{"id":70,"date":"2010-01-24T02:23:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T02:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=70"},"modified":"2010-02-09T21:46:27","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T02:46:27","slug":"funky16corners-radio-v-79-positive-vibrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Funky16Corners Radio v.79 – Positive Vibrations!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Funky16Corners Radio v.79 – Positive Vibrations!
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Playlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lionel Hampton \u2013 Greasy Greens (Glad Hamp)
\nJack Wilson feat Roy Ayers \u2013 Sidewinder (Vault)
\nFreddie McCoy \u2013 Peas and Rice (Prestige)
\nJack Brokensha and the Baroqe-a-delics \u2013 Boogaloo (Contrast)
\nBobby Hutcherson \u2013 Goin\u2019 Down South (Blue Note)
\nCal Tjader \u2013 Ode to Billie Joe (Skye)
\nUlysses Crockett \u2013 Sunshine Superman (Transverse)
\nGary Burton \u2013 Leroy the Magician (Atlantic)
\nMilt Jackson \u2013 People Make the World Go Round (CTI)
\nBobby Christian \u2013 Mooganga (Ovation)
\nJohnny Lytle \u2013 Above the Clouds (SS)
\nLionel Hampton- Them Changes (Brunswick)
\nFreddie McCoy \u2013 Beans\u2019n\u2019Greens (Prestige)
\nSoulful Strings feat Billy Wooten \u2013 One Night Affair (Cadet)
\nCal Tjader \u2013 Soul Sauce (Verve)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Head over to the Funky16Corners Radio Podcast Archive to hear this mix<\/a>
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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/div>\n

How\u2019s by you?
\nSpeaking for myself, a fabulous (yet tiring) weekend was had, beginning with a stellar edition of the Asbury Park 45 Sessions<\/strong>. Nearing our third anniversary as the only all-45 funk\/soul night in New Jersey, the 45 Sessions are running at full steam. Heavy sets were dropped by all concerned, especially DJ Prestige<\/strong> and M-Fasis<\/strong> tag teaming on the tables with a set that got the people up and moving.
\nI was hoping to bring you a live recording of my set, but technical ineptitude on my part (concerning setting the recording source) left me with a live recording of the DJ area, complete with conversations and other random noise running over the music. With any luck I\u2019ll get the whole thing straightened out by the time I spin with DJ Bluewater<\/strong> at Forbidden City in a couple of weeks.
\nA few weeks back, when we memorialized the late, lamented Freddie McCoy,<\/strong> I mentioned that I was working on a vibes mix, and the sounds you hear today are the results thereof.
\nThe Funky16Corners Radio<\/strong> experience* features mixes arising from varying levels of inspiration, many of them high-concept, long-gestating projects, others whipped together on a moments notice. Today\u2019s edition of the podcast is one of the former.
\nI\u2019ve been a huge fan of the vibraphone since I first listened to jazz as a kid. Over the years I\u2019ve been lucky enough to see a couple of the masters of the vibes in a live setting, including Milt Jackson <\/strong>and Bobby Hutcherson.<\/strong> The vibes have their haters, mainly people who find the sound too \u2018cool\u2019, but I find that the vibraphone produces one of the loveliest, deepest sounds in all of music.
\nFunky16Corners Radio v.79 includes cuts by some of my favorite players, with some classics, a couple of interesting obscurities. I should also mention, in the spirit of full disclosure, that in addition to the vibraphone, you will also be hearing a couple of other mallet-driven instruments, including the xylophone and the marimba (in a few cases, during the same number).
\nI can remember the day many years ago when my man Haim<\/strong> first hipped me to Lionel Hampton\u2019s<\/strong> mighty \u2018Greasy Greens\u2019. Hampton was one of the true past masters of the vibes, with a career that goes back to the classic Benny Goodman<\/strong> trios, and extended well into the funky 1970s. \u2018Greasy Greens\u2019 made a couple of appearances on vinyl, but the ultimate version is the one included here, which was released as a 45 on Hampton\u2019s own Glad-Hamp label. If the groove sounds familiar, it was borrowed by Georgie Woods<\/strong> for the song \u2018Potato Salad\u2019.
\nRoy Ayers<\/strong> is a fave of the rare groove crowd for his 70s stuff, but the selection in today\u2019s mix comes from the early part of his career when he was working as a sideman with pianist Jack Wilson<\/strong>. Their version of Lee Morgan\u2019s <\/strong>\u2018Sidewinder\u2019 is a brilliant bit of soul jazz.
\nI focused on Freddie McCoy in this space a few weeks ago, and promised that I\u2019d include some more of his music in this mix. \u2018Peas and Rice\u2019, from 1967 has a goodtime party vibe.
\nAustralian-born vibist Jack Brokensha<\/strong> emigrated to Canada, and eventually crossed the border into Detroit where he found a spot in the Motown organization as one of the storied Funk Brothers<\/strong>. He came to be known as \u2018White Jack\u2019 (as opposed to Jack Ashford<\/strong>, who was not\u2026). He recorded an LP with his group the Baroque-adelics<\/strong> (also billed as the Concert Jazz Quartet<\/strong>). \u2018Boogaloo\u2019 appeared on that LP, as well as the 45 from which this version was recorded.
\nThe aforementioned Bobby Hutcherson <\/strong>was perhaps the greatest post-bop vibes stylist of the 1960s, the predominant master of the instrument on the Blue Note label, leading many sessions and working as a sideman on countless others. \u2018Goin\u2019 Down South\u2019 appeared on his 1970 \u2018San Francisco\u2019 album, one of many he recorded in partnership with the great tenor saxophonist Harold Land<\/strong> (who had played alongside trumpeter Clifford Brown<\/strong> in his classic groups). The tune features Hutcherson working on both vibes and marimba. He cooks up a very tasty groove indeed.
\nCal Tjader <\/strong>was known primarily as a master of Latin jazz styles, but found time to work in a soulful style as well. He was one of the co-founders of the Skye Label (alongside Gabor Szabo<\/strong> and Gary McFarland)<\/em> in the late 60s. His cover of Bobbie Gentry\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Ode to Billie Joe\u2019 appeared on his 1968 LP \u2018Solar Heat\u2019.
\nBay area vibist Ulysses Crockett<\/strong> doesn\u2019t have an expansive discography, but what he did lay down on vinyl is certainly worth hearing. His version of Donovan\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Sunshine Superman\u2019 appeared on the flipside of \u2018Major Funky\u2019.
\nGary Burton<\/strong> was another one of the great vibists of the 1960s, recording with George Shearing<\/strong> and Stan Getz<\/strong>, but also stretching out into the realm of the avant garde with the likes of Carla Bley.<\/strong> \u2018Leroy the Magician\u2019 \u2013 complete with breakbeat by Bernard Purdie<\/strong> \u2013 appeared on Burton\u2019s 1969 Atlantic LP \u2018Good Vibes\u2019.
\nMilt Jackson <\/strong>was, along with Lionel Hampton the preeminent practitioner of the vibes in the bop era. He was a cofounder of the Modern Jazz Quartet<\/strong>, and appeared on Thelonious Monk\u2019s<\/strong> seminal Blue Note sessions. Like so many of his contemporaries, he took a soulful turn in the 60s and 70s. His version of the Stylistics<\/strong> \u2018People Make the World Go Round\u2019 appeared on his 1972 \u2018Sunflower\u2019 LP.
\nBobby Christian<\/strong> was a versatile instrumentalist who\u2019s career stretches back into the 1930s. He recorded a number of albums as a leader (sought after by exotica\/now sound fans) and also worked extensively as a sideman, appearing on a number of Cadet sessions, including albums with the Soulful Strings.<\/strong> He was nearing 60 when he recorded \u2018Mooganga\u2019 for his 1970 Ovation LP \u2018Vibe-rations\u2019.
\nJohnny Lytle<\/strong> is known to soul jazz fans for his classic \u2018The Village Caller\u2019 and his excellent work for Detroit\u2019s Tuba label in the 1960s. \u2018Above the Clouds\u2019, from his 1969 Solid State LP \u2018Be Proud\u2019 features Lytle working it out on vibes and xylophone.
\nLionel Hampton returns with his funky take on the Buddy Miles<\/strong> classic \u2018Them Changes\u2019.
\nFreddie McCoy\u2019s 1968 \u2018Beans\u2019n\u2019Green\u2019 is cut from the same pattern as \u2018Peas and Rice\u2019 (aside from the obvious soul food connotations) with an in-studio \u2018live\u2019 vibe, handclaps, soul partiers and the lot. The two tracks sound as if they were recorded in the same session, but there was actually five months between the two sessions.
\nBilly Wooten<\/strong> is known to the crate digger set for his rare and highly sought after LPs with the Wooden Glass<\/strong> and the Nineteenth Whole<\/strong>. He was also a busy sideman, working on a couple of the funkier Grant Green<\/strong> sessions, and with the Soulful Strings<\/strong>. The cut included here, \u2018One Night Affair\u2019 appeared on the \u2018Soulful Strings Play Gamble Huff\u2019 and includes Wooten with an extended marimba solo.
\nThe closing track in the edition of Funky16Corners Radio is one of the all-time soul jazz\/dancefloor vibes classics, Cal Tjader with the legendary \u2018Soul Sauce\u2019. Tjader was a masterful player, and manages to really work it out n the vibes while pushing the band to its limits.
\nAs always, I hope you dig the mix, and I\u2019ll be back later in the week with something cool.<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

*Special thanks go out to Mike Karlos of Radio 95X production for putting together that snappy drop you hear midway into the mix.
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