Willie Nelson (feat. LeeAnn Womack) “Mendocino County Line”

Happy 87th birthday, Willie Nelson!  To celebrate a treasured legend of country music, a tune that he recorded nearly two decades ago that yours truly enjoyed the first time he heard it.  From Nelson’s 2002 “The Great Divide” record, with guest vocalist LeeAnn Womack, here’s their duet, “Mendocino County Line”.

The Derek Trucks Band "Cheesecake"

From a performance on "Mountain Stage" here's The Derek Trucks Band with the Dexter Gordon tune, "Cheesecake".  Not sure what year this is from, even though yours truly has followed Derek's playing, for years, with the Allman Brothers, the Derek Trucks Band, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and the stint where he toured with Eric Clapton in 2006-2007.  Very interesting to see him playing jazz, and without using a slide, perhaps in Open E tuning, but I can't say for sure. 

Chick Corea Elektric Band “Dragon”

In a 1987 performance, live from the Munich Philharmonic in Munich, Germany, here's the Chick Corea Elektric Band with their composition, "Dragon".  The band lineup is the classic lineup featuring Chick Corea on keyboards, Frank Gambale on guitar, Eric Marienthal on alto saxophone, John Pattitucci on bass, and Dave Weckl on drums. Watch the video on YouTube.

The Lao Tizer Band "Metropolis"

Check out The Lao Tizer Band and their 2018 song "Metropolis" released on the recording "Songs From The Swinghouse" released the same year.  The band lineup is:

Eric Marienthal – alto sax 
Steve Nieves – tenor sax 
Chieli Minucci – guitar 
Ric Fierabracci – fretless bass 
Cheikh N’Doye – ngoni bass 
Gene Coye – drums 
Munyungo Jackson – percussion 
Carey Frank – B3 organ 
Bijon Watson – trumpet 
Ryan Dragon – trombone 
Karen Briggs – 1st violin 
Rachel Grace – 2nd violin 
Nikki Shorts – viola 
Artyom Manukyan – cello 
Lao Tizer – grand piano, Fender Rhodes

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-26-20

Mongo Santamaria "Entra Orichas" (Remastered)

1. Cancion a Ochun
2. Cancion a Chango
3. Cancion a Obatala
4. Cancion a Oya
5. Para Ochun
6. Para Chango

Mongo Santamaria "Drums And Chants"

1. Margarito
2. Caumbia
3. Columbia
4. Abaca Ecu Sagare
5. Yroco
6. Ochun
7. Bembe Kinigua
8. Druma Kuyi
9. Consejo Al Vive Bien
10. Moforiborere
11. Oromiso
12. Congo Mania

Mongo Santamaria "Watermelon Man"

1. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock cover)
2. Funny Money
3. Cut That Cane
4. Get The Money
5. The Boogie Cha-Cha Blues
6. Don't Bother Me No More
7. Love, Oh Love
8. Yeh-Yeh
9. The Peanut Vendor (Moises Simons composition)
10. Go Git It!
11. Bayou Roots
12. Suavito
13. Guaguanco Mania - Live
14. A Little Dab'll Do Ya - Live
15. Que Maravillosa - Live
16. I'll Remember April - Live (Frank Sinatra cover) (Songwriters, Don Raye, Gene De Paul & Patricia Johnston)
17. Afro Blue - Live
18. Mazacote - Live

Mongo Santamaria "Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits"

1. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock cover)
2. Cloud Nine
3. Sitting On The Dock of The Bay (Otis Redding cover)
4. We Got Latin Soul
5. Fat Back
6. Twenty-Five Miles
7. Cold Sweat (James Brown cover)
8. Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG's cover)
9. The Now Generation
10. La Bamba (Richie Valens cover)
11. El Pussy Cat
12. Mongo's Boogaloo
13. Chili Beans
14. Ah Ha
15. I Wanna Know
16. Afro Blue - Live

Mongo Santamaria "Mr. Watermelon Man"

1. La Bamba (Richie Valens cover)
2. Fatback
3. Summertime (George & Ira Gershwin cover)
4. Manha de Carnaval
5. Jose Outside
6. Coconut Milk
7. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock cover)
8. Do It To It
9. Ricky Tick
10. Streak O'Lean
11. Just Say Goodbye
12. From Me To You All

Mongo Santamaria "El Pussy Cat"

1. El Pussy Cat
2. Afro Lypso
3. Ah Ha
4. Together
5. Ritmo Negro
6. La Gitana
7. Cuidado
8. Sarai
9. Hammer Head
10. Black-Eyed Peas

Mongo Santamaria "El Bravo"

1. El Bravo
2. Casabe
3. Miedo
4. Black Stockings
5. Monica
6. Lucky Mambo
7. Cinderella
8. La Justicia
9. Ole Guajira
10. Estrada Do Sol
11. Mantequero

Mongo Santamaria "Hey! Let's Party"

1. Walk On By (Burt Bachrach & Hal David cover)
2. I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown cover)
3. In The Mood (Glen Miller cover)
4. Baila Dance
5. Louie, Louie (The Kingsmen cover)
6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones cover)
7. Hey!
8. Call Me
9. El Bikini
10. Shotgun

Mongo Santamaria "Mongomania"

1. I Wanna Know
2. Mongo-Nova
3. Old Clothes
4. The Goose
5. Mamacita Lisa
6. Mongo's Boogaloo
7. Bossa-Negra
8. Funny Man
9. Melons
10. Cuco and Olga

Mongo Santamaria "Explodes at the Village Gate"

1. Philadelphia
2. Juan Jose
3. Bloodshot
4. Afro Blue
5. Yes It Do
6. Mongoettes
7. Springtime
8. No More
9. Elephant Pants

Mongo Santamaria "Santa Maria"

1. Obatala
2. Me Reina Guajira
3. Mambo Leah
4. Sheila
5. Boogaloo Wow
6. Me And You Baby (Picao Y Tostao)
7. Naked If You Want To
8. Mama Papa Tu
9. Afro American
10. Naked If You Want To - Live
11. Afro American - Live
12. Mi Rena Guajira - Live
13. Philadelphia - Live
14. Obatala - Live

Mongo Santamaria "Soul Bag"

1. In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett cover)
2. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Jimmy Reed cover)
3. Sitting On The Dock of The Bay (Otis Redding cover)
4. Hot Dog (Elvis Presley cover)
5. Cold Sweat (James Brown cover)
6. My Girl (The Temptations cover)
7. Respect (Aretha Franklin cover)
8. Up, Up And Away
9. Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG's cover)
10. Groovin' (The Young Rascals cover)
11. Chili Beans

Mongo Santamaria "Stone Soul"

1. See-Saw
2. Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield cover)
3. Love Child
4. Where We Are
5. Hitchcock Railway (Joe Cocker cover)
6. Stoned Soul Picnic (Laura Nyro cover)
7. Who's Making Love
8. The Now Generation
9. Little Green Apples
10. Cloud Nine

Mongo Santamaria "Workin' On A Groovy Thing"

1. Workin' On A Groovy Thing
2. Spinning Wheel (Blood, Sweat, & Tears cover)
3. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
4. We Got Latin Soul
5. Getting It Out of My System
6. Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
7. It's Your Thing (The Isley Brothers cover)
8. My Cherie Amour (Stevie Wonder cover)
9. Get Back (Beatles cover)
10. Ain't That Peculiar
11. Twenty Five Miles

Mongo Santamaria "Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits"

1. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock cover)
2. Cloud Nine
3. Sitting On The Dock of The Bay (Otis Redding cover)
4. We Got Latin Soul
5. Fat Back
6. Twenty-Five Miles
7. Cold Sweat (James Brown cover)
8. Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG's cover)
9. The New Generation
10. La Bamba (Richie Valens cover)
11. El Pussy Cat

Mongo Santamaria "Mongo '70"

1. Windjammer
2. Yesterday's Tomorrow
3. March of the Panther
4. Look Away
5. Night Crawler
6. The Whistler
7. Adobo Criollo
8. Mo' Do'
9. Grass Roots
10. Dedicated To Love

Mongo Santamaria "Feelin' Alright"

1. Feelin' Alright (Traffic cover)
2. Fever (Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell song, originally performed by Peggy Lee)
3. Hip Hug-Her (Booker T. & The MG's cover)
4. Hold On! I'm Comin' (Sam & Dave cover)
5. I Can't Get Next To You (The Temptations cover)
6. Sunshine of Your Love (Cream cover)
7. Heighty-Hi (Lee Michaels cover)
8. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly cover)
9. On Broadway (The Drifters cover)
10. Tracks of My Tears (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles cover)
11. By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Jimmy Webb cover)

Mongo Santamaria "Mongo at Montreux"

(Live, Montreux Jazz Festival, 1971)

1. Come Calenda
2. Climax
3. Disappear
4. Marty's Tune
5. Soleil
6. Conversation In Drums
7. I Wanna Know
8. Watermelon Man (Reprise)
9. Standing Ovation
10. Cloud Nine
11. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock cover)

Mongo Santamaria "Fuego"

1. Crazy Lady
2. Don't Step On My Tears
3. Chambique
4. Teminha Pra Bebe
5. Last Tango In Paris
6. Besame
7. Springtime
8. Malcolm X
9. Fingers

Mongo Santamaria "Live at Yankee Stadium"

1. Dr. Gasca
2. Cousin Jody
3. Coyulde
4. Black Dice
5. Naked
6. Leah

Mongo Santamaria "Afro-Indio"

1. Creepin'
2. Funk Up
3. Mambomongo
4. Funk Down
5. Los Indios
6. Lady Marmalade (Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan cover)
7. The Promised Land
8. What You Don't Know
9. Song For You
10. Midnight And You

Mongo Santamaria "Sofrito"

1. Iberia
2. Cruzan
3. Spring Song
4. Sofrito
5. O Mi Shango
6. Five On The Color Side
7. Secret Admirer
8. Olive Eye
9. Princess

Furthur (feat. Trey Anastasio) "Truckin' " & "The Other One"

Recorded at the 2013 Lockn' Festival in Arrington, Virginia, on September 7th, 2013, here's Furthur (another Grateful Dead offshoot band) with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Jeff Chimenti, and Joe Russo (on guitar & vocals, bass & vocals, keyboards, and drums, respectively), featuring Trey Anastasio on lead guitar, playing a medley of Grateful Dead tunes, "Truckin' ", and "The Other One". 

John Prine, Austin City Limits, 2018

It is a Full Concert Friday this week, continuing to remember John Prine and his musical legacy.  Here's the entirety of his 2018 performance on Austin City Limits.  The show was taped at The Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.  The band lineup is:

John Prine - lead vocals, guitar
Jason Wilber - lead guitar, vocals
David Jacques - acoustic & electric bass, vocals
Kenneth Blevins - drums
Fats Kaplin - fiddle, pedal steel, mandolin, electric guitar, vocals
with special guest: Tyler Childers - vocals, acoustic guitar

The set list.

1. Knockin' On Your Screen Door
2. Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln, Nebraska 1967 (Crazy Bone)
3. Summer's End
4. Caravan of Fools
5. Lonesome Friends of Science
6. Illegal Smile
7. Boundless Love
8. Please Don't Bury Me (feat. Tyler Childers)
9. Lady May (feat. Tyler Childers)
10. Lake Marie
11. When I Get To Heaven

Encore:

12. Paradise (feat. Tyler Childers)

Medeski, Martin, & Wood "Big Time"

From a show at the Umbria Jazz Festival, sometime in the early 2000s, probably 2005 or 2006, here's Medeski, Martin, & Wood playing their song "Big Time".

Tower of Power "What Is Hip?" (Social Distancing Style)

Check out the various vocalists who have fronted Tower of Power, plus, their bandleader, the one and the only, Emilio Castillo, jamming on "What Is Hip?", social distancing style.

In Memoriam: Henry Grimes

Rest In Peace, jazz double bassist Henry Grimes, who played with such artists as Sonny Rollins, Don Cherry, and Marc Ribot, as well as in his own trio.  He played with many, many great artists throughout his career.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/jazz-great-henry-grimes-rip/?fbclid=IwAR3A0ekyQaBlRG-ta2XqyCgVPOTu2GGzJniAvmkuRTEiDRw0Ht-4Ecakwf4

In Memoriam: Giuseppi Logan

We remember jazz musician and multi-reed player, Giuseppi Logan, who has died at age 84.  He was a free jazz musician, who played saxophone, clarinet, and flute.  According to a musician pal of his, who plays clarinet and trumpet, Matt Lavelle, Logan passed away due to the coronavirus.  Check out the videos of Giuseppi Logan performing, that are included in the obituary.  Rest In Peace, Giuseppi Logan.

http://jazzbluesnews.com/2020/04/18/giuseppi-logan-free-jazz-multireedist-has-died-at-84-videos-photos/?fbclid=IwAR1LKqCqp4y2RiLWALn63B8UZx33PIGmvmtkay3VdrD-wfbiT7-2Lymi2oA

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-19-20

John Prine Singles & EP's.

John Prine "Sittin' On A Rainbow"

1. In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
2. Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)

John Prine "Fair and Square EP"

1. Carousel of Love
2. That's All Right By Me
3. That's How Every Empire Falls
4. Dual Custody

Rhino Hi-Five: John Prine

1. Illegal Smile
2. Angel From Montgomery
3. Souvenirs
4. Christmas In Prison
5. Hello In There

Chip Taylor & John Prine "Sixteen Angels Dancing 'Cross The Moon" (feat. Chip Taylor: duet vocals with John Prine)

John Prine"Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out" (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)

John Prine "Color of The Blues" (feat. Susan Tedeschi: vocals)

John Prine "I'm Tellin' You" (feat. Holly Williams: vocals)

John Prine "Treat Me Nice"

John Prine "Sweet Revenge"

John Prine "I Had A Dream"

John Prine "Summer's End"

John Prine "Knockin' on Your Screen Door"

John Prine "God Only Knows"

John Prine Spotify Singles

John Prine & The Secret Sisters "Spotify Singles"

1. I Have Met My Love Today - Recorded at RCA Studio A, Nashville
2. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Recorded at RCA Studio A, Nashville

John Prine "My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight"

John Prine & Margo Price "Unwed Fathers" (feat. Margo Price: vocals)

Swampp Dogg & John Prine "Memories"

Swampp Dogg & John Prine "Please Let Me Go Round Again"

John Prine "John Prine"

1. Illegal Smile
2. Spanish Pipedream
3. Hello In There
4. Sam Stone
5. Paradise
6. Pretty Good
7. Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
8. Far From Me
9. Angel From Montgomery
10. Quiet Man
11. Donald And Lydia
12. Six O'Clock News
13. Flashback Blues

John Prine "Diamonds In The Rough"

1. Everybody
2. The Torch Singer
3. Souvenirs
4. The Late John Garfield Blues
5. Sour Grapes
6. Billy The Bum
7. The Frying Pan
8. Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
9. Take The Star Out of The Window
10. The Great Compromise
11. Clocks And Spoons
12. Rocky Mountain Time
13. Diamonds In The Rough

John Prine "Sweet Revenge"

1. Sweet Revenge
2. Please Don't Bury Me
3. Christmas in Prison
4. Dear Abby
5. Blue Umbrella
6. Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
7. Onomatopeia
8. Grandpa Was A Carpenter
9. The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)
10. Mexican Home
11. A Good Time
12. Nine Pound Hammer

John Prine "Common Sense"

1. Middle Man
2. Common Sense
3. Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
4. Wedding Day in Funeralville
5. Way Down
6. My Own Best Friend
7. Forbidden Jimmy
8. Saddle In The Rain
9. That Close To You
10. He Was In Heaven Before He Died
11. You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry cover)

John Prine "Bruised Orange"

1. Fish and Whistle
2. There She Goes
3. If You Don't Want My Love
4. That's The Way The World Goes Round
5. Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
6. Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
7. Aw Heck
8. Crooked Piece of Time
9. Iron Ore Betty
10. The Hobo Song

John Prine "Pink Cadillac"

1. Chinatown
2. Automobile
3. Killing The Blues
4. No Name Girl
5. Saigon
6. Cold War (This Cold War With You)
7. Baby Let's Play House (Arthur Gunter cover)
8. Down By The Side of The Road
9. How Lucky
10. Ubangi Stomp

John Prine "Storm Windows"

1. Shop Talk
2. Living In The Future
3. It's Happening To You
4. Sleepy Eyed Boy
5. All Night Blue
6. Just Wanna Be With You
7. Storm Windows
8. Baby Ruth
9. One Red Rose
10. I Had A Dream

John Prine "Aimless Love"

1. Be My Friend Tonight
2. Aimless Love
3. Me, Myself And I
4. The Oldest Baby In The World
5. Slow Boat To China
6. The Bottomless Lake
7. Maureen, Maaureen
8. Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love
9. People Puttin' People Down
10. Unwed Fathers
11. Only Love

John Prine "German Afternoons"

1. Lulu Walls
2. Speed of The Sound of Loneliness
3. Out of Love
4. Sailin' Around
5. If She Were You
6. Linda Goes to Mars
7. Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
8. I Just Want To Dance With You
9. Love, Love, Love
10. Bad Boy
11. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
12. Paradise

John Prine "John Prine (Live)"

1. Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
2. Six O'Clock News
3. The Oldest Baby In The World
4. Angel From Montgomery (feat. Bonnie Raitt: vocals)
5. Grandpa Was A Carpenter
6. Blue Umbrella
7. Fish and Whistle
8. Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
9. Living In The Future
10. Illegal Smile
11. Mexican Home
12. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
13. The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)
14. Sam Stone
15. Souvenirs (feat. Steve Goodman: lead guitar & vocals)
16. Aw Heck
17. Donald and Lydia
18. That's The Way The World Goes Round
19. Hello In There

John Prine "The Missing Years"

1. Picture Show
2. All The Best
3. The Sins of Memphisto
4. Everybody Wants to Feel Like You
5. It's A Big Old Goofy World
6. I Want To Be With You Always
7. Daddy's Little Pumpkin
8. Take A Look at My Heart
9. Great Rain
10. Way Back Then
11. Unlonely
12. You Got Gold
13. Everything Is Cool
14. Jesus, The Missing Years
15. The Third of July

John Prine "A John Prine Christmas"

1. Everything Is Cool
2. All The Best (Live)
3. Silent Night All Day Long
4. If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man (Live)
5. Silver Bells
6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
7. Christmas In Prison (Live)
8. A John Prine Christmas

John Prine "Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings"

1. New Train
2. Ain't Hurtin' Nobody
3. All The Way With You
4. We Are The Lonely
5. Lake Marie
6. Humidity Built The Snowman
7. Day Is Done
8. Quit Hollerin' at Me
9. Big Fat Love
10. Same Thing Happened To Me
11. This Love Is Real
12. Leave The Lights On
13. He Forgot That It Was Sunday
14. I Love You So Much It Hurts

John Prine "Live on Tour"

*Live Album

1. Picture Show
2. Quit Hollerin' at Me
3. You Got Gold
4. Unwed Fathers
5. Space Monkey
6. The Late John Garfield Blues
7. Storm Windows
8. Jesus, The Missing Years
9. Humidity Built the Snowman
10. Illegal Smile
11. Daddy's Little Pumpkin
12. Lake Marie
13. If I Could
14. Stick A Needle In My Eye
15. You Mean So Much To Me

John Prine "In Spite of Ourselves"

1. (We're Not) The Jet Set (Bobby Bradock cover) (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
2. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (Everly Brothers cover) (feat. Connie Smith: vocals)
3. Wedding Bells/Darlin' Let's Turn Back The Years (Hank Williams cover) (feat. Lucinda Williams: vocals)
4. When Two Worlds Collide (Bill Anderson & Roger Miller cover, originally recorded by Jim Reeves) (feat. Trisha Yearwood: vocals)
5. I Know One (Cowboy Jack Clement cover, originally performed by Jim Reeves) (feat. Emmylou Harris: vocals)
6. Back Street Affair (Webb Pierce cover) (feat. Patty Loveless: vocals)
7. Loose Talk (Hardy Turner song, originally performed by Buck Owens & Rose Maddox) (feat. Connie Smith: vocals)
8. Til A Tear Becomes A Rose (Keith Whitley & Lori Morgan song) (feat. Fiona Prine: vocals)
9. In A Town This Size (Karen Cane song) (feat. Dolores Keane: vocals)
10. We Could (Felice Bryant song originally performed by Charley Pride) (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
11. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds (George Jones & Melba Montgomery cover) (feat. Melba Montgomery: vocals)
12. In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
13. Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home (Hank Williams cover)

John Prine "Souvenirs"

1. Souvenirs
2. Fish and Whistle
3. Far From Me
4. Angel From Montgomery
5. Donald and Lydia
6. Christmas in Prison
7. Storm Windows
8. Grandpa Was a Carpenter
9. The Late John Garfield Blues
10. Blue Umbrella
11. Six O'clock News
12. People Puttin' People Down
13. Sam Stone
14. Please Don't Bury Me
15. Hello In There

John Prine "Fair and Square"

1. Glory of True Love
2. Crazy As A Loon
3. Long Monday
4. Taking A Walk
5. Some Humans Ain't Human
6. My Darlin' Hometown
7. Morning Train
8. The Moon Is Down
9. Clay Pigeons (Blaze Foley cover)
10. She Is My Everything
11. I Hate It When It Happens To Me
12. Bear Creek Blues (A.P. Carter cover)
13. Other Side Of Town - Live
14. Safety Joe

John Prine & Mac Wiseman "Standard Songs For Average People"

1. Blue Eyed Elaine (Ernest Tubb cover)
2. Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age (Cindy Walker & Bob Wills cover)
3. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Charlie Feathers & Stan Kesler song, originally recorded by Elvis Presley)
4. I Love You Because (Leon Payne song, originally recorded by Jim Reeves)
5. Pistol Packin' Mama
6. Saginaw, Michigan (Bill Anderson & Donald Wayne Choate song, originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell)
7. Old Dogs, Children, & Watermelon Wine (Tom T. Hall cover)
8. Old Cape Cod (Allan Jeffrey, Claire Rothrock, & Milton Yakus song)
9. Death of Floyd Collins
10. The Blue Side of Lonesome (Leon Payne cover)
11. In The Garden (C. Austin Miller cover)
12. Just The Other Side of Nowhere (Kris Kristofferson cover)
13. Old Rugged Cross
14. Where The Blue of The Night (Fred Ahlert, Bing Crosby, & Roy Turk song)

John Prine "In Person & On Stage (Live)"

1. Spanish Pipedream
2. She Is My Everything
3. In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
4. Long Monday
5. The Late John Garfield Blues (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
6. The Bottomless Lake
7. Bear Creek Blues
8. Saddle In The Rain
9. Angel From Montgomery (feat. Emmylou Harris: vocals)
10. Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
11. Mexican Home
12. Unwed Fathers (feat. Iris Dement: vocals)
13. Glory of True Love
14. Paradise

John Prine "The Singing Mailman Delivers"

1. Hello In There
2. Souvenirs
3. Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues
4. Paradise
5. Blue Umbrella
6. Aw Heck
7. Illegal Smile
8. Flashback Blues
9. The Frying Pan
10. Sour Grapes
11. A Star, A Jewel, And a Hoax
12. Flashback Blues (Live)
13. Hello In There (Live)
14. Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live)
15. The Great Compromise (Live)
16. Blue Umbrella (Live)
17. Illegal Smile (Live)
18. Angel From Montgomery (Live)
19. A Good Time (Live)
20. Hey Good Lookin'/Jambalaya On The Bayou (Live) (Hank Williams medley)
21. Quiet Man
22. Paradise
23. Sam Stone/Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues (Live)
24. Spanish Pipedream (Live)

John Prine "For Better Or Worse"

1. Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (feat. Iris Dement: vocals) (Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn cover, written by Johnny Tillotson, Lucille Cosenza, & Teddy Wilburn)
2. Storms Never Last (feat. Lee Ann Womack: vocals) (Jessi Colter cover)
3. Falling In Love Again (feat. Allison Krauss: vocals) (Friedrich Hollander & Sammy Lerner cover)
4. Color of The Blues (feat. Susan Tedeschi: vocals) (George Jones & Lawton Williams cover)
5. I'm Tellin' You (feat. Holly Williams: vocals) (Billy Hughes cover)
6. Remember Me (When Candle Lights Are Gleaming) (feat. Kathy Mattea: vocals) (Scott Wiseman song)
7. Look At Us (feat. Morgane Stapleton: vocals) (Vince Gill cover)
8. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, And Loud, Loud Music (feat. Amanda Shires: fiddle & vocals) (Joe & Rose Lee Maphis cover)
9. Fifteen Years Ago (feat. Lee Ann Womack: vocals) (Raymond Smith cover)
10. Cold, Cold Heart  (feat. Miranda Lambert: vocals) (Hank Williams cover)
11. Dreaming My Dreams With You (feat. Kathy Mattea: vocals) (Allan Reynolds song)
12. Mental Cruelty (feat. Kacey Musgraves: vocals) (Buck Owens, Dixie Davis, & Larry Davis cover)
13. Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be (feat. Iris Dement: vocals) (Joe Deaton cover)
14. My Happiness (feat. Fiona Prine: vocals) (Betty Peterson & Borney Bergantine song)
15. Just Waitin' (Hank Williams cover)

John Prine "September 78" (Live)

1. Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
2. Angel From Montgomery
3. Crooked Piece of Time
4. I Had A Dream
5. Try To Find Another Man
6. Pretty Good
7. Iron Ore Betty
8. Please Don't Bury Me
9. Treat Me Nice
10. Sweet Revenge

John Prine "The Tree of Forgiveness"

1. Knockin' On Your Screen Door
2. I Have Met My Love Today
3. Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
4. Summer's End
5. Caravan of Fools
6. Lonesome Friends of Science
7. No Ordinary Blue
8. Boundless Love
9. God Only Knows
10. When I Get To Heaven

In Memoriam: Lee Konitz

We remember legendary jazz alto saxophonist, Lee Konitz.  He died at age 92, from Coronavirus.  Rest In Peace, Lee Konitz.

https://downbeat.com/news/detail/lee-konitz-92

Here is Lee Konitz, (in a video by Jazz Video Guy, Bret Primack), playing at a gig circa 1973.  April 8th, 1973 at the Highlights in Jazz Tribute to Charlie Parker, presented by Jack Kleinsinger featuring Mr. Konitz on alto, Cecil Payne on baritone sax, Howard McGhee and Jimmy Owens on trumpet, Ted Dunbar on guitar, Richard Davis on bass, and Bernard Purdie on drums, also featuring jazz vocalist, Joe Carroll. 

Be warned, after celebratory riffing on the celebration of "Bird", Charlie Parker, the video does stop kind of abruptly.  But it is something to enjoy nonetheless.  We remember Charlie Parker, and Lee Konitz, always. 

Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Roscoe Beck, & Vinnie Colaiuta "G.I.T." (1984)

It's another Full Concert Friday, featuring the quartet, G.I.T.  This is a super quartet of great electric jazz/jazz fusion players.  Robben Ford on guitar (who is also a masterful blues guitarist of course), Russell Ferrante (Yellowjackets' keyboardist), and a rhythm section featuring Roscoe Beck on bass and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums.  There are two shows in one video, playing not just originals, but also, some great blues covers.

1st show

1. Revelation

2. Matinee Idol

3. Driftin' and Driftin' (Charles Brown blues standard cover)

4. Pass It On

5. Take Out Some Insurance (Jimmy Reed blues cover)

6. Call Of The Wild

2nd show

1. North Carolina

2. Call Of The Wild

3. Matinee Idol

4. I've Got News For You (Roy Alfred cover, originally performed by Ray Charles)

5. Teen Town (Weather Report cover)

6. Pass It On (incomplete)

John Prine "Sam Stone"

Continuing to pay tribute to the late, great, John Prine.  Here is his song about a man who fought in the Vietnam War, "Sam Stone". 

Phish "Down With Disease"

From their concert on August 31st, 2019, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, here's an appropriate tune, for these strange times we are living in with the Coronavirus pandemic.  Phish's tune, "Down With Disease".  The title, is something I am sure we all we wish we could proclaim.  Everyone, stay safe, and stay well. 

In Memoriam: Wallace Roney

We remember the late, great jazz trumpeter, Wallace Roney, who died at the age of 59, from Coronavirus.  We do so, with two concert performances he was involved in.  The first, is a performance yours truly may or may not have shared on the blog.  I cannot remember.  Nonetheless, it is from 1989.  Roney is playing "Sister Cheryl" with the Tony Williams' Lifetime in New York.  The band lineup is:

Wallace Roney: trumpet
Bill Pierce: soprano saxophone
Mulgrew Miller: piano
Ira Coleman: bass
Tony Williams: drums

The second performance is Wallace Roney with his quintet group, at The Subway Club in Cologne, Germany, in 1990.  There are three tunes played in this 1990 set at The Subway Club.

1. The Sage
2. Stella By Starlight
3. The Eleventh House

The band lineup in Cologne at The Subway Club.

Wallace Roney: trumpet
Anotine Roney: tenor saxophone
Mulgrew Miller: piano
Kim Clarke: bass
Cindy Blackman Santana: drums

Wallace Roney, Rest In Peace.  You will be missed.  Your music, will live on forever, in our hearts.

Bassist Andy González, Who Brought Bounce To Latin Dance And Jazz, Dies At 69

Rest In Peace, jazz bassist, Andy Gonzalez.

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/832007472/bassist-andy-gonzalez-dies-at-69?utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0nk0B_qdHRF0GEDsYp2kogPJC7JX78cu1_a7_6cnlLJ4X-WiKj-wcW6-A

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-12-20

Bill Withers - Singles

"Lovely Day" (Remastered)
"Just The Two Of Us (feat. DJ DX: rapping)
"Ain't No Sunshine - Lido Remix" (feat. Lido: electronic beats, remixing, synthesizers, production)

Bill Withers "Just As I Am"

1. Harlem
2. Ain't No Sunshine
3. Grandma's Hands
4. Sweet Wanomi
5. Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil cover)
6. Do It Good
7. Hope She'll Be Happier
8. Let It Be (Beatles cover)
9. I'm Her Daddy
10. In My Heart
11. Moanin' And Groanin'
12. Better Off Dead

Bill Withers "Still Bill"

1. Lonely Town, Lonely Street
2. Let Me In Your Life
3. Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?
4. Use Me
5. Lean On Me
6. Kissing My Love
7. I Don't Know
8. Another Day To Run
9. I Don't Want You On My Mind
10. Take It All In And Check It All Out

Bill Withers "Live at Carnegie Hall"

1. Use Me
2. Friend of Mine
3. Ain't No Sunshine
4. Grandma's Hands
5. World Keeps Going Around
6. Let Me In Your Life
7. Better Off Dead
8. For My Friend
9. I Can't Write Left-Handed
10. Lean On Me
11. Lonely Town, Lonely Street
12. Hope She'll Be Happier
13. Let Us Love
14. Medley: Harlem/Cold Baloney (feat. Phil Schier)

Bill Withers " 'Justments"

1. You
2. The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
3. Stories
4. Green Grass
5. Ruby Lee
6. Heartbreak Road
7. Can We Pretend
8. Liza
9. Make A Smile For Me
10. Railroad Man

Bill Withers "Making Music"

1. I Wish You Well
2. The Best You Can
3. Make Love To Your Mind
4. I Love You Dawn
5. She's Lonely
6. Sometimes A Song
7. Paint Your Little Picture
8. Family Table
9. Don't You Want To Stay?
10. Hello Like Before

Bill Withers "Naked & Warm"

1. Close To Me
2. Naked & Warm
3. Where Are You?
4. Dreams
5. If I Didn't Mean You Well
6. I'll Be With You
7. City of the Angels
8. My Imagination

Bill Withers "Menagerie"

1. Lovely Day
2. I Want To Spend The Night
3. Lovely Night For Dancing
4. Then You Smile At Me
5. She Wants To (Get on Down)
6. It Ain't Because of Me Baby
7. Tender Things
8. Wintertime
9. Let Me Be The One You Need

Bill Withers " 'Bout Love"

1. All Because of You
2. Dedicated To You My Love
3. Don't It Make It Better
4. You Got The Stuff
5. Look To Each Other For Love
6. Love
7. Love Is
8. Memories Are That Way

Bill Withers "Watching You Watching Me"

1. Oh Yeah!
2. Something That Turns You On
3. Don't Make Me Wait
4. Heart In Your Life
5. Watching You Watching Me
6. We Could Be Sweet Lovers
7. You Just Can't Smile It Away
8. Steppin' Right Along
9. Whatever Happens
10. You Try To Find A Love

Willie Nelson, Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Rousing ‘City of New Orleans’

Check out this performance of “City of New Orleans” by Willie Nelson, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks.  It is part of a concert airing on A&E tomorrow night.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/willie-nelson-tedeschi-trucks-city-of-new-orleans-american-outlaw-980874/

More info about the concert itself can be found, here.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/willie-nelson-george-strait-nashvill-tribute-review-778418/

CoS Announces John Prine Livestream Stream Tribute with Warren Haynes, Grace Potter, Norah Jones

The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Kevin Morby, The Head and the Heart, Lake Street Dive, and others also performing.  Happening today, Saturday, April 11th, at 2PM, Eastern Time.

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/john-prine-livestream-tribute-angel-from-maywood/?fbclid=IwAR1URIDk098KreNpdSIBjrjiEQe9e4_Wxo7RglnPQnOmVuzFfrj03KWWw3M 

 

 

Bandemic: John Medeski, John Scofield, Billy Martin, & Jesse Murphy

This Friday, it is a Full Concert Friday with Bandemic.  Bandemic, featuring:

John Scofield: guitar
John Medeski: keyboards
Jesse Murphy: bass
Billy Martin: drums

The Woodstock Sessions

March 20th, 2020

Recording, Mixing, Engineering: Michael Birnbaum & Chris Bittner
Camera: Chris Nostrand

In Memoriam: John Prine

Rest In Peace, John Prine.  His song, “When I Get To Heaven”, is an appropriate sendoff.  We will miss you, John, and your great songwriting, wit, and humor.  You have gotten to heaven and joined the angel band.

In Memoriam: Bucky Pizzarelli

We remember jazz guitar great Bucky Pizzarelli, father of John Pizzarelli, who just passed away not too long ago from the Coronavirus at age 94.  Father and son played together on several occasions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/music/bucky-pizzarelli-dead-coronavirus.html

John had been playing alongside his dad, since he was 20 years old.

http://jazzbluesnews.com/2020/04/03/bucky-pizzarelli-master-of-the-jazz-guitar-is-dead-at-94-photos-video/

Above is a full concert video of one of his last performances.  So, consider this not just a memorial post, but also, a Full Concert Wednesday, if you will.  Below, is an appearance he did, with Les Paul, another late, great hero.

Rest In Peace, Bucky Pizzarelli.  You will be missed.  Stay tuned.  Hoping to do a Spotify Sunday listing featuring Bucky Pizzarelli very soon.

Mitchel Forman "Gorgeous"

A track from Mitchel Forman, in a small ensemble with piano, drums, and strings.  The tune is called "Gorgeous" off of his "What Else?" record, that was released in 1992. 

The String Cheese Incident "The 'Birdland' Sandwich"

From their show at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, in July of 2018, (show date: July 21st, 2018), here's The String Cheese Incident, doing a medley centered around their interpreation of "Birdland" by Weather Report, including original tunes in the medley as well such as "Freight Train Boogie", "Wheel Hoss", and a cover of Pink Floyd's "Fearless". 

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-5-20

Manu Dibango "African Voodoo"

1. Groovy Flute
2. Soul Saxes Meeting
3. African Pop Session
4. Walking to Waza
5. Out of Score
6. Ba-Kuba
7. Zoom 2000
8. Aphrodite Shake
9. Wilderness
10. Jungle Riders
11. Iron Wood
12. Coconut

Manu Dibango "Manu 76"

1. Qui Est Fou De Qui? - Chouchou
2. Bokilo's Boogie
3. Mimbo
4. Mouvement Ewondo
5. Besoka on Salsa
6. Angola

Manu Dibango "Afrovision"

1. Big Blow
2. Dakar Streets
3. Aloko Party
4. Bayam Sell'Am
5. Baobab Sunset
6. Afrovision

Manu Dibango "Sun Explosion"

1. Anty
2. Matumba
3. Motapo
4. Sun Explosion

Manu Dibango "Home Made"

1. Sun Explosion
2. Tropical Garden
3. Ah! Freak sans fric
4. Oh Koh

Manu Dibango "Waka Juju"

1. Waka Juju
2. Douala Serenade
3. Africa Boogie
4. Mouna Pola
5. Ma Marie
6. Manga-Bolo

Manu Dibango "Soft And Sweet"

1. Poinciana (Nat Simon & Buddy Bernier cover)
2. Es la Nostalgia
3. El Mansiero
4. Petite Fleur
5. Maria Elena
6. Nature Boy (eden ahbez cover)
7. Tres Palabras
8. Frenesi
9. Ni toi ni moi
10. Vaya Con Dios (Larry Russell, Inez James, & Buddy Pepper cover)

Manu Dibango "Deliverance (Live in Douala)"

1. Canta
2. Baobab Sunset
3. Village's News
4. Deliverance
5. Na Selele
6. Gentlemen De Camp Yabassi

Manu Dibango "A La Jamaique"

1. Full Up
2. Goro City
3. Doctor Bird
4. Frozen Soul
5. Tek Time
6. Happy Feeling
7. Bona Sango
8. Choc'n'Soul
9. Kumbele Style
10. Night Jet

Manu Dibango "Afrijazzy"

1. Massa Lemba
2. Bushman Promenade
3. Gombo Sauce
4. Soir au Village
5. Kango
6. Douala Serenade
7. Abelley Sphere
8. Makossa Blow - Medley

Manu Dibango "Seventie's"

1. Big Blow
2. Qui est fou de qui? - Chouchou
3. Diboki
4. Mouvement ewondo
5. Baobab Sunset
6. Wana Di Lambo
7. Super Koumba
8. Soma Loba
9. Ngolowake
10. Senga
11. Munenge Na Ndutu
12. Bayam Sellam

Manu Dibango "La fete a Manu (Dibango)"

1. Wema Africa
2. Ouana di lambo
3. Des mots et des gestes
4. Pata piya/Electric Africa
5. Waka juju
6. Kango
7. Soul Makossa/Big Blow/Wema Africa - Soul Makossa Medley

Manu Dibango "Negropolitaines, Vol. 1"

1. Mpuli Mwa Moni
2. Pata Pata
3. Scoubidou Merengue
4. Negropolitaines
5. Independence
6. Djom Tebo
7. Minuit au circuit
8. Diana Lama
9. Christmas Flash
10. Mudied' Asu

Manu Dibango "Polysonic"

1. Senga Abele
2. Yekey Tenge
3. Soma Loba
4. Polysonik
5. Mincalor
6. Kwala Kwala
7. Negriers
8. Jazzeries
9. Polysonik - Dance Mix
10. Mincalor - Dance Mix

Manu Dibango "Manu Dibango Live '91"

1. La javanaise
2. Wema
3. Bolingo City
4. Duke in Bushland
5. Yekey Tenge
6. Andy's Tune
7. Duke II.
8. Senga Abele
9. Jam rap makossa

Manu Dibango "Negropolitaines, Vol. 2"

1. Alome
2. Missiya
3. Aloko Party
4. Longe Lese
5. Miango
6. Parfum des iles
7. Oh Koh!
8. Pavane pour melodie
9. Panafrican Jam

Manu Dibango "Wakafrika"

1. Soul Makossa (feat. Youssou Ndour: vocals)
2. Biko (feat. Alex Brown, Geoffrey Oryema, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Manu Dibango, & Peter Gabriel: vocals)
3. Wakafrika
4. Emma (feat. Salif Keita: vocals)
5. Homeless (feat. Ray Lema: keyboards)
6. Lady (feat. Ray Phiri: guitar)
7. Hi-life
8. Wimoweh (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: vocals)
9. Ami Oh! (feat. Angelique Kidjo & Papa Wemba: vocals)
10. Jingo (feat. King Sunny Ade: guitar)
11. Pata (feat. Kaissa Doumbe)
12. Diarabi (feat. Bonga: vocals, & Kaissa)
13. Ca va chouia
14. Biko (feat. Alex Brown, Geoffrey Oreyma, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Manu Dibango, & Peter Gabriel: vocals)
15. Wakafrika (Club Style Radio Edit)
16. Wakafrika (Equatorial Mix)
17. Wakafrika (Jungle Theme)

Claude Bolling Big Band & Manu Dibango "A Drum is a Woman, conte musical de Duke Ellington Live au Theatre National de Chaillot en 1996)"

1. A Drum Is A Woman (feat. Francine Romain: vocals)
2. Rhythm Pum the Dum (feat. Francine Romain: vocals, Laika: vocals, & Jeffrey Smith: vocals)
3. What Else Can You Do With A Drum (feat. Jeffrey Smith: vocals)
4. Hey Buddy Bolden
5. Carribee Joe
6. Congo Square
7. A Drum Is A Woman Part 2
8. You Better Know It (feat. Francine Romain: vocals)
9. Madam Zajj (feat. Jeffrey Smith: vocals)
10. Ballet of The Flyin' Saucers
11. Zajj's Dream
12. Rhumbop
13. Carribee Joe Part 2
14. Final (feat. Laika & Jeffrey Smith: vocals)
15. New Orleans (feat. Laika & Jeffrey Smith: vocals)

Manu Dibango "Sax & Spirituals Lamastabastani"

1. Di Ma Dangwa
2. Di Ma Sesa
3. Elie
4. Moussina
5. Nsi Sim Nti
6. Elongi
7. Mouna Maria
8. Edube Na Loba
9. L'hymne a l'amour
10. Nobody Knows

Manu Dibango "Manu Safari"

Disc 1

1. A la claire fontaine - inedit
2. Soir au village (feat. Bebe Manga:
3. Mboa
4. Maya Ma Bobe
5. Pour une poignee de cfa
6. Miss Cavacha
7. Peaceful Homeland
8. Mangabolo
9. Kwala Kwala
10. A la claire fontaine - Instrumental

Disc 2

1. Ngolowake
2. Diboki
3. Di Lambo
4. Munyenge Na Ndutu
5. Soma Loba
6. Dasiko - Interprete Par Bella Bellow
7. Senga
8. Qui est fou qui? - Chouchou
9. Mouvement ewondo
10. Soir au village - Inedit

Manu Dibango "Mboa' Su Kamer Feelin' "

1. Mboa' Su
2. Aye Africa (Le Bucheron)
3. Oh Koh
4. Weya Mouna
5. Big Blow/Abele Mood
6. Maya Ma Bobe
7. Sango Yesu Cristo

Manu Dibango "Kamer Feeling"

1. Bolingo City
2. Mouvement Ewondo
3. K dansez-moi ca
4. Ongele Mba
5. Lily
6. Ashiko Mouv'
7. Mulema Etoum
8. Africratie
9. Descarga Around Sango RKK

Manu Dibango "B Sides"

Disc 1

1. Miango Ma Tumba - Village News
2. Mpuli Mwa Moni
3. Camp Yabassi Echoes
4. Balafoneries - Incendie au village
5. Dakar Streets
6. African Nite Blues - Joie d'ete
7. Iron Woods
8. Ebony Tracks - Percussion Storm
9. Besoka on Salsa
10. Fleur de marigot - Le reve de doir
11. African Nite Blues
12. Les cavaliers

Disc 2

1. Soul Fiesta Remix - Version courte
2. Bessoka - Version courte
3. Soul Fiesta Remix - Version longue

Manu Dibango "Dance With Manu Dibango"

1. Senga Abele
2. Abele Dance
3. Abele Dance (Club Mix)
4. Papa Piya
5. Polysinik (Dance Mix)
6. Mincalor (Dance Mix)

Manu Dibango "From Africa"

1. Grandoura
2. Peaceful Homeland
3. Images De Famille
4. Bana Ba Cameroun
5. Soir au village
6. Maya Ma Bobe
7. Dasika (feat. Bella Below: vocals)
8. Ngosso
9. From Africa
10. Sango Pousse Pousse
11. Angola
12. Bintou
13. Miss Cavacha
14. Abidjan City
15. Dispute
16. Aya

Manu Dibango "Plays Sidney Bechet: Homage to New Orleans"

(feat. Dany Doriz: vibraphone)

1. Dans les rues d'Antibes
2. Si tu vois ma mere
3. Les Oignons
4. In A Georgia Cabin
5. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
6. Halle Hallelujah
7. Petite Fleur
8. As-tu le cafard?
9. Mahogany Hall Stomp
10. Royal Garden Blues
11. Careless Love
12. Cousin Bechett Blues
13. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
14. Dans les rues d'Antibes

Manu Dibango "Lion of Africa"

1. Wambele
2. Soma Loba (feat. Baaba Maal: vocals)
3. Summertime (George & Ira Gershwin song)
4. Midnight Sun
5. Big Blow (feat. Courtney Pine: saxophones & keyboards)
6. Cherie (feat. Baaba Maal: vocals)
7. Dube (feat. Coco Mbassi: vocals)
8. Soul Makossa
9. Morning Glory
10. Aye Africa (feat. Baaba Maal: vocals, Coco Mbassi: vocals, & Courtney Pine: saxophones & keyboards)

Manu Dibango "African Woodoo"

1. Lagos Go Slow
2. Du Bush A Bush
3. Walking To Waza
4. Blowing Western Mind
5. Motapo
6. Groovy Flute
7. African Pop Session
8. Coco In Central Park
9. Ba Kuba
10. Ponda Maloko
11. Zoom 2000
12. Coconut
13. Aphrodite Shake
14. New York Summer 75
15. Jungle Riders
16. Moulena Na Moudi
17. Iron Wood

Manu Dibango "Choc 'n Soul (1978-1989 Sessions Reissued by Manu Dibango)

(feat. Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone, Randy Brecker: trumpet, & Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare: rhythm section, bass & drums)

1. Choc 'n Soul
2. Reggae Makossa - 1978 Kingston Remix
3. Bushman Promenade
4. Mouna Pola
5. Africa Boogie
6. Douala Serenade
7. Happy Feeling
8. Night Jet
9. Ca va chouia
10. Goro City
11. Waka Juju
12. Minuit au circuit

Manu Dibango "Afro-Soul Machine"

1. Bassoka - version courte
2. Lagos Go Slow
3. Africa Boogie
4. A la claire fontaine
5. Waka Juju
6. Super Kumba
7. Manga Bolo
8. Du bush a bush
9. Blowin' Western Mind
10. Mboa
11. Gombo Sauce
12. Negropolitaines
13. Pour une poignee de CFA
14. The Panther
15. Mpuli Mwa Moni
16. Soul Makossa - Manu Version
17. Ambiance Tropika
18. Mincalor
19. Pavane pour une melodie
20. Images de famille
21. Soul Fiesta - Remix version longue
22. Tek Time
23. Aloko Party
24. Ngosso
25. Chock 'n' Soul
26. Kango
27. Qui est fou de qui
28. Black Beauty
29. Reggae Makossa
30. Un soir au village

Manu Dibango "Ballad Emotion"

*A recording of ballads, standards, classic soul songs, and a couple originals.

1. What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstong)
3. Funny Valentine (jazz standard)
4. Over The Rainbow (standard)
5. Blue Moon (The Marcels)
6. Misty (Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke)
7. Summertime (George Gershwin)
8. All of Me (Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons)
9. Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
10. Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler)
11. I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown)
12. In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
13. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (Otis Redding)
14. Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd)
15. Ballad Emotion
16. Dream A Little Dream of Me (Doris Day)
17. I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding)
18. Satin Doll (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, & Johnny Mercer)
19. Atmosphere
20. Cocooning

Manu Dibango "Past, Present, Future" (French Version)

1. Manu Dibango (feat. Lalcko: Poetry in French)
2. Afreedom (feat. Wayne Beckford: vocals & X Maleya: vocals in French)
3. Elolombe - French Version (feat. Pit Baccardi: drum beats & rapping in French)
4. Oum Song (feat. Oum: vocals)
5. Bantou Life (feat. Passi: rapping in French)
6. Douala Memphis (feat. Wayne Beckford: vocals)
7. Paris je t'aime d'amour
8. The Manu Walk
9. Haters Anthem (feat. Wayne Beckford: vocals)
10. Keep On Running (feat. Wayne Beckford: vocals)
11. Shallow Waters (feat. Safehaus: backing band & vocals)
12. Africa (feat. Wayne Beckford: vocals, Djany: vocals, & Chantal Ayissi: vocals)
13. Soul Makossa 2.0 (feat. Wayne Beckford: vocals)
14. Kamer Lion (feat. Slim Pezin: & Chantal Ayissi: vocals)

Manu Dibango "Ramblin' Sax"

(featuring cover songs and originals)

1. Maladie d'Amour (feat. Jacob Desvarieux: vocals)
2. Le Sud
3. Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack cover)
4. Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding cover)
5. Ode to Billie Joe (Bobby Gentry cover)
6. When A Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge cover)
7. Et Maintenant
8. A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie cover)
9. Milday's Song
10. La Foule
11. L'ete Indien
12. Roses de Picardie
13. The Dock of The Bay (Otis Redding cover)
14. Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder cover)
15. I Love Paris (Cole Porter & Ella Fitzgerald cover)
16. My Girl (The Temptations cover)
17. Perfidia
18. La Meteque

Manu Dibango "Grand Masters"

1. Wakafrika
2. Biko (feat. Alex Brown, Geoffrey Oryema, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Manu Dibango, & Peter Gabriel: vocals)
3. Pata Pata
4. Soul Makossa (feat. Youssou Ndour: percussion)
5. Hi Life (feat. King Sunny Ade: guitar)
6. Wimoweh
7. Ami Oh! (feat. Angelique Kidjo: vocals & Papa Wemba: vocals)
8. Diarabi
9. Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton cover)
10. Funny Valentine (Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers song)
11. Summertime (George Gershwin song)
12. All of Me (Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons song)

Manu Dibango "Merci! Thank You!, Vol. 1"

Disc 1

1. Repondez-nous Seigneur
2. Otetena Munja
3. Quartier Mozart
4. Marie Maria
5. Merengue Scoubidou
6. Fogo
7. Coco
8. Ekedi
9. Ko lyo
10. Kara Kara
11. Kamulango
12. Mboa
13. Tele Miso
14. L'hymne de la Bema Coupe d'Afrique des Nations
15. Twist a Leopoldville
16. La Coupe des tropiques

Disc 2

1. Douala Serenade (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Le Prix de la Liberte")
2. Pour Commencer (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Comment faire l'amour avec un negre sans se fatiguer")
3. Les Promesses (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Nha Fala")
4. Sabal Dance (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "L'aventure ambigue")
5. La peur (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Nha Fala de Flora Gomes")
6. Amours de Mariane (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Nha Fala de Flora Gomes")
7. Loko Bobe (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Comment faire l'amour avec un negre sans se fatiguer")
8. Le Silence de la foret (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Le Silence de la foret")
9. La colere des Dieux (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "La colere des Dieux")

Disc 3

1. Elie
2. Elongi (Gospel Version)
3. Nsi Sim Ti
4. Edube Na Loba
5. Nobody Knows 2
6. Moussina
7. Elongi (Solo Piano version)
8. Longue Lese
9. Malaika
10. Bintou
11. Epoupa
12. Rose de porcelaine
13. Mudied'Asu
14. Songo's Esele
15. Sere Fun Me Baby

Disc 4

1. Full Up
2. Goro City
3. Doctor Bird
4. Reggae Makossa
5. Frozen Soul
6. Tek Time
7. Happy Feeling
8. Ca Et Va Chouia
9. Choc'N Soul
10. Night Jet
11. Bona Sango
12. Descarga Around Sango RKK (Remy Kolpa Kopoul) (feat. Omar Sosa: percussion)

Disc 5

1. Qui est fou de qui (Chouchou)
2. Pour une poignee de CFA
3. Big Blow

Manu Dibango "Ceddo (Bande originale du film)"

1. Ceddo
2. Les Cavaliers
3. La Reve De Dior
4. La Boisson
4. Morabout
5. Ceddo (Cenerique de fin)

Manu Dibango & Moreira Chonguica "M & M"

(feat. Manu Dibango & Moreira Chonguica: saxophones)

1. Blues for Africa
2. Take Five (Dave Brubeck song)
3. Tutu (Miles Davis song)
4. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Oscar Hammerstein & Sigmund Romberg composition)
5. Unga Hlupheki Nkata
6. Night and Day (Cole Porter composition)
7. In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, & Manny Kurtz composition)
8. Nonto Sangoma
9. Soul Makossa
10. West South Side

Manu Dibango & Cuarteto Patria "Cubafrica"

1. Cielito Lindo
2. Carnaval
3. Rumba Makossa
4. Son de la Loma
5. Cerisiers Roses Et Pommiers Blancs
6. Yerberito
7. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
8. Promesa
9. El Manicero
10. El Paralitico
11. Cosita Linda

In Memoriam: Bill Withers

We remember the late, great, singer/songwriter, Bill Withers who has just passed away.  His passing came last Monday, March 30th, at age 81 due to heart complications.  Rest In Peace, Bill Withers.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-withers-obituary-977929/

To honor his memory, here are four of yours truly's favorite Bill Withers tunes.

"Use Me"

"Lovely Day"

"Grandma's Hands" (studio & live tracks)

"Just The Two of Us" (with Grover Washington Jr.: tenor saxophone)

Illinois Jacquet "The Soul Explosion"

Another recording for Full Album Friday.  This is jazz tenor saxophone legend Illinois Jacquet and his recording "The Soul Explosion" released on Prestige Records in 1969.  There are standards, original compositions, and other tunes, on this recording.  A couple of the standards happened to be penned by such musical luminaries as W.C. Handy (father of the blues as we know it), and Frank Sinatra.  The track listing is:

1. The Soul Explosion
2. After Hours
3. St. Louis Blues
4. I'm A Fool To Want You
5. The Eighteenth Hole
6. Still King

The band lineup is as follows:

Arrangers:

Jimmy Mundy
Milt Buckner

Saxophones:

Illinois Jacquet: tenor
Frank Foster: tenor
Cecil Payne: baritone

Brass Section:

Trumpets:

Russell Jacquet
Joe Newman
Ernie Royal

Trombone:

Matthew Gee

Rhythm Section:

Milt Buckner: organ, piano
Wally Richardson: guitar
Al Lucas: bass, electric bass
Al Foster: drums

In Memoriam: Ellis Marsalis

The patriarch of the legendary Marsalis family, has gone on to join the angel band.  Rest In Peace, pianist extraordinaire, Ellis Marsalis, survived by his sons Branford, Wynton, Ellis III., Delfayo, Mboya, and Jason.

In the obituary, is part of his set he played in 2018 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

https://www.wwoz.org/blog/639776?fbclid=IwAR0PT0hCY46tdJB5Bn3FjxoiHWDN4CxTbXTw7RaREHueLW9PGmJabditrp8

J.J. Cale "Durango"

A very trippy, and yet cool instrumental jam by the late, great, J.J. Cale, that was indeed highlighted in the most recent Spotify Sunday.  Cale played piano on this track, and probably did a lot of work with other instruments as well.  This one is called "Durango".