VA - Chris Bangs Presents The Playbox

What it is, is funky! When the acid jazz scene ruled the world it looked for its inspiration in places that other jazz fans tended to overlook. The soul jazz of the late 60s and early 70s. The music of lounge bars and small clubs that fuelled the night life of black America. This compilation brings together ten examples of the sound and is a high quality listen from start to finish.

So whether we have Lonnie Liston Smith's plea for 'Peace & Love' with its Bob Marley echoing horn lines, or Joe Bataan as band leader covering Isaac Hayes' 'Theme From the Men', this is music allied with the contemporary sounds of the day. Oliver Nelson's synth heavy 'Skull Session' or his TV hit 'Theme From The Six Million Dollar Man' covered by Richard 'Groove' Holmes show this. At the heart of these recordings are the rhythms − and as such Bernard Purdie is the star either as a solo artist or simply as the man behind the kit with Harold Alexander.

This is Funky Jazz is an entry ticket to a party that everyone should want to be invited to.
TRACKLIST
1. Johnny Hammond – Los Conquistadores Chocolatés
2. Bill Summers – Brazilian Skies
3. Roy Haynes – Quiet Fire
4. Willis Jackson – Nuther'n Like Thuther'n
5. Louie Bellson & Walfredo De Los Reyes – Sentido En Seis (Six Feeling)
6. Flora Purim – Vera Cruz (Empty Faces)
7. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Visions Of A New World (Phase II)
8. Pleasure – No Matter What
9. Fatback Band – Njia Walk
10. Johnny Lytle – Gunky
11. Patrice Rushen – Jubilation
12. Cal Tjader – Mambo Mindoro
13. Tania Maria – Yatra-tá
14. Dom Um Romao – Braun-Blek-Blu