{"id":5127,"date":"2014-11-20T12:24:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5127"},"modified":"2014-11-20T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T17:24:54","slug":"breezin-with-gabor-bobby-and-sammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5127","title":{"rendered":"Breezin’ with Gabor, Bobby and Sammy…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gabor Szabo and Bobby Womack<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Gabor Szabo and Bobby Womack – Breezin’ MP3<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen\/Downoad – Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers – Breezin’ MP3<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is here,and so I must remind you to tune into the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>, Friday night at 9PM. If you can\u2019t dig in at airtime, make sure to subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes (or anywhere else you get your Pods handled) or grab an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selections can be filed in the \u2018roots of familiar songs\u2019 section of your brain.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re over 40 (or otherwise well-listened) I suspect that you already know George Benson\u2019s<\/strong> 1976 hit \u2018Breezin\u2019\u2019, which in addition to regular airplay seemed for the longest time to be the background instro of choice on all kinds of TV shows. It was, in many ways, the ultimate, smooth jazz instro of its time.<\/p>\n

What I didn\u2019t know until many years after its initial release, was that the song \u2018Breezin\u2019 had deep, and very interesting roots.<\/p>\n

Back in 1970, in the midst of his long, itinerant and occasionally very successful career, Bobby Womack<\/strong> ended up in the studio with Gabor Szabo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Womack provided half the songs, and much of the rhythm guitar on Szabo\u2019s 1971 LP \u2018High Contrast\u2019*.<\/p>\n

One of those songs \u2013 used as the LPs opening track \u2013 was \u2018Breezin\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Szabo\/Womack version is mellow, but sports a nice, fat bottom as well, and some tasty soloing from the always dependable Gabor (a big fave hereabouts).<\/p>\n

The second version of the song you\u2019ll hear today (which I originally posted when Bobby passed away, back in June) came into my crates in a kind of roundabout way.<\/p>\n

I already had a couple of 45s by Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers<\/strong> in my crates when I found their version of \u2018Breezin\u2019 (previously featured here when Mr Womack passed away) about five years ago.<\/p>\n

The thing is, I didn\u2019t know it was the famous song until I got it home, picking it up simply because it was Sammy.<\/p>\n

The SG and the HH version of \u2018Breezin\u2019 (from 1972) is by far my fave,and I suspect it\u2019ll be yours as well.<\/p>\n

The drums and bass are heavy, and the intro is as tasty a piece of head-nodding funk as you\u2019re likely to turn up.<\/p>\n

The overall vibe maintains the sweetness of the melody, but those drums keep punching through the mix.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a killer 45, and despite a couple of price spikes in the past, not too hard to come by these days.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the compare\/contrast action, and I\u2019ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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\u00a0*Interestingly, Womack is listed as a co-leader on the LP and 45 labels, but not on the album cover<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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