Deep Tracks 64

1. Hot Tamales – Noble Watts
2. Brutal Out Deh – The Itals
3. If It Ain’t Me – Curtis Salgado & Terry Robb
4. Hook & Boogie Pt. 1 – Abraham
5. Hold It! – Billy Butler
6. Is It Clear – Osiris
7. Loosen Up – Alan Bown
8. The Circus – Eric Rhame
9. Bolingo Ya Bougie – Orchestre OK Jazz
10. Be Easy – Sharon Jones and the Dapkings
11. If I Could Reach Out – Otis Clay
12. Get Involved - George Soule
13. Be Black – Grady Tate
14. Preacher’s Blues – The Johnny Otis Show Live
15. Devilry – Cablidos
16. Got To Be Some Changes Made – The Staple Singers
17. Boogaloo de Johnny – Johnny Pacheco (remix)
18. I’ve Got Enough – Johnny Fry
19. Anyone But You – Syl Johnson
20. Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms – Doc Watson
21. But It’s Alright – Mongo Santamaria
22. Wicked Messenger – David Nelson Trio

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Noble Watts is one of the roots of the rock n roll tree. Blistering screaming saxophone especially for the pretty girls.

The Itals released three roots albums all around 1980 and they are all crucial albums that are easily in my top 15 reggae platters. Other than the fact that Brutal Out Deh seems to have been recorded with the band in one room and the mics in another, it is a great, great song with almost perfect harmony vocals.

I was happy to grab a copy of Curtis Salgado and Terry Robb's album. Both are Oregonians I have had the pleasure of seeing many many times and both are extremely underrated musicians. Robb in particular can play anything.

Billy Butler was another builder working on the soul jazz building.He is always pictured smoking a pipe and he loved to work the volume knob to great effect.

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are the finest living proponents of real soul. Period.

Deep Tracks 63

1. Grateful Dead – Franklin’s Tower (Winterland 77)
2. Bugalu – Charlie Palmieri
3. My Soul Is My Witness – Billy Preston
4. Shadows Tell Me All – Mike Bloomfield
5. Compost Festival – Compost
6. Didn’t You Know – Gladys Knight & The Pips
7. That’s How Strong Love Is – Mary Jane Hooper
8. Love Who You Can – Clarence Reid
9. At Last – Marvin Gaye
10. Easy Come Easy Go – Coke Escovedo
11. Color of the Mood – Dave Loggins
12. Try A Little Harder – The Crusaders
13. Runnin’ Blue – Box Scaggs
14. Professor Soul – Charles Kynard
15. Shackin’ Up – Chuck Armstrong
16. Mango Jam – Herman Riley

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Whatever you think about the Grateful Dead, they were on target in 1977. The entire summer tour they just knocked em dead. High as kites, couldn't remember the words, sick to death of each other and yet when they hit the stage, it happened.

It should already be evident that I love Billy Preston's melange of funk, soul, jazz, and gospel. His output between about 1969 and 1975 is killer and for the most part remains available only on used vinyl.

It takes some balls to name your band Compost. Harold Vick's tight tenor tripped out with electronics and Jack Dejohnette's dynamism carry this tune. Why Tikal is on the cover I have no idea. Enjoy.

Not really sure who Dave Loggins is but this tune has the perfect 70's AOR vibe and totally works. You can tell me by the color of my mood. It's so gay it couldn't be gay.

The Crusader's were a 'fuzion' band with some street cred. Everyone of them had soul jazz chops and when you combine Joe Sample's fender rhodes with Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder it couldn't be further from the bad perms and too tight jeans I associate with fusion.

Deep Tracks 62

1. Do You Love Me? – The Contours

2. Don’t You Think It’s Time – Courtial w/Errol Knowles

3. Boogaloo Joe – Boogaloo Joe Jones

4. Jazz-A-Go-Go – France Gall

5. It’s Your Thing – Cold Grits

6. Can’t Get No Peace – Al Campbell

7. Shakin’ the Tree – Youssou N’Dour

8. The Prophet – Crockett, Glover, Crockett

9. Gonna Move – Derek Trucks Band

10. Cold Bear – The Gaturs

11. Dat Dere – Sheila Jordan

12. Freedom Jazz Dance – Night Blooming Jazzmen

13. Don’t Come Around Here – Mark Putney

14. A Funky Song – Ripple

15. Love the Life You Live – Black Heat

16. Swivel Hips – Willis Jackson

17. On The Up – Melvin Sparks

18. Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett (live)

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Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones was one of the first soul jazz heroes I discovered. His entire output spans a period from about 1967 to 1977 after which he retired to the church.
As far as I know he has not recorded again. His rapid fire style created an irresistible groove particularly at a time when so many in jazz were striving for the spiritual and/or free styles embodied by Coltrane, Davis, and Ornette Coleman. His work with tenor sax player Rusty Bryant is about as good as dance jazz gets.

Derek Trucks is a virtuoso guitar player and perhaps the finest modern slide player. His cover of Paul Pena's inspirational Gonna Move is brilliant particularly because the original was so damned good.

Melvin Sparks is another of the legends of jazz dance from the early 70's who, unlike Joe Jones, remains active today. A funky delight, On the Up, just moves. Like Jones, he was heavily influenced by the Black Power movement and the grooves of James Brown. They saw the light illuminating the future of jazz and it was funk. Dig it.