{"id":5848,"date":"2015-07-26T12:05:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2015-07-26T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T17:05:05","slug":"grant-green-aint-it-funky-now-pts-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5848","title":{"rendered":"Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now Pts 1&2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now Pt1 MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now Pt2 MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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

I thought it would behoove us all to get the week started on one of those heavy (but not too heavy), funky, head-nodding grooves.<\/p>\n

Grant Green<\/strong>, six-string ninja, old-school jazzer, new(er) school jazz funker was one of the true greats of the post-bop into soul jazz era and a mainstay of the Blue Note stable, as both leader and sideman.<\/p>\n

His sounds have appeared here at Funky16Corners<\/strong> many times over the years, both in highlighted posts and as part of mixes.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection is the two-part 45 version of Green\u2019s cover of James Brown\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Ain\u2019t It Funky Now\u2019 that appeared on his 1970 \u2018Green Is Beautiful\u2019 LP.<\/p>\n

You already know that any Blue Note ish in this vein is going to be good, but there\u2019s something exceptional about this track, that being the drums of the mighty Idris Muhammad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not to say that Mr Green and the rest of the band aren\u2019t in fine form (especially Claude Bartee<\/strong> working it out on what sounds like a Varitone sax), but that the drums are hitting hard and exceptionally funky, and doing so in an almost weirdly relaxed way.<\/p>\n

Idris is deep in the groove, and managing to be supremely funky without doing anything flashy. The way he comes back in at around 1:00, and then drops a couple of bombs right before the guitar solo is a thing of beauty.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Riggins<\/strong> keeps things pumping along on the organ, and the percussion, by Candido<\/strong> (on the congas) and Richie Landrum<\/strong> (bongos) is spot on.<\/p>\n

This is a very tasty 45, indeed, and I dare you to listen without starting to move.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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