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A Summer night of Soul Jazz, Hard Bop and Funk

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
July 25, 2023
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It's hot. Its summer. Let's ease into the night with some hard bop & soul jazz from the classic era—Lee Morgan, Ray Bryant, Bunky Green, Leo Wright and the Freedom Sounds. We'll then electrify the sounds as we move into the '70s with Eddie Harris, Bobbi Humphrey, Sun Ra and Parliament. Eventually we'll end up in the here and now of cosmic funk with William Parker and Esperanza Spalding.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:00
Lee Morgan "The Sixth Sense" from The Sixth Sense (Blue Note Records) 02:30
Hank Mobley "Dig Dis" from Soul Station (Blue Note Records) 09:15
Ray Bryant "A Song for My Father" from Sound Ray (Cadet) 15:24
Leo Wright "Soul Talk" from Soul Talk (Vortex) 21:47
Gloria Coleman "Sadie Green" from Soul Sisters (Impulse!) 27:14
Bunky Green "My Babe" from My Babe (Exodus Records) 31:40
Etta James "Sunday Kind of Love" from At Last! (WaxTime) 39:15
John Wright Trio "La Salle Street After Hours" from South Side Soul (Fresh Sound Records) 42:31
The Freedom Sounds Featuring Wayne Henderson "Love-Out" from Soul Sound System (Atlantic) 47:49
The Jimmy Owens Kenny Barron Quintet "You Had Better Listen" from You Had Better Listen (Atlantic) 54:34
Archie Shepp "Sophisticated Lady" from The Way Ahead (Impulse!) 1:03:04
Charles McPherson "Naima" from Today's Man (Mainstream Records) 1:10:12
Bobbi Humphrey "Smiling Faces Sometimes" from Dig This! (Blue Note Records) 1:17:30
Eddie Harris "Funk O Rama" from Is It In (Atlantic) 1:23:50
Esperanza Spalding "Funk the Fear" from Emily's D+Evolution (Concord Records) 1:28:49
Parliament Funkadelic "Unfunky UFO" from Mothership Connection (Casablanca) 1:34:54
Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra "UFO" from On Jupiter (Art Yard) 1:39:17
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio "Aces" from I Told You So (Colemine Records) 1:48:47
William Parker "Cosmic Funk" from Migration of Silence into and Out of the Tone world (Centering Records) 1:53:28

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