orgyinrhythmredux

I ripped this last week in WAV format as a favour for someone who had a big influence on my record buying many years ago.I'd forgotten just how good it is so I figured I ought to stick it up here again. Reposted from July 06 Tito is joined by Willie Bobo,Patato Valdez and Mongo Santamaria on this super heavyweight percussion rinse out from 1956 and it really rocks.Check out the pneumatic drill on the cover to get an idea of what a banging set of percussion workouts this is. Killer Driller Ear Hole Filler-Hardcore stuff beginning to end.

Claudio Madeiros for Nucleus USA from 1975. Killer Brazilian funky fusion set on an obscure little label out of San Francisco. Big tune on this is "Soar" but rest is just as good with that lovely bubbling clavinet sound on most of the tunes.If you like early 70s Azymuth,Donato,Valle and the like you'll love this. Dusty Groove review(where it's now unavailable): A fantastic batch of jazzy grooves featuring Claudio Medeiros and Victor M of the group Made In Brasil, plus other associates from the Bay Area fusion scene of the 70s! The record's got a strong mix of mellow tunes and funkier ones with touches of Brazilian jazz and CTI fusion swirled together in a San Francisco sunny mode. The set includes the incredible groover "Soar", which has nice moog bubbling through a jazzy midtempo groove and features many other great tunes like "Cachaca", "Generous", "Green Olives", "Grape Woman", and "Rotation"

Reposted from OIR september 07. I was lucky enough to pick this up on a Japanese cd reissue yesterday so here's a sonically improved rip of this CTI bomb which sounds better than my original vinyl rip. Don Sebesky for CTI from 1973.I avoided this like the plague for 30 years imagining it to be all that was bloated and bland from CTI which sure churned out some shite in it's time.Then I saw it posted last year at Le Blog de Pekis ripped @128 from the jap cd.And I downloaded it to see if my preconceptions were right.They were not.It was fantastic!Absolutely fucking fantastic!! From the Axelrod sounding "Psalm 150" and "Semi-Tough" ,the gorgeous "Song to a Seagull" to the banging fusion of "Firebird/Birds of Fire"(Mahavishnu Orchestra meets Stravinsky head on)this really is....All Killer,No Filler. AMG on the case: This may have been Creed Taylor's most ambitious single project. As the cash was flowing in the wake of Deodato's massiv...

Emiliano Salvador for Areito Cuba from 1980. Emiliano Salvador-Keyboards,Melodica,Arrangements;Trumpets-Arturo Sandoval,Manuel Mirabal,Andresito Castro,Andres Castro;Trombones-Enrique Perez,Geovani Mancebo;Bass-Eduardo Ramos;Percussion-Robero Garcia, Jose Quintana (Chango);Drums,Percussion-Frank Bejerano. Cuban jazz kicks ass! Check out the bangers "Luna Wanestein","Poly" and one of my all time raves "Son En 7/4"! Groove to the swinging "Cancion Isela" and "Con Sabor.." Fall asleep to the bolero "Tengo". Well 5 out of 6 ain't bad! All Killer No Filler.....almost!

Kenny Burrell for Fantasy from 1974. Kenny Burrell-Guitar;Jerome Richardson-Flute,Saxes;Richard Wyands-Electric Piano;Andy Simpkins-Bass;Lenny McBrowne-Drums;Mayuto Correa-Percussion Great mid 70s session from Kenny Burrell with that typical Fantasy fusion sound featuring the old club fave "Up The Street etc" by Onaje Alan Gumbs,a couple of Burrell originals, "Afro Blue" and a closing 9 minute workout of Richard Evans' "Soulero". Nice!