Details Joined by hard-grooving cohorts Neal Creque (keys), Bernard Purdie (d), Billy Butler (g), Eddie and Al Pazant (horns), Joe Armstrong (congas), and Billy Bivins (v), Pucho demonstrates on Jungle Fire! why he’s considered the absolute master when it comes to combining Latin, soul, funk, and jazz into a signature, danceable sound. The drum-driven double team of Pucho and Purdie delivers a crackling backbone of groove throughout on this incendiary set. Tracklist Side A 1 Fire …
Details An unsung monster in the pantheon of exceptional soul-jazz outings from the Prestige catalog, Fire Eater finds Bryant grooving hard in a combo that featured Idris Muhammad on drums, Wilbert Longmire on guitar, and both Bill Mason and Leon Spencer Jr. on organ. Included in this stretched-out, funky set of four originals is the title track, “Fire Eater,” which …
Details Flanked by a who’s-who of exceptional talent, which includes Bernard Purdie on drums, Jimmy Lewis on electric bass, Grant Green on guitar, and Houston Person on tenor saxophone, Charles Kynard turns in a soulful and sublimely understated set of purely grooving soul-jazz fare. Long out of print and never reissued in the U.S. on vinyl since its original release …
Details Long out-of-print, this is an absolute masterwork from Azar Lawrence (ts). Expansive, forward-leaning, richly textured, and powerfully knotty, this spiritual-tinged outing features heavyweights Julian Priester (tb), Woody Shaw (t), Ray Straughter and Hadley Caliman (f), Arthur Blythe (as), Joe Bonner (p), Clint Houston and John Heard (b), Billy Hart (d), Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Mtume, Guillerme Franco, and Kenneth Nash (per), Woody Murray (v), and the inimitable Jean Carn (voc). Essential. Tracklist Side A 1 Bridge Into The New Age2 Fatisha3 Warriors Of Peace Side B 1 Forces Of Nature2 The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love Features …
Details Long out of print and never before reissued, Azar Lawrence’s seminal album Summer Solstice returns to vinyl with an all-analog mastering from the original tapes. Originally issued in 1975, this spiritual free-jazz album remains one of the highlights of the illustrious career of Azar Lawrence, who is one of the only artists from the legendary Prestige Records era who is …
