Breakout (Vinyl LP) PrintsRecorded in 1971, organist Johnny Hammond's debut for CTI is a blessed out basket of blues and groove that covers some of the hot tunes of the day and some organ classics with enough soul power to melt the ice around the heart of even the staunchest jazz purist, who turned up his stuffed up nose. First there's the lineup: Hammond with Hank Crawford and Grover Washington, Jr., Eric Gale, Airto, Billy Cobham, Danny Moore, and bassist Johnny Williams. It
The Cannonball Adderley's famous Jazz classic beautifully covered into Afro Caribbean Jazz masterpiece
Gracious Tide
young Amha Esthàö¬Æté (he was only twenty-four when he launched his label) will be remembered as the instigator of a peaceful revolution thick with soul and rock'n'roll
A sprawling double LP that shattered the boundaries between jazz and rock
introspective version of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne
named after a brand of candy similar to M&M's
Wood Brass and Steel recorded this classic Disco Funk album in 1976 for All Platinum's Turbo label
The impact and significance of these few weeks upon Sun Ra can be measured by the growth and development of his output over the next few years
and 'On My Own'
there's also other more nuanced elements at play
the drummer Asher Gamedze
Roy continually elicits standing ovations from his audiences
