{"id":5570,"date":"2015-03-12T12:43:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T17:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2015-03-12T12:43:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T17:43:22","slug":"blue-mitchell-h-n-i-c-pts-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5570","title":{"rendered":"Blue Mitchell – H.N.I.C. Pts 1&2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Blue Mitchell – H.N.I.C. Pt1 <\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n

Listen\/Download – Blue Mitchell – H.N.I.C. Pt2<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is nigh, so I will remind you once again that the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> returns to the shimmering airwaves of the interwebs this and every Friday night on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. If you cannot lend your ears at airtime, you can subscribe to the show as podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device through the TuneIn app, or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

Closing out the week with something funky seemed like a good idea, so I bring you Blue Mitchell<\/strong> and \u2018H.N.I.C. Pt1\u2019.
\nMitchell was, like the subject of Wednesday\u2019s post, Yusef Lateef<\/strong>, a jazz veteran, coming up in hard bop with Cannonball Adderley<\/strong> and Horace Silver<\/strong>, and moving on to his own dates by the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Like many of his ilk, Mitchell found himself at the end of the 1960s finding his way into a soulful bag. Many jazzers did this to varying levels of success, depending in large part on their affinity with and dedication to the material in question.<\/p>\n

What is particularly interesting about today\u2019s selection, is that it comes from a two-LP run that Mitchell had in 1968 and 1969 where he was working with Monk Higgins<\/strong> and Dee Ervin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t been able to find out how this particular team came together, but the intersection of straight jazz with two figures closely identified with 60s soul is an interesting one.<\/p>\n

The two albums, 1968s \u2018Collision In Black\u2019 and 1969s \u2018Bantu Village\u2019 (where this track originated) were composed almost entirely by Higgins and Ervin.. The dates appear to have been recorded in California, and are an interesting is somewhat mysterious chapter in Higgins’ and Ervin’s stories.<\/p>\n

\u2018H.N.I.C. Pt1\u2019 is also interesting because it is yet another iteration\/variation of the Isley Brothers\u2019<\/strong> \u2018It\u2019s Your Thing\u2019, a huge (and very influential) hit in 1969.<\/p>\n

Featuring Mitchell and Bobby Bryant<\/strong> on trumpet, Paul Humphrey<\/strong> on drums, Wilton Felder<\/strong> on bass and Freddy Robinson<\/strong> on guitar, \u2018H.N.I.C. Pt1\u2019 manages to balance the jazz and funk nicely, with a fine solo by Mitchell.<\/p>\n

I dig it (I need to score a copy of the LP), and I hope you do too.<\/p>\n

See you on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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