Bootsy - Ultra Wave (1980)

01 Mug Push

Drums – Clive Deemer
Written-By – Phelps Collins, George Clinton

02 F-Encounter

Drums – Jerry Jones
Guitar – Rick Evans
Keyboards – Mark Johnson
Written-By – George Clinton, Rick Evans, Ron Ford

03 Is That My Song ?

Written-By – David Spradley

04 It's A Musical

Written-By – Carl Small, George Clinton

05 Fat Cat

Written-By – Phelps Collins

06 Sacred Flower

Saxophone – David McMurray
Written-By – George Clinton

07 Sound Crack


Bass – Bootsy
Drums – Bootsy, Jerry Johns
Guitar – Bootsy, Catfish Collins, Rick Evans
Horns – Fred Wesley, Larry Hatcher, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith
Keyboards – David Lee Chong, Joel Johnson, Mark Johnson
Percussion – Carl "Butch" Small, Bootsy
Lyricon solo on "Sacred Flower": David McMurray
Vocals – Bootsy, Brandy, Brides of Funkenstein, Godmoma, Parlet, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson
Written-By – Bootsy
Mastered By – Allen Zentz
Producer – Bootsy Collins, George Clinton (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)

Label : Warner Bros. Records

Curtis Mayfield - There is no place like America Today (1975)

01 Billy Jack
02 When Seasons Change
03 So In Love
04 Jesus
05 Blue Monday People
06 Hard Times
07 Love To The People


Arranged By – Rich Tufo
Bass – Lucky Scott
Drums – Quinton Joseph
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Keyboards – Rich Tufo
Keyboards, Guitar – Curtis Mayfield
Percussion [Congas And Bongos] – Henry Gibson
Producer, Written-By – Curtis Mayfield

Label : Curtom

Roni Size / Reprazent - New Forms (1997)

En prélude aux JO de Londres voici du Funk stéroïdés from Bristol svp, capitale du trip hop. C'est sans concession, c'est franc et massif et ça envoie du lourd.

disc 1 :
01 Railing

Drums – Clive Deemer
Voice – Dynamite
Written-By – Dominic Smith

02 Brown Paper Bag

Acoustic Guitar – Steve Graham
Bass – Si John

03 New Forms

Featuring – Bahamadia
Producer, Mixed By – Suv
Vocals – Onallee
Written-By – Bahamadia, Suv

04 Lets Get It On

Performer [Riffs] – Vinnie And The Fat Man

05 Digital

Vocals – Onallee

06 Matter Of Fact
07 Mad Cat

Bass – Si John

Drums – Clive Deemer

08 Heroes

Guitar – Tyrell

Vocals – Onallee

09 Share The Fall (Full Vocal Mix)

Drums – Clive Deemer

Lyrics By [Extract] – Mark Brydon, Roisin Murphy

Saxophone – Adrian Place

Vocals – Onallee

Vocals [Extract] – Roisin Murphy

Written-By – Die, Krust

10 Watching Windows

Bass – Si John

Vocals – Onallee

11 Beatbox

Effects [Sounds And Effects] – Roni Size, Suv

Written-By – Suv

12 Morse Code

Bass – Si John

Drums – Clive Deemer

13 Destination

Producer, Mixed By – Die

Written-By – Ben Watt, Die, Tracey Thorn

disc 2 :
01 Intro
02 Hi-potent

Acoustic Guitar – Steve Graham
Bass – Si John

03 Trust Me

Arranged By [Additional Arrangements] – DJ Tobs

04 Change My Life
05 Share The Fall

Drums – Clive Deemer
Saxophone [Sax] – Adrian Place
Vocals – Onallee
Written-By – Die, Krust, Onallee

06 Down

Written-By – Die

07 Jazz

Written-By – Suv

08 Hot Stuff

Written-By – Krust

09 Ballet Dance

Written-By – Die

Label : Talkin' Loud

Sly & Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)

Qu'aurait été la musique aujourd'hui sans Sly & The Family Stone ?
Cet album est un ovni.

Attention chef d'oeuvre !



Larry Graham – bass, backing vocals
Greg Errico – drums
Gerry Gibson – drums
Bobby Womack – guitar
Freddie Stone – guitar
Ike Turner – guitar
Sly Stone – arrangements, drums, drum programming, keyboard programming, synthesizers, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
Billy Preston – keyboards
Jerry Martini – tenor saxophone
Cynthia Robinson – trumpet
Rose Stone – vocals, keyboards
Little Sister – backing vocals


01 Luv N' Haight
02 Just Like a Baby
03 Poet
04 Family Affair
05 Africa Talks To You 'The Asphalt Jungle'
05* There's a Riot Goin' On
06 Brave & Strong
07 (You Caught Me) Smilin'
08 Time
09 Spaced Cowboy
10 Runnin' Away
11 Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa

Produit par Sylvester Stewart, alias Sly Stone
Label : Epic

Portrait Jean-Paul Bourelly 2005 par Olivier Martin

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury (1992)

Quoi de mieux pour un 4 juillet ?

Second band de Michael Franti après The Beatnigs, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy dont voici le premier album est un mélange de Hip Hop, de punk industriel, d'électro et même de jazz avec la guitare de l'incroyable huit-cordiste Charlie Hunter.
http://www.deezer.com/music/track/2316843

Ne nous endormons jamais !

Hyphoprisy is : Michael Franti & Rono Tse

Musicians and guest appearances :
Michael Franti - Vocals
Rono Tse - Angle Grinder, Tire Rims, Chains, Break Drums, Electronic Springs, Sheet Metal & Steel Drums
Charlie Hunter - Guitar, Bass
Simon White - Drums

Programming and Musical Arrangements by
Mark Pistel & Michael Franti

Mixed by
Jack Dangers, Mark "Spliffer" Pistel

Engineered by
Pete Scatturo, John Baker

01 Satanic Reverses
02 Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'N' Andy)
03 Television, The Drug Of The Nation
04 Language Of Violence
05 The Winter Of The Long Hot Summer
06 Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
07 Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk
08 INS Greencard A-19 191 500
09 Socio-Genetic Experiment
10 Music And Politics
11 Financial Leprosy
12 California Über Alles
13 Water Pistol Man

Label : 4th & Broadway, Island Records

Parliament - Funkentelechi vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977)

CHILDREN OF PRODUCTION THE CLONES OF DR. FUNKENSTEIN : VOCALS: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Debbie Wright, Jeanette Washington, Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Cordell Mosson
KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZERS: Bernie Worrell
GUITARS: Michael Hampton, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider
BASS: Cordell Mosson
DRUMS & PERCUSSION: Jerome Brailey
HORNS: Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith, Clay Lawrey, Darryl Dixon, Valerie Drayton, Danny Cortez

01 BOP GUN (Endangered Species)
02 SIR NOSE D'VOIDOFFUNK (Pay Attention-B3M)
03 WIZARD OF FINANCE
04 FUNKENTELECHY
05 PLACEBO SYNDROME
06 FLASHLIGHT

Produit et conçu par George Clinton
Label : Casablanca Records


Pourquoi poster celui là plutôt qu'un autre Parliament ? Impossible de répondre, impossible de faire un choix. Comment ne pas poster du Pfunk dans ce blog et lequel choisir?... bon de toute façon il y a en aura d'autres...

dc Basehead - B.Y.O.B. (1994)

dc Basehead or Basehead 2.0 byob = Bastard Youth Of Basehead




Mike Ivey (vocals, guitar, electric piano, keyboards, bass)
Muriel Brown, Beth, Cheryl (vocals)
Tony Cothran (guitar)
Marco Delmar (guitar, keyboards, bass)
Bill Conway (guitar, bass)
Dan McGuire (harmonica)
Carl Cornwell (flute, saxophone)
Jay Nichols (keyboards, drums, percussion)
Walter Cosby (bass)
Smacky, Aaron Burroughs, Heartbeat (percussion)
George F., Keith I., Tilmon S., Susan H., Denise C., Karen R., Will G., Looney, Matilda I., Eric G., James N., Heather K., Bob H.(background vocals)

01 Too Good to Let Go
02 Ramifications of Shaking One's Ass
03 Change It
04 Distances
05 Go Jazz Go
06 Outerspacegethithang
07 Rambilfications of Getting & Saying Hi GH
08 Day off in the Life, A
09 Rackett, The
10 Where Ya Going To?

Label : Rykodisc

Mise à jour des liens

Après un long silence, me voilà de retour. Je vais mettre à jour tous les liens très bientôt. Tout de suite Winter in America et Free

Jean-Paul Bourelly & The Bluwave Bandits - Blackadelic-Blu (1994)

Jean-Paul Bourelly : Guitar, Vocals, Subatomic Guitar Bass, Keyboard Bass
"Kundalini" Mark Batson : Keyboard (10), Vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)
Blue Black : Rap (3, 8)
Carl Bourelly : Programing (1, 2, 4, 6), Keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6)
John Stubblefield : Tenor Saxophone (6)
Mark Peterson : Bass (5, 8, 9)
Alfredo Alias : Drums (2, 5, 8 ,9)
Kevin (K-Dog) Johnson : Drums (1, 2, 4, 6)
Djinji Brown : Sample Programming (3)



01 Welfare Flower Child
02 Song Of Allah
03 Travelin' Across The Land
04 (Gotta Have) Soul
05 Steppin' On The Giant
06 Runaway Train
07 Lover's Cool-Out
08 Thinkin' Bout Money
09 Restless Waves
10 Surrender


DIW Records

David Murray - Shakill's Warrior (1991)

David Murray, Tenor Saxophone
Don Pullen, Organ
Stanley Franks, Guitar
Andrew Cyrille, Drums

1. Blues For Savannah
2. Song From The Old Country
3. High Priest
4. In The Spirit
5. Shakill's Warrior
6. At The Cafe Central
7. Black February
8. Milano Strut


Diw records

Kelvynator (Kelvyn Bell) - Refunkanation (1991)

Pour rester dans l'esprit, voici un album de Kelvyn Bell, talentueux guitariste de l'explosif Defunkt. Membre du collectif MBase de Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson... et également de la "Black Rock Coalition".

Kelvin Bell : lead vocal, guitar, keyboard
Eric Person : saxs, keyboard, backing vocals
Rev. Bruce Johnson : bass, backing vocals
Alfredo (Fred) Alias : drums, lead vocals on SO LOW, co-lead vocal on REFUNKANATION

Alfredo Alias excellentissime batteur déjà évoqué dans le post du "Saint & Sinners" de Jean Paul Bourelly.

Kelvynator c'est le nom du groupe je crois qu'il existe un autre album mais n'en suis pas certain.

Produit et écrit par Kelvyn Bell
Label : Enemy Records

Defunkt - Defunkt (1980)

Essentiel, unique et incontournable !


01. Make Them Dance
02. Strangling Me With Your Love
03. In The Good Times
04. Blues
05. Defunkt
06. Thermonuclear Sweat
07. Melvin's Tune
08. We All Dance Together



Backing Vocals - Clarice Taylor (tracks: 2, 8), Janos Gat (tracks: 4), Michael Riesman (tracks: 4) 

Backing Vocals, Percussion [Additional] - Charles Bobo Shaw (tracks: 1, 2) 

Bass - Melvin Gibbs
Drums - Ronnie Burrage
Flute, Saxophone - Byron Bowie 

Guitar - Kelvyn Bell , Martin Aubert
Keyboards - Martin Fischer
Producer - Janos Gat

Producer, Arranged By [Horns] - Byron Bowie
Trombone, Vocals - Joseph Bowie 

Trumpet - Ted Daniel (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Recorded at Big Apple Studios, New York.
Label: Hannibal

Crowd Pleasers - Crowd Pleasers (1979)

Westbound Records,

Si vous avez des infos sur cet album je suis preneur.

Enfin voici une seul et unique album des Crowd Pleasers et c'est de la pure bombe "à la" P-Funk mode.


Arranged By [Horns] - Al Carey, John R. Trudell
Arranged By, Conductor, Orchestrated By - Crowd Pleasers

Bass - Donald Payne
Drums, Vocals - Earl E. Davis
Guitar, Vocals - Craig Moreland
Keyboards [Moog], Synthesizer - Eric Morgeson, Gary Shunk
Keyboards, Vocals - Delbert Payne
Percussion, Guitar - Leroy Emmanuel
Saxophone [Tenor] - Michael L. Roberts
Trumpet, Vocals - Al Carey

Producer - Leroy Emmanuel (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor, Orchestrated By - Bernie Mendelson

Engineer, Mixed By - Mark Calice

Photography - Jim Houghton
Artwork By - Ben Chase , Carin Goldberg

01 Freaky People
02 Let’s be friends
03 My thang
04 Funkville
05 Blessed with Rhythm
06 Disco world
07 Ohio-We’re going to dance
08 C.P.Funk (cp Theme)

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human (2001)

Merveilleux album du charismatique Michael Franti. Album concept, le format mp3 ne lui rend pas bien hommage, mieux vaut créer une liste de lecture car les titres s'enchainent.

Je pense que Gil Scott-Héron devrait être fier de lui. Cet album est très aboutit en tout point.

Bonne écoute !

Spearhead :

Michael Franti (vocals, guitar, programming)

Carl Young (vocals, flute, saxophone, keyboards, bass)

Dave Shul (guitar)

Roberto Quintana (drums, percussion).

Credit:

Zap Mama (vocals)

Cecily Ward, Evan Price (violin)

Jennifer Kloetzel (cello)
Gordon Ramos (saxophone)

Victor Castro (trombone)

Ramon Lazo (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards)

Bob Crawford (keyboards)

Jay Lane, Al Marshall (drums)

DJ Choco (drum programming)

Mary Harris (background vocals)

Woody Harrelson, Kiilu Nyasha, Brother Sunshine, Tanya Saw, Nazelah Johnson (vocals)

Troy Lampkins (cuts)

Caitlin Cornwall, Josh Klor, Mary Harris (background vocals)

Recorded at The Sugar Shack, San Francisco, California.

Audio Mixer, Producer : Michael Franti.

01. Oh My God

02. radio segment

03. Stay Human

04. radio segment

05. Rock the Nation

06. Sometimes

07. radio segment

08. Do Ya Love

09. radio segment

10. Soulshine

11. Every Single Soul

12. radio segment

13. Love'll Set Me Free

14. Thank You

15. radio segment

16. We Don't Mind

17. radio segment

18. Speaking Of Tounges

19. radio segment

20. Listener Supported

21. radio segment

22. Skin on the Drum


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Fontella Bass - Free - (1972)

Une pensée pour Fontella Bass, en écoutant la réédition de cet album sorti en 1972 chez Paula Records.
Elle ne semble pas être en très bonne santé. Si la musique et le bonheur qu'elle nous apporte peut traverser les frontières, j'espère que les ondes alpha et les pensées positives en l'écoutant peuvent aussi voyager et qu'elle lui apporterons en retour tout le réconfort qu'elle mérite.

Cet album n'a pas eu un très grand succès et je suis pas sur que la réédition CD de 2000 n'en ai eu beaucoup plus.

Pourtant voici un pur album Soul qui aurait pu sortir du Studio A.
Je n'arrive pas choper les crédits à part Maurice White (EWF) sur le titre "Rescue Me". Si quelqu'un à des infos ?

01. To Be Free
02. Hold on This Time
03. I Want Everyone to Know
04. I Need to Be Loved
05. Talking About Freedom
06. I Need Love
07. Wiping Tears
08. Now That I Found a Good Thing
09. Who You Gonna Blame
10. It Sure Is Good
11. I'm Leaving the Choice to You
12. Homewrecker
13. It's Hard to Get Back In
14. My God, My Freedom, My Home
15. Rescue Me [New Version]


Label lp : Paula Records

Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star (2001)

Il y a une chronique riche de cet album ici :

http://www.abcdr...hyst-rock-star--.html

et une interview de Saul Williams sur ce même site :

http://www.abcdr...saul-williams-.html

Je l'ai vu sur scène et il m'a marqué pour le restant de mes jours. Ce type là est incroyable, unique et entier, c'est un pur je le sais, je le sens, comme il en existe peu.

Si j'étais une jeune fille j'en serais amoureuse et j'aurais des posters de Saul Williams dans ma chambre.

Cet album est unique et inclassable.

Saul Williams, Esthero (vocals)

Jerome Jordan (guitar, background vocals)

Maryam Blacksher (viola)

Nioka Workman (cello)

Kwame Brandt-Pierce (keyboards)

Maximina Juson (bass)

Chris Eddleton, Chad Smith (drums)

Musa Bailey (programming, turntables)

Produit par Rick Rubin, Saul Williams, Kirk "Krust" Thompson, Musa Bailey.

01. La La La

02. Penny for a Thought

03. Robeson

04. Tao of Now

05. Fearless

06. Untimely Meditations

07. Om Nia Merican

08. 1987

09. Coded Language

10. Our Father

11. Wine

Ayibobo (Jean-Paul Bourelly) - Freestyle - (1993)

Envoutant !

Wilfried Ti Do Lavaud - Lead Vocal, Drums, Guitar

C#0 (Chico) Boyer -Bass, Background vocals, Drums

Ju Ju Julius House - Trap Drums

Gaston "Bonga" Jean-Baptiste - Drums, Background vocals

Jean-Paul Bourelly - Guitar, Vocals

Craig Harris - Trombone, Didjiridoo

Vincent Henry - Alto Sax

Rob Robinson - Organ

01. Dessalines

02. Lenglensou

03. Voodoo Blue

04. Ayibobo

05. Afrika

06. Sondjemen

07. Afro Logic

08. Euzelie

09. Spirits

10. Plante

11. Tchouboum

12. Sing

13. M.C. Tido

Produit et arrangé par Jean-Paul Bourelly

Label :DIW Records

Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson - WInter In America (1974)

Vu que l'hiver a du mal à se tirer je poste cet album peut être pour conjurer le mauvais sort jeté par cet hiver tout pourri.

Aujourd'hui il pleut encore, je me réécoute ce chef d'œuvre et il colle parfaitement à la mélancolie ambiante. Cet album est une merveille.

C'est hors du temps et universel à la fois. Grandiose !

Gil Scott-Heron - vocals, electric piano

Brian Jackson - vocals, acoustic & electric pianos

Danny Bowens - fender bass (était-ce la peine de le préciser ?)

Bob Adams - traps (c'est ce qui est inscrit sur la pochette ?!?!?, enfin c'est le batteur quoi !)


1. Peace Go with You, Brother As-Salaam-Alaikum
2. Rivers of My Fathers
3. A Very Precious Time
4. Back Home 
5. The Bottle
6. Song for Bobby Smith
7. Your Daddy Loves You
8. H²Ogate Blues
9. Peace Go with You Brother Wa-Alaikum-Salaam


Enregistré les 4,5 septembre et 15 octobre 1973


Label : Strata-East Records

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Master Drummer Volume One - (1994)

L'album d'aujourd'hui est un peu anecdotique puisque c'est pas vraiment l'album de musique que l'on va s'écouter tranquille confortablement installé dans son canapé un samedi pluvieux, quoi que...

L'objectif de départ est la réalisation d'un outil destiné à la production home studio et aux Dj's, comme on en trouve des centaines aujourd'hui. Ce qu'on appelle "drum breaks" ou "breakbeats".

Là on est en 1994 c'est un peu le début des cubases et des productions home studio.

D'ou l'intérêt d'une telle production je pense.

Le truc là c'est que c'est joué par l'un des batteurs les plus funky de la planète.

En toute modestie on peut lire sur son propre site web qu'il est le batteur le plus enregistré au monde, en toute simplicité.

Et c'est peut être vrai :

Marvin Gaye, The Jackson Five, Gladys Knight, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, BB King, Issac Hayes, Miles Davis, James Brown, Nina Simone, Grover Washington, Roberta Flack etc, etc...

01. He Liked It Too

02. Elect the President

03. B Plays It Cool

04. Give the Drummer Some

05. Pretty Funky Drummer

06. Tappin'

07. Purdy and Music

08. God Made B Funky

09. Bernard's Back Beat

10. Rollin' on Purdie Street

11. Black Purd's Theme

12. Funky Donkey '93

Label : Ubiquity Records