257: Jammin' with Stevie, part 2

Hi!

Today a joyous tribute to Stevie Wonder...

While compiling this enormous batch of his covers,

I had much help from all the usual suspects & fellow bloggers,

for who my respect is eternally big & everlasting!

A global thank you to all involved,

I guess you know by now who you are [:-)

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Oh, btw, the Hugo Montenegro 1974 album is called:

"Hugo in Wonder-land" and is completely mad

...

(you can check the whole thing over here)

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ENJOY!

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1. Ahmad Jamal - Superstition (4:08)

2. Ben Vereen - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (3:35)

3. Bill Holman - Isn't She Lovely (6:26)

4. Bill Ramsey & Toots Thielemans - Isn't She Lovely (4:43)

5. Blind Boys Of Alabama - Higher Ground (6:14)

6. Bob Walsh - Signed, Sealed Delivered I'm Yours (2:57)

7. Bobby Broom - Superstition (5:49)

8. Bobby Pierce - Too High (5:17)

9. Brass Fever - Boogie On Reggae Woman (4:45)

10. Buddy Fite - My Cherie Amour (3:03)

11. Button Down Brass - Superstition (5:35)

12. Cal Tjader & Charlie Byrd - My Cherie Amour (4:38)

13. Charles Earland - I Wish (2:58)

14. Charles Kynard - Superstition (4:48)

15. Charlie Palmieri - Uptight (2:31)

16. David Axelrod - Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing (3:48)

17. Dojo Cuts ft. Roxie Ray - Uptight (3:22)

18. Don Byron - Creepin' (4:55)

19. Don Patterson - Up Tight (3:21)

20. Donnie Elbert - My Cherie Amour (3:40)

21. Earl Grant - My Cherie Amour (2:27)

22. Ed Lincoln & De Savoya Combo -

My Cherie Amour (2:32)

23. Electric Indian - My Cherie Amour (3:15)

24. Estelle - Superstition (3:30)

25. Frank Wess - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (3:28)

26. Freddie Hubbard - Too High (long version) (15:55)

27. Freddie Hubbard - Too High (6:35)

28. Gary McFarland - My Cherie Amour (3:16)

29. Gene Russell - My Cherie Amour (3:19)

30. Gwen McCrae - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (4:14)

31. Hank Crawford - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (8:49)

32. Houston Person - Yester-me, Yester-you, Yesterday (4:35)

33. Hugo Montenegro - Higher Ground (4:01)

34. Hugo Montenegro - Superstition (3:30)

35. Jackson 5 - My Cherie Amour (3:38)

36. Jackson 5 - Superstition (live) (3:18)

37. James Taylor Quartet -

Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (3:23)

38. Jehro - Master Blaster [Demo Version] (3:47)

39. Jermaine Jackson - Isn't She Lovely (3:32)

40. Jermaine Jackson -

Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours (3:43)

41. Jimmy McGriff -

Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours (2:42)

42. Jimmy McGriff - Up Tight (5:31)

43. Keem-O-Sabe - My Cherie Amour (3:21)

44. Merl Saunders - Boogie On Reggae Woman (5:22)

45. Nazty - Maybe Your Baby (3:31)

46. Norman Harris - I Wish (3:55)

47. O'Donel Levy - Living For The City (5:03)

48. Paul Horn - Living For The City (4:04)

49. Paul Horn - Too High (2:43)

50. Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm

Combination & Brass - Superstition (5:20)

51. Rainer Ptacek - Pastime Paradise (4:22)

52. Reuben Howell -

I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (3:07)

53. Richard Davis - Don't Worry 'Bout A Thing (3:02)

54. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (4:10)

55. Rusty Bryant - If You Really Love Me (5:59)

56. Shirley Scott - Superstition (4:15)

57. South Side Movement - Superstition (4:03)

58. Stanley Turrentine - Boogie On Reggae Woman (5:43)

59. Takeshi Inomata & His Friends - Uptight (5:41)

60. Tequila Brass - Uptight (2:22)

61. Travis Biggs - I Wish (4:22)

62. Winston Francis - Yester Me Yester You (2:35)

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it's over 500MB, so I cut this in 3 parts,

be sure to grab 'm all in the comments...

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I did a small selection of Stevie-songs in post 144,

to get there just click the pic below [:-)

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peace,

E-mile

256: yet again...twice as nice!

Hi.

The cover squad hits town again...

Some really crazy stuff to be discovered today,

so hope ya'll enjoy this & have fun with it!

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1. Benny Golson Funky Quintet - Moanin' (7:57)

2. Billy Larkin & The Delegates - Born To Be Wild (3:19)

3. Blue Mitchell, Roy Haynes, Charles Kynard

& Charles Williams - Smiling Faces Sometimes (2:59)

4. Bobbi Humphrey - Smiling Faces Sometimes (6:18)

5. Bobby Pierce - Think (8:25)

6. Buddy Miles - Midnight Rider (3:33)

7. Carla Cook - Ode To Billie Joe (4:35)

8. Carleen Anderson - Maybe I'm Amazed (4:39)

9. Don Julian & The Larks - Respect Yourself (3:31)

10. Herbie Mann - Respect Yourself (8:52)

11. Javon Jackson - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (3:46)

12. Jeffery Smith - Moanin' (4:19)

13. Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider (4:03)

14. Jorma Kaukonen - By The Rivers Of Babylon (4:54)

15. Keem-O-Sabe - I Heard It Through The Grapvine (3:10)

16. Ken Munson - Ode To Billy Joe (3:49)

17. Lyn Collins - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (4:29)

18. Mar-Keys - Cloud Nine (9:33)

19. Mars Bonfire - Born To Be Wild (3:02)

20. Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine (4:57)

21. Mongo Santamaria - Respect (2:37)

22. Richard Groove Holmes - Tobacco Road (3:28)

23. Robert Walter - Rivers Of Babylon (3:23)

24. Soul Strings & A Funky Horn - Think (2:18)

25. Soul Survivors - Respect (2:41)

26. Tav Falco & The Panther Burns - Tobacco Road (2:21)

27. Willie Bobo - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (3:07)

28. Zulema - Maybe I'm Amazed (3:03)

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255: Africa Calling, vol.4

Hi.

Today a fresh part of my Africa Calling posts...

The first 3 (if you missed those by accident)

can be found here (1), here (2), and here (3).

I also did some sort of African Wah-Wah special once,

that you can digest here :-)

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What can I say?

When I first heard one of Fela's albums

with that great Wall Of Horns, I was totally blown away!

Every other album I heard IS kinda more of the same,

but that's just how I like it!

His legacy continues by his sons Seun & Femi,

though for me pops was the real thing...

Or the time I saw King Sunny Ade live at North Sea Jazz

in the Hague, I danced off my pants to those Telecasters

scattering away inbetween the percussion and the sweet

african queens backing up the lines Synchro System :-)

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Aaah, sweet memories!

Hope you folks enjoy today's post.

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1. African Pop Session - African Woodoo (3:10)

2. Ahmed Abdul-Malik - African Bossa Nova (6:00)

3. Akira Ishikawa & The Count Buffalo Band -

African Deer (6:18)

4. Amp Fiddler ft. Tony Allen - Afro Butt (5:17)

5. Andre Arpino - African King (1:57)

6. Andre Williams aka Jomo -

(Uhuru) African Twist (2:39)

7. Geraldo Pino - Africans Must Unite (6:13)

8. Harold Mckinny - Ode To Africa (9:09)

9. Hugh Masakela - Afro Beat Blues (6:48)

10. Kenny Dorham - Afrodisia (5:00)

11. Les Juanitos - Soul Africa (2:39)

12. Letta Mbulu - Afro Texas (3:27)

13. Manu Dibango - Africadeclic (2:16)

14. Orlando Julius - Psychedelic Afro Shop (6:16)

15. Ottawa Bros - Afro Slinky (3:27)

16. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - African Problems (5:01)

17. Sila & The Afro Funk Experience -

Funkiest Man In Africa (2:50)

18. Steve Turre - African Shuffle (8:59)

19. Willis Jackson - West Africa (6:51)

20. Zap Mama ft. Tony Allen & Meshell N'degeocello -

African Diamond (4:10)

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254: D.R.U.G.S. part 7

Hi.

Today another terrible thematic trauma,

another E-nonymous enigmatic epistle

or just another seductive, soulful sermon...

you decide :-)

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Again I must thank all my favourite musical dealers

and all the original pushermen who I own my present

well being to...THANKS!

(you know who you are!)

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1. Allen Ginsberg - Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag (2:54)

2. Billy Jones - All My Brothers Are Clean (3:18)

3. Bobby Previte - There Was Something In My Drink (6:06)

4. Charlie Hunter & Pound For Pound - Dope-a-Licious (4:46)

5. Eilen Jewell - Codeine Arms (3:38)

6. Frank Zappa - Cocaine Desicians (3:33)

7. Greyboy - Who's Gonna Be the Junkie? (6:02)

8. James Brown & The Jb's - Smokin' & Drinkin' (4:35)

9. Jerry Moore - Drugged (7:21)

10. Johnny Cash - Leave That Junk Alone

(Alabama 3 Remix) (3:04)

11. King Hannibal - The Truth Shall Make You Free (3:20)

12. London Funk Allstars - Junkies Bad Trip (5:05)

13. Marvin Gaye - Cloud Nine (3:21)

14. Marvin Whoremonger - Pusher Man (3:53)

15. Mother Earth - Stoned Woman (5:09)

16. Nat Dove & The Devils - Junkie Chase (3:18)

17. New Jersey Kings - Stoned On Denmark Street (4:46)

18. Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours - Hash Cakes (3:54)

19. Rex Garvin - Believe It Or Not (LSD) (2:40)

20. Shirley Horn - Consequences Of A Drug Addict Role (6:05)

21. Sly & The Family Stone - High, Y'All (5:43)

22. Sons Of Truth - Give It Up (4:15)

23. Soul Messengers - Junky Baby (2:45)

24. Three Sounds - Let's Go Get Stoned (3:13)

25. Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johns - Dope Head Blues (3:16)

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like the slogan of the goddes of victory says:

"Just DO it!"

253: Funky Covers On The Loose!

Hi.

Some Funkadelic/Parliament, Rare Earth, Mandrill,

Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Graham Central Station

and War are amongst here getting their covers blown!

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It's simply TOO HOT to come up with a decent theme,

so just enjoy these 25 random funky covers on the loose :-)

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1. Apostles - Mercy Mercy Me (3:31)

2. Axiom Funk - Cosmic Slop (5:17)

3. Billy Butler - I'll Bet You (2:51)

4. Blind Boys Of Alabama - You And Your Folks (5:42)

5. Bobby Bland - Fever (2:52)

6. Carl Bradney - Slipping Into Darkness (3:03)

7. Clarence Reid - Polk Salad Annie (3:55)

8. Cold Blood - I'm A Good Woman (3:01)

9. Colleen Hewitt - Reverend Lee (4:49)

10. Don Byron - Fencewalk (8:15)

11. Gotcha! - Red Hot Mamma (3:29)

12. Irma Thomas - Dancing In The Street (4:09)

13. Jackson Sisters - Rock Steady (2:48)

14. James Moody - Country City Country (6:05)

15. King Hannibal - Hymn No. 5 (7:08)

16. Klaus Weiss Orchestra - I Just Want To Celebrate (10:00)

17. Maceo Parker & The Kingsmen - Born To Wander (3:05)

18. Mel Brown - Do Your Thing (5:39)

19. Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle - Hercules (5:40)

20. Orgone - Funky Nassau (3:28)

21. Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephens -

Tell Me Something Good (6:00)

22. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Sprit Of Doo Do (6:00)

23. Simon Kenyatta Group - Soul Makossa (3:05)

24. Undisputed Truth - Ma (6:30)

25. X-Legged Sally - Hair (5:06)
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252: Messin' with Sly, part 3

HI!

Today part 3 of doing a bit of messin with Sly...

Mr. Sylvester Stewart's music has always been among

my favourite, I have all his LP's (and on CD too:-)

The 2 other parts I did are over here & here,

-in case you missed those-

pay a visit for some more messin'....

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Have fun(k) and enjoy!

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1. Bar-Kays - Dance To The Music (5:21)

2. Dennis Chambers - In Time (6:08)

3. Eddie Jefferson -

Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin (4:18)

4. Frank Owens - Everybody Is A Star (3:43)

5. Gentle Rain - Family Affair (4:16)

6. George Semper -

Thank You (4 Letting Me Be Myself) (3:06)

7. King Curtis - Sing A Simple Song (2:48)

8. Kool & The Gang - I Want To Take You Higher (4:13)

9. Lonnie Smith - I Want To Thank You (live) (9:51)

10. Mongo Santamaria - Sing A Simple Song (3:33)

11. Noble Knights - Sing A Simple Song (2:53)

12. Pollution - Underdog (3:45)

13. Shango - Thank You (7:28)

14. Telex - Dance To The Music (4:18)

15. Veit Marvos Red Point Orchestra - Family Affair (3:52)

16. Wade Marcus -

Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again (3:42)

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251; Ghetto Chronicles vol. 8

Hi.

Today a new volume of the ghetto chronicles, obviously.

A few real classics gathered here,

War gets a great "fluted" version (thanks Simon666!)

La Clave does a great "hispanosalsouled" version

AND

ofcourse Willie Hutch has a point here...

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Let's clean out the ghetto & why not?

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1. Andrew Hill Jazzpar Octet - Ghetto Echoes (11:49)

2. Bernard Lavilliers - Stand The Ghetto (4:29)

3. Carlos Garnett - Ghetto Jungle (4:34)

4. Jackie McLean - A Ghetto Lullaby (7:19)

5. James Moody - The World Is A Ghetto (6:52)

6. La Clave - The Ghetto (3:26)

7. Mark-Almond - Ghetto (6:13)

8. MFSB - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto (8:35)

9. Nat Dove & The Devils - Ghetto St. U.S.A. (Version) (3:41)

10. Nat Dove & The Devils - Ghetto St. U.S.A. (Vocal) (3:50)

11. Philadelphia International All Starts -

Let's Clean Up The Ghetto (8:34)

12. Queens Community Show Band - Ghetto Funk (5:29)

13. Sons Of Truth - The Ghetto (4:14)

14. Stevie Wonder - Village Ghetto Land (3:25)

15. Victor Green - The Ghetto (4:31)

16. Willie Hutch - Life's No Fun Livin' In The Ghetto (3:40)

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250: is it wah or not?

hi.
Today a comp on the wah wah again (finally, yeah:-)

On some tracks I'm not quite sure of what I hear IS

actually wah-wah driven, but I'll leave you be the judges to that...

it's a nice groovy comp anyhow!

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ENJOY.

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1. Atlas - Necessity (3:03)

2. Barry Miles - Life-Cycle (6:36)

3. Bloomdaddies - Moosenstein (3:37)

4. Cargo - Cross Talking (8:36)

5. Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet (7:31)

6. Critters Buggin' - Raimondi (7:18)

7. Dave Hamilton - Cracklin' Bread (2:57)

8. Eero Koivistoinen - Wahoo! (4:15)

9. Five Mix Colors - Cool Eject (5:43)

10. Freddie Hubbard - Camel Rise (6:18)

11. Funklab - No Te Cruces (2:58)

12. Godchild - Retour De Flamme (2:10)

13. Harry South - The Sweeney (Main Theme) (2:50)

14. HiM - Clouds (6:09)

15. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Stomp (7:18)

16. Jimmy Ponder - Do It Baby (6:31)

17. João Donato - The Frog (2:36)

18. John Scofield - Something’s Got A Hold On Me (4:47)

19. Mel Brown - Sad But True (2:15)

20. Nick Ingman - Down Home (2:53)

21. Richard Groove Holmes - Reachin' The Preacher (3:49)

22. Russell Gunn - Yesterdays (7:35)

23. Seks Bomba - Do You Know The Way To San Jose (2:52)

24. Soul Children - Who Is She (And What Is She To You) (5:13)

25. Trio Valore - Anxious Mo-Fo (5:15)

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249: songs for Jimi, part 2

Hi.

I'm feeling kinda better and more or less up to date enough

to post some stuff here again...

my skin feels kinda fresh and the spots which will always remind

me of me gettin on fire will be small (I hope!)

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I kinda forgot to include Jimi's "Fire" in the post me getting burned,

so I'll make up for that on today's post!

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Phil Lynott's song isn't a cover,

but have a listen and you'll understand why I included it :-)

Phil's missed a lot by me,

I still remember where I was and what I did

the day I heard he'd passed away...

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Enjoy these 20 Jimi covers and burn a candle for

Mr. Lynott, or even better,

play one of the first 3 Thin Lizzy albums very loud!!!

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( I must admit the Live & Dangerous 2LP set will also do fine)

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1. Axiom Funk - If 6 Was 9 (6:00)

2. Black Merda - Foxy Lady (instrumental)(3:13)

3. Bob Walsh - Purple Haze (5:14)

4. Bonerama - Crosstown Traffic (6:16)

5. Don Byron - If 6 Was 9 (6:39)

6. Ellen McIlwaine - Up From the Skies (3:52)

7. Gil Evans - Little Wing (1986) (15:53)

8. Gil Evans - Stone Free (14:13)

9. Gil Evans Orchestra - Gypsy Eyes (3:41)

10. Hi-Fly Orchestra - Crosstown Traffic (3:25)

11. Johnny Jones & The King Casuals - Purple Haze (3:14)

12. King Curtis - Hey Joe (2:54)

13. Lee Moses - Hey Joe (6:12)

14. Lonnie Smith - Foxy Lady (10:01)

15. Negative Space - Purple Haze (2:57)

16. Phil Lynott - A Song For Jimi (3:53)

17. Phil Upchurch - Crosstown Traffic (3:56)

18. Phil Upchurch - Voodoo Chile (2:51)

19. Praxis - Machine Gun (12:47)

20. Roy Buchanan - If 6 Was 9 (4:09)

21. Scarlet Runner - Who Knows...Power Of Soul (12:47)

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RS is kinda NOT working for me last couple of days,

so you've got to get BOTH (A+B) parts on MF ! ! !

SFTEOTU - rest in peace.....

Hi.

This is NOT how things should be.

Thanx Arkadin for the action & the pic above,

and thanks -but no thanks-

for the spineless bastard(s)

who killed this fine (mind you: private!) blog...

Me recovering from my burns seems almost

LESS significant than this shit happening :-(

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Where is the love?

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248: summertime 101

hi.
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And eternal thanx to Rab Hines & Co...
Summertime will NEVER die or be forgotten
I've got a pineapple, a few kiwi's and and a banana to peel,
find your fresh JAZZ fruits over at the incredible CIA,
hope y'all have & feel the best Summertime in years!
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respect to all the original & faithfull bloggers out here,
here's Summertime 101!
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peace, E-mile

247: Summertime 2009 bonus

Hi.

Said I was gonna do a Summertime post on June the first,

so here you are, some extra bonus tracks for free :-)

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Not all of these belong in my personal favs of this song!

Btw, Jur I think Nina is mos def gonna be in that top 10...

...and maybe that same top 10 is occupied by only women too!

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Anyways, enjoy these (if you have the stomach for it :-)

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1. Anna Moffo - Summertime (2:27)

2. Barbara Hendricks - Summertime (3:02)

3. Betsy Pecanins - Summertime (Live 1988) (4:39)

4. Carmen McRae - Summertime (2:57)

5. Cida Moreira - Summertime (2:39)

6. Courtney Pine - Summertime (4:00)

7. Dianne Reeves - Summertime [Live] (10:08)

8. Duke Jordan - Summertime (4:24)

9. Dusko Gojkovic - Summertime 1979 (6:06)

10. Dusko Goykovich - Summertime 2004 (7:24)

11. Gary Burton - Summertime (5:42)

12. Gennadi Lapenko - Summertime (2:14)

13. Golden Accordion - Summertime (5:06)

14. Hank Jones - Summertime 1958 (2:31)

15. Igor Boiko - Summertime (5:45)

16. Kenny G & George Benson - Summertime (5:41)

17. Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion - Summertime (1:45)

18. Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion - Reprise: Summertime (3:37)

19. L.A. 4 - Summertime 1978 (5:14)

20. Leonid Chizhik - Summertime (7:32)

21. Mahalia Jackson - Summertime & Motherless Child (6:42)

22. Manukyan - Summertime (7:15)

23. Michel Petrucciani - Summertime (7:40)

24. Modern Jazz Quartet - Summertime (1974) (7:47)

25. Mongol - Summertime (3:58)

26. Patricia Kaas - Summertime (2:35)

27. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Summertime (8:10)

28. Symphonic Rock Orchestra - Summertime (5:32)

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246: Summertime 2009 !

Hi.

Finally.

Summer started here in Holland.

So it's Summertime-time!

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Never mind me getting BBQ'd

-pass me the garlic sauce & a fresh cold beer -

I'm having my Summertime party 2009 as if nothing happened!

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Yousa, Blimey & said a little thank you to the

Genuine-Overrated-Dude!

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You all know how much I like this song,

and especially the millions of times it has been covered...

so here are some extreme & less extreme versions for y'all,

hope you won't get silly playing em all at once

- it's over 6 hours of continuous summertime-

[:-)
I must thank all the wonderful people out there like

Simon666, El Goog, Ish, Arkadin, Nikos, MFS-equipe (Pier!),

Reza, Greg, Katonah, Rab Hines & CIA posse,

Selim (and all others over at DBN!!!), Brian,

Smooth, pcvphunk, Into The Rhythm-crew, Bacoso, Vesper,

BeeQ, 17 Green Buicks, Ambrose, Cheeba, Wara Katsu,

OufarKhan, Pretoria, Dr. Johnny Fever, even Kevin

and lotsa other great folks I am probably

forgetting to mention right now...

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It's quite a bunch alltogether,

(I mean the Summer-time versions of today's post:-)

so you have to do all 4 DL-links in order to get the complete picture!

-Let's have A SPLENDID Summertime (again):

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1. Ada Moore - Summertime (4:39)

2. Afro-Blues Quintet + 1 - Summertime (2:21)

3. Aida Cooper & Nite Life - Summertime (4:29)

4. Albert Ayler - Summertime (8:46)

5. Andre Ceccarelli Trio ft. Biréli Lagrène

- Summertime (Tribute To Mr. Jimmy Smith) (6:52)

6. The Apollo Stars (L. Ron Hubbard) - Summertime (11:04)

7. Art Blakey - Gershwin Medley (incl. Summertime) (5:59)

8. Arthur Blythe & Queen Bey - Summertime (6:25)

9. Athome Project - Summertime [Vocal Dub] (4:44)

10. Biréli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc - Summertime (6:02)

11. Bob Walsh - Summertime (8:29)

12. Boyd Raeburn - Boyd Raeburn - Summertime (1945) (2:54)

13. Boyd Raeburn - Summertime (1946) (2:59)

14. Bruno Martino - Summertime (3:31)

15. Bu Pleasant - Summertime (10:31)

16. Carol Sloane - I Love You Porgy - Summertime (5:33)

17. Charles Earland - Summertime (live) (11:07)

18. Charlotte Church - Summertime (3:02)

19. Chris Connor - Summertime (3:13)

20. Dick Hyman & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

- Summertime (7:04)

21. Dizzy Gillespie - Summertime (1970) (3:46)

22. Don Byas - Summertime (2:50)

23. Don Cavalli - Summertime (2:30)

24. Eddie Henderson - Summertime (8:42)

25. Elbow & The BBC Concert Orchestra - The Bones Of You (5:12)

-there IS a Summertime in there!-

26. Elvin Jones & Richard Davis - Summertime (11:37)

27. Ganelin Trio - Summertime (4:48)

28. Gare Du Nord - Summertime (5:12)

29. Great Revival Orchestra - Summertime (3:03)

30. Helen Merrill & Gil Evans - Summertime (4:30)

31. Helen Merrill & Teddy Wilson - Summertime (3:47)

32. I Giganti - Summertime (4:37)

33. Inge Brandenburg - Summertime (5:00)

34. Jacintha - Summertime (6:13)

35. Jacobs Brothers - Summertime (5:47)

36. Jane Ira Bloom - (Nearly) Summertime (5:24)

37. Jason Rebello - Summertime (5:02)

38. Jazz Guitar Night At The Crow - Summertime (6:59)

39. Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake - Summertime (4:33)

40. Jim Hall - Summertime (4:13)

41. Jimmy Ponder - Summmertime (4:31)

42. Julie London - Summertime (3:11)

43. Kari Gaffney - Summertime (5:58)

44. Keiko Lee - Summertime (5:09)

45. Khan Jamal Quintet - Summertime (4:23)

46. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Summertime (1:43)

47. Los Mozambiques - Viva Tirado (4:33)

48. Lou Donaldson - Summertime (5:45)

49. Marcus Roberts - Summertime (6:31)

50. Martin Taylor - Summertime (2:38)

51. Mikey Jr. - Summertime (3:21)

52. Miles Davis - Summertime Live Album Version (2:55)

53. Mongo Santamaria - Summertime (4:45)

54. New York Voices - Summertime (7:42)

55. Oscar Peterson - Summertime (3:00)

56. Oscar Peterson - Summertime (5:22)

57. Paul Desmond - Summertime (3:54)

58. Paul Rose - Summertime (4:36)

59. Rhoda Scott - Summertime (6:48)

60. Richard Groove Holmes - Summertime (4:57)

61. Sasha Masakowski - Summertime (6:39)

62. Sheila Landis - Summertime (5:24)

63. Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins - Summertime (5:58)

64. Terumasa Hino - Summertime (3:02)

65. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Summertime (4:57)

66. Walter Bishop Jr. - Summertime (2:59)

67. Walter Bishop Jr.'s 4th Cycle - Summertime (5:47)

68. Warne Marsh & Hank Jones - Summertime (7:44)

69. Wes Montgomery - Summertime (7:34)

70. Willis Jackson - Summertime (6:24)

71. Woody Herman - Summertime (3:47)

72. Zoot Sims - Summertime (5:23)

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245: burned by fire....

Hi....

yeah,

that's me lying there...

accident happened while burning down a pile of bearing wood.

hopefully all will be better or even OK in a week or two...

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within ten days summer starts and I have to stay out of the sun...

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no matter what, the GIANT Summertime versions post

will be here June the first :-)

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people PLEASE be safe working with fire!!!

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1. Ben Harper - Burn One Down (3:31)

2. Betty Carter - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (2:25)

3. Black Heat - Rapid Fire (1:35)

4. David "Fathead" Newman - Fire Weaver (7:12)

5. Dennis Coffey - Wings Of Fire (7:39)

6. Eric Burdon and The Animals - Ring of Fire (4:57)

7. Francy Boland & The Orchestra - Cross Fire (6:06)

8. Franz Ferdinand - This Fire (4:14)

9. Hayseed Dixie - This Fire (3:24)

10. JJ Grey & Mofro - On Fire (4:26)

11. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Burn It Off (2:56)

12. Larry Young - Fuel For The Fire (6:14)

13. Magnus - Buttburner (4:42)

14. Mr. Confuse - Feel The Fire (4:21)

15. Oscar Brown, Jr. - Feel The Fire (3:31)

16. Parov Stelar - Your Fire Feat. Luke (3:01)

17. Pointer Sisters - Fire (3:30)

18. R.L. Burnside - Fireman Ring The Bell (4:00)

19. Ray LaMontagne - Burn (2:54)

20. Roland Kirk - Sweet Fire (6:07)

21. Seun Kuti - Fire Dance (8:10)

22. Sexteto Excellencio - Fire Eater (5:41)

23. Soul Messengers & The Spirit of Israel

- Burn Devil Burn (3:55)

24. Sunbirds (Klaus Weiss Sextet) - Fire Dance (4:42)

25. Zior - Your Life Will Burn (3:13)

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244: another twice as nice...

Hi.

Today 4 great tunes get their twice as nice:

The immortal Ode To Billie Joe.

(the saga continues :-)

The Brook Benton classic.

(the Mark Lanegan version I already put out on post nr.29,

the Margie Joseph version on post nr.235 and maybe

the most famous by Bobby Bland over at post nr.48)

The Buddy Buie/James Cobb/Harry Middlebrooks Jr.

/Mike Shapiro song, made famous by a.o. the Classics IV.

And finally the Hammerstein/Rodgers song which needs

ofcourse no further introduction...

(also a few versions on post nr.196)

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Enjoy, and before I forget:

thanks to all the original bloggers out there,

without whom this constantly cosy, coincidental corny

cover-continuum couldn't continue co-exist...

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1. Africa - Louie, Louie + Ode To Billy Joe (5:38)

2. Billy Larkin & The Delegates - Spooky (3:16)

3. Cal Tjader - Spooky (4:14)

4. Charles Earland - My Favorite Things (5:58)

5. Daly Wilson Bigband - Ode To Billy Joe (5:05)

6. Dorothy Ashby - My Favorite Things (5:48)

7. Doug Sahm - I'll Take Care Of You (4:21)

8. Earl Gaines - I'll Take Care Of You (2:49)

9. Eric Alexander Quartet - My Favorite Things (10:26)

10. Etta James - I'll Take Care Of You (4:59)

11. Gene Russell - My Favorite Things (4:51)

12. Howard Roberts Quartet - Spooky (2:43)

13. Irma Thomas - I'll Take Care Of You (3:21)

14. Jaki Byard - Ode To Billy Joe (5:03)

15. Joe Tex - Ode To Billie Joe (4:37)

16. John McLaughlin, Joey DeFrancesco, Elvin Jones

- My Favorite Things (6:16)

17. Johnny Hammond Smith - Ode To Billie Joe (3:18)

18. Louis Prima ft. Sam Butera & The Witnesses

- Ode To Billy Joe (2:58)

19. Mick Hucknall - I'll Take Care Of You (2:56)

(yeah I know; it isn't actually that bad at all :-)

20. Stanley Turrentine - Spooky (2:58)

21. Tav Falco Panther Burns - I'll Take Care Of You (3:04)

22. Tony Monaco - Ode To Billie Joe (radio edit) (8:24)

23. Van Morrison - I'll Take Care Of You (5:19)

24. Vidar Busk - Spooky (4:50)

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243: cats & co vol.4

hi.

Today another celebration for cat-related stuff & co!

I'm really starting to believe a cat can have (at least) 9 lives,

our oldest (pushin 20 I think!) has spend almost all 9,

and is kinda reaching for his 10th...

He's just a stubborn kinda fellow, I guess :-)

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Anywho, here's a fresh workout on the cat-theme,

widely various and with totally thematic terror,

I must thank -once again- all the folks I met on

my musical journeys (you know who you are!) and only

can hope some of you enjoy this cats & kittens comp!

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1. Bill Rieflin, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn -

Hootenanny At The Pink Pussycat (2:12)

2. Bootsy Collins - Fat Cat (7:07)

3. Cujo - Cat People (5:50)

4. Dave Douglas - Kitten (4:23)

5. Gianluca Petrella - Pussy Hair (4:24)

6. Ink spots - That Cat Is High (2:56)

7. James Taylor Quartet - The Cat (3:12)

8. Joey DeFrancesco - The Cat (4:56)

9. Klaus Doldinger - Waltz Of The Jive Cats (3:04)

10. Marcin Wasilewski - The Cat (9:58)

11. Memphis Slim & Canned Heat -

Black Cat Cross My Trail (3:04)

12. Nucleus - Alley Cat (14:10)

13. Ronnie Foster - Cheshire Cat (8:05)

14. Roshell Anderson - When The Cats Away (3:30)

15. Routine Jazz Sextet - The Crosseyed Cat (3:38)

16. Ruder Than You - Pussy Cat's Revenge (3:06)

17. Terry Gibbs - The Big Cat (4:29)

18. Tiki Tones - What's New Pussycat (3:35)

19. Tony Monaco - Roz Da Cat (8:19)

20. Z For Zafra - This Cats On Fire (3:21)

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242: Fuc*in Flutes Forever, fart 7

Hi.

Friends of the flute, for today it's another

of them fine & friendly & fantastic fiesta's!

Some famous flautists, a bit of furious flutin, flaflafla...

I'll finalize with this fabulous phrase:

Fu*kin-Flutes-Forever!!!

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Feel free to dig in:

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1. Air - B.K. (8:57)

2. Bobby Hughes Experience

- The Piper Cherokee (5:43)

3. Bu Pleasant - Melody For Bu (4:57)

4. Charlie Munro Quartet - Japanese Love Song (4:40)

5. Chico Hamilton - Caravan (3:21)

6. Company - La Culebra, Pt. 1 (3:34)

7. David Fathead Newman - Symphonette (8:49)

8. George Adams & Don Pullen - Places & Faces (3:34)

9. Harvey Mason - Modaji (6:53)

10. Herbie Mann - Can You Dig It (5:18)

11. Jabula - Thunder (3:56)

12. James Moody - Good Sense Humour Man (3:29)

13. Jazz Band De Free - Tema De Fatiga (6:37)

14. Ken McIntyre - 96.5 (4:25)

15. Piero Piccioni - Slow Flute Beat (2:27)

16. Soul Flutes - Try A Little Tenderness (3:08)

17. Thomas Chapin Trio - Aeolus (6:02)

18. Timewarp Inc. - D’azour Cotaz (4:46)

19. Togashi & Newherd - Canto IV (3:22)

20. Walter Bishop - Coral Keys (5:42)

21. Yusef Lateef - Nu-Bouk (7:40)

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241: instrumentals, part 4

Hi.

Today I'll shut up, except for this:

Thank you KC,(THE ALMIGHTY KING CRYPT)

Thank you Ish, (let alone the Nine Sisters)

Thank you Footrack,

Thank you Quit Smoking Monday,

Thank you all FOR PAYING ATTENTION,

(to my feeds, needs, reeds & deeds)

&

thank you for exploring this rather 100%

splendid mix I compiled after, well let's call it another

mindblowing night by myself, me & I...

let's NOT waste anymore of them typo's

&

just enjoy the show...

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(1 of the best I did over here, so if you've got about

1 and a half hour to explore, well, here's your mix!)

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1. Aiyb Dieng - Boka Devotion (6:07)

2. Benevento Russo Duo - Bronko's Blues (6:20)

3. Bernie Worrell - The Mask (7:43)

4. Billy Larkin & The Delegates - Agent Double-O-Soul (2:20)

5. Don Patterson - Muse Blues (17:57)

6. Hank Marr - Back Slop (4:05)

7. Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke - Fire In The Zoo (3:36)

8. Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Sly (4:07)

9. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Never Better (3:29)

10. Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro - Blues Of The Kilimanjaro (3:36)

11. Ramsey Lewis - Jade East (2:55)

12. Sir Richard Bishop - Taqasim For Omar (7:15)

13. Stanley Turrentine - Lonely Avenue (8:10)

14. Steve Turre - Since I Fell For You (5:40)

15. Vernon Reid & Masque - Enjoy The Silence (6:39)

16. Zunk - Meny Un (Minus One) (4:11)

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240: Devilish doings, part 5

Hi.

Today an 18 track helluva comp, in which all songs

in some way (or another) have dealings with the devil.

Good and bad are all flavours of the same pie,

I think one can't exist without the other either...

It ranges from all different musical angles, blues, jazz,

rap, klezmer, punk-funk, soul & even a bit of disco...

Yeah, the devil's work is never done,

I dare you to dwell a bit in my fifth delicious devil-doings

and remember that most of you co-bloggers are a

delightful mob of deranged & difficult dwellers...

No pun intended :-)

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Be good, be safe and above all: Enjoy!

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1. Ahmad Jamal - Devil's In My Den (4:36)

2. Barney Wilen - Old Devil Moon (6:21)

3. C .J. & CO. - Devil's Gun (7:04)

4. Charles Mingus - Devil Woman (9:43)

5. Cracow Klezmer Band - Devil Circle (5:00)

6. Curtis Knight - The Devil Made Me Do It (2:36)

7. Gene Anderson - The Devil Made Me Do It (3:06)

8. Gerry Hemingway - Devils Paradise (7:23)

9. Henry Threadgill - The Devil Is On The Loose

And Dancing With A Monkey (6:43)

10. James White & The Blacks - White Devil (4:36)

11. Jay McShann - Blue Devil Jump (3:25)

12. Jeru The Damaja - Ain't The Devil Happy (3:44)

13. Kenny Barron - Lucifer (5:32)

14. Reverend Gary Davis - Say No To The Devil (4:01)

15. Sir Richard Bishop - Fingering The Devil (5:50)

16. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:15)

17. Voodoo Trombone Quartet - Devil Take The Hindmost (3:35)

18. Zerosen - Whisper Of Devil (5:46)

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239: with an "E" please...

Hi.

Today a workout on a idea I got from a track on

my dearly beloved Last Of The Hipmen CD...

One of the splendid tracks is titled

"With An "E" Please",

and

coincidentally

my first name starts with that character also...

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Anyways, a link is quickly made in whatsever

left of my brain, so here you have it,

a nice & diverse 16 track mix

on songs that have a thing for the "E"...

and yes, my lucky number happens to be 16, so...

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"E"njoy!

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1. Abraham Burton - E=MC2 (3:54)

2. Bill Frisell - Beautiful E (3:24)

3. Cannnonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra - Experience in E (19:36)

4. Chico Hamilton Quintet ft. Eric Dolphy - Lady 'E' (2:40)

5. Corduroy - E-Type (4:29)

6. Frank Foster - E.W. Beautiful People (8:49)

7. George Benson - Em (4:56)

8. Huey Simmons - E=Mc2 (16:53)

9. Joe McPhee - E=MC2 (9:52)

10. Last Of The Hipmen - With An E Please (5:30)

11. Liquid Soul - New E (4:17)

12. Miroslav Vitous - Concerto In E Minor (5:30)

13. Mother Earth - Jonathan E (3:33)

14. Nathan Davis - Mister E. (3:20)

15. Roland Kirk - Lady E (3:20)

16. Tindersticks - E Type (2:52)

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238: What is F.U.N.K. vol.5

Hi.

Today a fresh workout on the eternal question...

"what the f*ck is funk?"

Several answers to this tricky question can be

found in some older posts I did over here,

I guess the answer to this enigma isn't one

that's tied to a genre, era or even artists...

It's just the FUNK!

(though some of the today's solutions

are a bit onthe "smoother" side!)

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Go for this fifth instalment,

and while you're at it,

try not to forget that the funk isn't

always what it seems to be...

even if you thought so all your life....

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Hope you'll enjoy these ones - again -

I musn't forget to thank all the original bloggers,

without whom this freaky funky festival

couldn't flow forever freely ....

(you know who you are!!!)

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Let's go happy go funky!

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1. Aiyb Dieng - Soweto Funk (9:09)

2. Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Funky Chicken (2:16)

3. Andre Brasseur - Funky (4:09)

4. Backyard Heavies - Funky Space Man (4:43)

5. Bamboos - Funky Buttercup (3:32)

6. Bernie Worrell - Funk-A-Hall-Licks (5:22)

7. Brigth Engelberts - Tolambo Funk (5:46)

8. Chop Shop - Funkey (2:14)

9. Chosen Few - Funky Buttercup (2:47)

10. Crossfire - Freddy Funkbump (4:33)

11. Delta Rhytm Section - Funkin Fever (2:41)

12. Duncan Lamont - Funky Express (2:59)

13. Eddie Henderson - The Funk Surgeon (4:57)

14. Funk'n'stein - FunKey (5:01)

15. Gene Harris - Funky Business (4:06)

16. George Adams Quintet - Funk-A-Roonie-Peacock (14:05)

17. Hustletron - East River Funk (3:46)

18. Inner Drive - Smell The Funk (3:14)

19. Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Sunk In The Funk (9:18)

20. Mantecao Y Su Combo - Achilifunk (3:27)

21. McNeal & Niles - Punk Funk (5:29)

22. Peter King - Afro Funk (3:57)

23. Piero Piccioni - Funky Lovers (1:57)

24. Speak Low - Funky Falafel (3:44)

25. Toots & The Maytals ft. Bootsy Collins - Funky Kingston (4:05)

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238 what is funk vol.5 (RS-190MB)

237: another twice as nice...

Hi.

Today a little update on the wicked, weird world

of them twice as nice posts...

hope you'll like 'm, hope to be back here soon!

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Be good & be safe.

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1. Cal Tjader - I Say a Little Prayer (3:28)

2. Don Julian & The Larks - Let's Stay Together (3:37)

3. Helen Merrill & Gil Evans - I'm Just A Lucky So And So (3:12)

4. Houston Person - Let's Stay Together (6:25)

5. Howard Roberts Quartet - I Say A Little Prayer (2:19)

6. James Taylor Quartet - I Say A Little Prayer (3:01)

7. Jimmy Gordon & His Jazznpops Band - Sunny (5:07)

8. Jimmy McGriff - Let's Stay Together (2:44)

9. Jimmy Ponder - Sunny (6:42)

10. Johnny Hammond Smith - What's Going On (9:45)

11. Julius Brockington - Let's Stay Together (3:29)

12. Junior Tucker - Let's Stay Together (4:01)

13. Junior Walker - Feeling Alright (4:33)

14. Maxine Brown - Sunny (2:40)

15. Maxine Weldon - Feeling Alright (4:13)

16. Pollo Del Mar - I Say A Little Prayer (2:44)

17. Profile - Let's Stay Together (4:09)

18. Ray Anderson - Intro,I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So (7:10)

19. Reuben Wilson - I Say A Little Prayer (8:09)

20. Stanley Turrentine - Sunny (7:23)

21. Zerosen - What's Going On (7:06)

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