.84 – Moving Between Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blackbyrds \u2013 Blackbyrds Theme (Fantasy)
\nRoy Meriwether Trio \u2013 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Notes of Gold)
\nMike Mainieri \u2013 The Bush (UA)
\nFrank Wess \u2013 Underhog (Enterprise)
\nEddie Jefferson \u2013 So What (Prestige)
\nGene Harris \u2013 Feeling Me Feeling You (Blue Note)
\nLonnie Smith \u2013 Hola Muneca (Kudu)
\nBobby Hutcherson \u2013 Print Tie (Blue Note)
\nJeremy Steig \u2013 Rational Nonsense (Solid State)
\nLarry Willis \u2013 Journey\u2019s End (Groove Merchant)
\nEddie Harris \u2013 Smoke Signals (Atlantic)
\nBrian Auger and Julie Driscoll \u2013 Road to Cairo (Polydor)
\nLou Donaldson \u2013 Everything I Do (Gohn Be Funky From Now On) (Blue Note)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/div>\n

The new week is here, and as previously planned, I\u2019m posting this new edition of the Funky16Corners Radio<\/strong> thang from the road, since the fam and I are on vacation.
\nI figured I could do a couple of regular-sized posts from wherever we are, but it occurred to me that since I had a few mixes worth of tracks stockpiled for just such an occasion, that I ought to put a mix together for the week and be done with it.
\nThat said, Funky16Corners Radio v.84 \u2013 Moving Between Dimensions<\/strong> is another one of those funky, jazzy things that I like to assemble every once in a while, on account of that\u2019s how I roll<\/em>. Things are generally upbeat, but there are a couple of detours into the spiritual realm, ever so slightly far out but still melodic and groovy.
\nThings get up to speed quickly with a track by the mighty Blackbyrds<\/strong>. The \u2018Blackbyrds Theme\u2019 is one of the funkier tracks from their 1974 \u2018Flying Start\u2019 LP. Dig that tasty break.
\nRoy Meriwether<\/strong> made an appearance in this space not too long ago. He was one of the preeminent (if not the best known) soul jazz pianists of the 60s and 70s, recording first for major labels and then waxing a couple of private press dates (including the ultra-rare \u2018Nubian Lady\u2019). \u2018I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free\u2019 is from his \u2018Jesus Christ Superstar Goes Jazz\u2019 LP and starts out mellow, eventually picking up a nice funky pace.
\nVibist Mike Mainieri <\/strong>got his start playing fairly straight-ahead jazz (he even played with Paul Whiteman<\/strong>?!?) but by the late 60s was getting further out, working an early fusion vibe. His 1968 session \u2018Journey Through an Electric Tube\u2019 (no doubt a reference to the vibes themselves) features mellow grooves (like \u2018The Bush\u2019) and sidemen like Jeremy Steig<\/strong> and Chuck Rainey.<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m a huge fan of jazz flute (as you\u2019ll see in an upcoming mix) and Frank Wess<\/strong> was one of the greats. Alongside players like Sam Most, Buddy Collette<\/strong> and the mighty Rahsaan Roland Kirk<\/strong>, Wess (who like those instrumentalists played a number of wind instruments) started out playing modern jazz, ending up signed to the Stax subsidiary Enterprise where he recorded 1970’s \u2018Wess To Memphis\u2019. An excellent, forward thinking session, \u2018Wess to Memphis\u2019 has plenty of soulful moments while managing to maintain a jazz edge. \u2018Underhog\u2019 features some very nice, echoey flute work.
\nEddie Jefferson<\/strong> was one of the early masters of vocalese, laying down vocals over some of the most famous jazz melodies of the day. His reworking of Miles Davis\u2019s \u2018So What\u2019, from his 1969 Prestige session \u2018Body and Soul\u2019 may not be terribly funky (like a few of the album\u2019s other cuts) but it is one of his finest performances.
\nPianist Gene Harris<\/strong> is best known for his decade (plus) long work with the Three Sounds<\/strong>. \u2018Feeling Me Feeling You\u2019 is from his 1974 solo album \u2018Astral Signals\u2019.
\nAnother recent Funky16Corners post featured the great Hammond player Dr Lonnie Smith<\/strong>. \u2018Hola Muneca\u2019 is another track from the 1971 \u2018Mama Wailer\u2019 album, which featured a who’s who of the CTI\/Kudu stable, including Grover Washington Jr., Airto, Billy Cobham<\/strong> and Ron Carter<\/strong>.
\nBobby Hutcherson<\/strong> is one of the great vibraphonists to record for the Blue Note label in the 60s and 70s. In addition to several amazing sessions as a leader, Hutcherson was also a very busy sideman on many of the label\u2019s sessions. \u2018Print Tie\u2019 is a track from his 1970 \u2018San Franscisco\u2019 LP, which he recorded with sax legend Harold Land.<\/strong>
\nI mentioned both flute jazz in general, and Jeremy Steig<\/strong> specifically, above. Steig \u2013 famous among the crate diggers of the world for \u2018Howling For Judy\u2019 (sampled by the Beastie Boys<\/strong>) \u2013 recorded a number of albums for Blue Note and Solid State in the late 60s and early 70s, all along the same lines, i.e. vaguely funky, infused with far out hippiosity and tip-toeing just along the edge of \u201cout\u201d. \u2018Rational Nonsense\u2019 was on the 1969 LP \u2018This is Jeremy Steig\u2019.
\nPianist Larry Willis<\/strong> appeared on Funky16Corners Radio v.81 with \u2018153rd St Theme\u2019. The funky \u2013 yet mellow \u2013 electric piano feature \u2018Journey\u2019s End\u2019 is from the same album.
\nEddie Harris<\/strong> made some of the finest soul jazz of the 60s and 70s during his tenure at Atlantic Records. Both alone, and with Les McCann <\/strong>he went a long way to defining the sound, and with his electrified saxophone, paving the way for the onrush of fusion. If you haven\u2019t had a chance to check out the \u2018Silver Cycles\u2019 album, do so with haste, since it includes \u2018Smoke Signals\u2019. Funky, spacey and soulful, it\u2019s a landmark recording.
\nIt is with a tip of the hat to the jazzy rock cats, that I bring you Brian Auger<\/strong> and Julie Driscoll<\/strong> with \u2018Road to Cairo\u2019. Though they have often been placed amongst the UK freak set, Auger, with his jazz organ chops, and Driscoll, the soulful diva in a caftan made some amazing music in the late 60s, from pure soul jazz, to funky soul to borderline psychedelia.
\nThis edition of the Funky16Corners Radio podcast closes out with a very cool cover, saxophonist Lou Donaldson<\/strong> (backed by no less than Charles Earland<\/strong> on the Hammond, Idris Muhammad<\/strong> on the skins and Melvin Sparks<\/strong> on the guitar) doing his thing with Lee Dorsey\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Everything I Do (Gohn Be Funky From Now On).
\nI hope you dig the mix, and I\u2019ll be back next week with some more of the good stuff.<\/p>\n

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