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Ain't It Funky Now
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One of the oft-overlooked facets of funk is the need to "keep it in the pocket." James Brown (the JB's for that matter) reall...
It's Your Thing
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While we've all heard countless lackluster renditions of this tune (there was a rash of them in TV commercials during the summer & f...
The Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins
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Being a musician who usually plays with the trio orchestration - and having a great deal of respect for Sonny Rollins - this album has alwa...
State of the Tenor - Joe Henderson
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Stella By Starlight For me, there aren't really any versions of Stella by Starlight that compare with Miles' Cookin' at the Plu...
The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner
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Passion Dance After the exquisite, deftly constructed melody statement of the tune's head, Tyner's opening solo is a tour de force,...
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