{"id":4986,"date":"2014-07-31T11:58:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2014-07-31T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:00:56","slug":"idris-muhammad-was-super-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4986","title":{"rendered":"Idris Muhammad Was Super Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Idris lays into the traps…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Idris Muhammad – Express Yourself<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Idris Muhammad – Super Bad<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Leon Spencer – Message From the Meters<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Lou Donaldson – Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky From Now On<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Lonnie Smith – See Saw<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Melvin Sparks – Thank You Pt1<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Melvin Sparks – Thank You Pt2<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Bob James – Nautilus<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I logged on to the interwebs last night only to be greeted by rumors of the passing of the mighty Idris Muhammad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It wasn’t long before the rumors were confirmed by this obituary out of his home port of New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Idris Muhammad was born Leo Morris<\/strong> in New Orleans in 1939.<\/p>\n

He was childhood friends with the Neville<\/strong> brothers, and one of his first gigs was playing on Fats Domino’s<\/strong> 1956 smash ‘Blueberry Hill’ (he also played on the seminal Crescent City track, the Hawketts<\/strong> ‘Mardi Gras Mambo’).<\/p>\n

Muhammad left New Orleans in the mid-60s and headed north to make his bones as a jazz drummer.<\/p>\n

He soon became a fixture on a seemingly endless succession of heavy New York soul jazz dates, playing alongside a wide variety of organists, guitarists and others (dig the discography in his Wikipedia entry<\/a>), eventually leading his own dates for Prestige starting in 1970.<\/p>\n

Idris has appeared here at Funky16Corners many times over the years, both as leader and sideman.<\/p>\n

His drumming style was steeped in the New Orleans second line, and was deeply funky, both in the wayback Ninth Ward way and also in the post-James Brown<\/strong> get down.<\/p>\n

I’m posting a wide variety of tracks blessed with his beats, but that mixture of Big Easy and Good Foot was never more obvious than \u00a0in \u00a0the solo in his cover of Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band’s<\/strong> ‘Express Yourself, the opening track’ from his 1970 debut as a leader ‘Black Rhythm Revolution’. Listening to it is hearing a very groovy bunch of uptown jazzers suddenly morphing into a high-stepping, umbrella-waving parade.<\/p>\n

It is bad-ass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m including the flipside of that 45, his cover of JB’s<\/strong> ‘Super Bad’ (bringing it all back around, as it were) as well as a grip of sessions from the late 60s\/early 70s that feature Muhammad. It’s worth noting that two of the best tracks hail from NOLA, Lou Donaldson<\/strong> covering Lee Dorsey<\/strong> and Leon Spencer<\/strong>, the Meters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last track, Bob James’<\/strong> epic – heavily sampled, see below* – \u00a01974 track ‘Nautilus’, in which Muhammad lays out one of the smoothest\/tastiest breaks ever.<\/p>\n

Idris Muhammad went on to play with a host of jazz greats, spending may years working with Ahmad Jamal<\/strong>, before retiring to his home town in 2011.<\/p>\n

He was a master of the skins, who carried the beat in his heart and soul.<\/p>\n

He will be missed.<\/p>\n

See you on Monday<\/p>\n

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Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Example\"<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*Songs that sample ‘Nautilus’ (from the-breaks.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A Tribe Called Quest\u2019s \u201cClap Your Hands\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alkaholiks\u2019s \u201cDaaam!\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All Natural\u2019s \u201cThink Again\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Basement Khemist\u2019s \u201cCorrect Technique\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Camp Lo\u2019s \u201cBlack Nostaljack\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chubb Rock\u2019s \u201cKeep it Street\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DJ Food\u2019s \u201cSpiral Dub\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince\u2019s \u201cJazzy’s Groove\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dream Warriors\u2019s \u201cVoyage Through the Multiverse\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EPMD\u2019s \u201cBrothers on My Jock\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eric B and Rakim\u2019s \u201cFollow the Leader\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eric B and Rakim\u2019s \u201cLet the Rhythm Hit ‘Em\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Freestylers\u2019s \u201cWarning\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Geto Boys\u2019s \u201cSnitches\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ghostface Killah\u2019s \u201cDaytona 500\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Group Home\u2019s \u201cInna Citi Life\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ice T\u2019s \u201c?\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0JCD and the Dawg lb\u2019s \u201cOver Pussy\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jeru\u2019s \u201cMy Mind Spray\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jungle Brothers\u2019s \u201cBook of Rhyme Pages\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0K-Solo\u2019s \u201cEverybody Knows Me\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Keith Murray\u2019s \u201cThe Rhyme\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0King Sun\u2019s \u201cBig Shots\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kruder & Dorfmeister\u2019s \u201cOriginal Bedroom Rockers\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Large Professor ft Pete Rock\u2019s \u201cThe Rap World\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Leaders of the New School\u2019s \u201cShow Me a Hero\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lord Shafiyq\u2019s \u201cMy Mic is on Fire\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lyrical Prophecy\u2019s \u201cYou Can’t Swing This\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Main Source\u2019s \u201cLive at the Barbecue\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mary J. Blige\u2019s \u201cJust Mary\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mike Zoot\u2019s \u201cScene\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Naughty by Nature\u2019s \u201cCruddy Clique\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nice & Smooth\u2019s \u201cNo Delayin’\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Onyx\u2019s \u201cBlack Vagina Finda\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Onyx\u2019s \u201cThrow Ya Gunz\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Organized Konfusion\u2019s \u201cStray Bullet\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pete Rock & CL Smooth\u2019s \u201cTake You There\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tame One\u2019s \u201cTorture Chamber\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tim Dog\u2019s \u201cBronx Nigga\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tim Dog\u2019s \u201cI’ll Wax Anybody\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tim Dog\u2019s \u201cLow Down Nigg*\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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\"Example\"<\/strong><\/a> \"Example\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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