Katsumi Horii “Skyscraper”

Shared also, on last Friday’s edition of Full Album Friday, this is the opening track from Katsumi Horii’s 1993 record “Lovers”.  It’s called “Skyscraper”.

Simon Phillips & Protocol "Indian Summer"

Simon Phillips & Protocol (Andy Timmons - Everette Harp - Steve Weingart - Del Atkins) - MD Drumfestival 2008.

 

Paco de Lucia, Al di Meola, & John McLaughlin "Spain"

A favorite composition of yours truly (Chick Corea's masterpiece, "Spain"), played by three jazz guitar maestros.  The late, great Paco de Lucia, Al di Meola, and John McLaughlin.  May have shared similar work by these three before, but here again, is a fantastic piece of music.

Skip's Spotify Sunday 9-27-20

Jack Bruce "Live at Rockpalast (Live, Cologne, 1990)"

(feat. Jack Bruce: piano, vocals, & harmonica)

1. Outsiders

2. Can You Follow

3. Third Degree (Eddie Boyd cover)

4. Flying

5. Doing That Scrapyard Thing

6. Theme For An Imaginary Western

7. Weird of Hermiston

8. Tickets to Waterfalls

9. Golden Days

10. One

11. Travelling Child

12. Pieces of Mind

13. Traintime

14. The Best Is Still To Come

 

Jack Bruce "Somethinels"

 

1. Waiting On A Word

2. Willpower

3. Ships In The Night

4. Peaces of The East

5. Close Enough For Love

6. G.B. Dawn Blues

7. Criminality

8. Childsong

9. FM

Jack Bruce "Cities of The Heart" (Live)

 

(with band lineups for each song)

Disc 1

 

1. Can You Follow?

 

Jack Bruce: piano & vocals

 

2. Running Thro' Our Hands

 

Jack Bruce: vocals & piano, Gary Husband: keyboards

 

3. Over The Cliff

 

Jack Bruce: bass, Ginger Baker: drums, & Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxophone

 

4. Statues

 

Jack Bruce: bass, Ginger Baker: drums, & Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxophone

 

 

5. First Time I Met The Blues (Buddy Guy cover, written by Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery)

 

Jack Bruce: vocals, bass, Clem Clempson: guitar, Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxophone, & Ginger Baker: drums

 

6. Smiles And Grins (feat. Bernie Worrell: Hammond B3 organ)

Jack Bruce: vocals, bass, & piano, Clem Clempson: guitar, Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxophone, Art Thomas: saxophone, Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, Malcolm Bruce: synthesizer, Gary Husband: drums

 

 

7. Bird Alone (feat. Bernie Worrell: Hammond B3 organ, & Gary Husband: drums)

Jack Bruce: vocals, & bass, Clem Clempson: guitar,  Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, & piano, & Gary Husband: drums

 

8. Neighbor, Neighbor (Alton Valier & Huey P. Meaux cover)

 

Jack Bruce: bass & vocals, Clem Clempson: guitar, Dick Heckstall-Smith & Art Themen: saxophones, Henry Lowther: trumpet, John Mumford: trombone, Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, & Simon Phillips: drums

 

9. Born Under A Bad Sign (Booker T. Jones & William Bell cover)

Jack Bruce: bass & vocals, Clem Clempson: guitar, Dick Heckstall-Smith & Art Themen: saxophones, Henry Lowther: trumpet, John Mumford: trombone, Bernie Worrell: Hammond Organ, Jonas Bruce: piano, & Simon Phillips: drums

Disc 2

 

1. Ships In The Night

 

Jack Bruce: vocals, Maggy Reilly: vocals, Clem Clempson: acoustic & electric guitars, Malcolm Bruce: acoustic guitar, Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, Gary Husband: piano, Francois Garny: bass, & Simon Phillips: drums

 

2. Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune

 

Jack Bruce: vocals, piano, Clem Clempson: guitar, Dick Heckstall-Smith & Art Themen: saxophones, Henry Lowther: trumpet, John Mumford: trombone, Francois Garny: bass, & Simon Phillips: drums

 

3. Theme For An Imaginary Western

 

Jack Bruce: piano & vocals, Clem Clempson: guitar, Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, Francois Garny: bass, & Simon Phillips: drums

 

4. Golden Days

 

Jack Bruce: vocals, piano, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper: vocals, Clem Clempson: guitar, Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, Francois Garny: bass, & Simon Phillips: drums

 

5. Life On Earth

 

Jack Bruce: bass, vocals, Gary Moore: guitar, & Simon Phillips: drums

 

6. NSU

 

Jack Bruce: vocals, bass, Gary Moore: guitar, & Ginger Baker: drums

 

7. Sitting On Top of The World (Bob Wills cover) 

 

Jack Bruce: vocals, bass, Gary Moore: guitar, & Ginger Baker: drums

8. Politician

 

Jack Bruce: vocals & bass, Pete Brown: vocals, Gary Moore: guitar, & Ginger Baker: drums

9. Spoonful (Willie Dixon cover)

 

Jack Bruce: vocals & bass, Gary Moore: guitar, & Ginger Baker: drums

10. Sunshine of Your Love

 

Jack Bruce: vocals & piano, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper: vocals, Clem Clempson: guitar, Malcolm Bruce: acoustic guitar, Art Themen & Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxophones, Henry Lowther: trumpet, John Mumford: trombone, Bernie Worrell: Hammond organ, Jonas Bruce: synthesizer, Francois Garny: bass, Ginger Baker & Simon Phillips: drums, & Pete Brown: percussion

Jack Bruce "Monkjack"

 

1. The Food

2. The Boy

3. Shouldn't We

4. David's Harp

5. Time Repairs

6. Laughing on Music Street

7. Know One Blues

8. Folksong

9. Weird of Hermiston

10. Tightrope

11. Third Degree (Eddie Boyd cover)

12. Immortal Ninth

Jack Bruce "Live In Concert"

1. You Burned The Tables On Me

2. Folk Song

3. A Letter Of Thanks

4. Smiles & Grins

5. We're Going Wrong 

6. The Clearout

7. Have You Ever Loved A Woman (Freddie King cover)

8. Powerhouse Sod

9. You Sure Look Good To Me

Cannonball Adderley Quintet "Oh Babe"

Studio and live versions of "Oh Babe" by Cannonball Adderley and his quintet, including his brother, cornet player, Nat Adderley, on vocals, singing the blues, and absolutely nailing it.  Check it out.

Julian Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone; Nat Adderley - cornet & vocals; Joe Zawinul - Wurlitzer electric piano; Walter Booker - bass; Roy McCurdy - drums

 

Katsumi Horii Project "Lovers" (1993)

Another Full Album Friday, and another Katsumi Horii Project album.  This is 1993's "Lovers".

The track listing:

1. Skyscraper

2. Looking For Love

3. Flashback

4. Lovers (Just Another Memory)

5. Spread More Love

6. Autumn Island

7. No Way Out

8. Timely Shot!!

9. Same Place, Same Time

10. Alone at Last, In The Misty Rain

 

The band lineup & production credits.

 

Producer: Katsumi Horii

Co-Producer: Masahiro Oji

Excutive Producer: Hirotomi Yamaguchi

 

Electric Bass: Tim Graham, Tomohito Aoki, & Yoshihiro Naruse

Electric Guitar: Hirokuni Korekata & Jun Kajiwara

Keyboards: Hiroyuki Namba, Ken Shima, Masahiro Sayama, Soichi Noriki, & Yuzo Hayashi

Saxophone: Hidefumi Toki & Masato Honda

Drums: Masaharu Ishikawa

Percussion: Eiji Narushima, Kanno Calros, & Masato Kawase

 

 

Miles Davis "Indigo"

From his 1989 album "Aura", here is Miles Davis with the tune "Indigo".  Check it out.

Alphonso Johnson "Involuntary Bliss"

From jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson's 1976 recording "Moonshadows", this is "Involuntary Bliss" featuring Flora Purim on vocals.  This track features an all-star lineup of musicians.

Alex Acuna: percussion
Airto Moreira: percussion
Narada Michael Walden: drums
Alphonso Johnson: bass
Dawilli Gonga: keyboards (Rhodes piano, Clavinet, synthesizer)
Gary Bartz: soprano saxophone
Flora Purim: vocals

Ric Fierabracci "Joey's Waltz"

Australian jazz bassist Ric Fierabracci, from the "SWR Sound Compilation" record, is playing with his trio with Frank Gambale on guitar, and Virgil Donati on drums, jamming on a tune called "Joey's Waltz".

Jean Luc Ponty "Jig"

Performing live at the 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival, here is Jean Luc Ponty and his band, with the composition, "Jig".  The band lineup is:

Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin 

Allan Zavod - Keyboards 

Jamie Glaser - Guitar 

Rayford Griffin - Drums 

Keith Jones - Bass 

 

Skip's Spotify Sunday 9-20-20

Jack Bruce "Live at Rockpalast (Live, Essen, 1980)"

1. White Room

2. Post War

3. Hit and Run

4. Running Back

5. Facelift 318

6. Theme For An Imaginary Western

7. X Marks The Spot

8. Dancing On Air

9. Out To Lunch

10. Living Without Ja

11. Politician

12. Bird Alone

13. Sunshine Of Your Love

14. N.S.U.

15. Spoonful (Willie Dixon/Howlin' Wolf cover)

 

Jack Bruce "I've Always Wanted To Do This"

 

1. Hit And Run

2. Running Back

3. Facelift 318

4. In This Way

5. Mickey The Fiddler

6. Dancing On Air

7. Livin' Without Ja

8. Wind And The Sea

9. Out To Lunch

10. Bird Alone

 

Jack Bruce "Alive In America"

 

Jack Bruce: bass, harmonica, & vocals, Clem Clempson: guitar & vocals, David Sancious: keyboards & guitar, & Billy Cobham: drums

 

*This is the studio band from "I've Always Wanted To Do This".

 

1. White Room

2. Hit And Run

3. Clem's Blues

4. Born Under a Bad Sign (Booker T. Jones cover)

5. Livin' Without Ja

6. Dancing On Air

7. Post War

8. Theme From An Imaginary Western

9. Face Lift 318

10. Escape To The Royal Wood - On Ice

11. Morning Story

12. Traintime

13. Politician

14. Sunshine of Your Love

15. Bird Alone

B.L.T. (Bruce, Lordan, Trower) "B.L.T."

Jack Bruce: bass, Bill Lordan: drums, & Robin Trower: guitar

1. Into Money

2. What It Is

3. Won't Let You Down

4. No Island Lost

5. It's Too Late

6. Life on Earth

7. Once The Bird Has Flown

8. Carmen

9. Feel The Heat

10. End Game

Jack Bruce & Robin Trower "Truce"

1. Gonna Shut You Down

2. Gone To Far

3. Thin Ice

4. Last Train to The Stars

5. Take Good Care of Yourself

6. Fall In Love

7. Fat Gut

8. Shadows Touching

9. Little Boy Lost

Jack Bruce "Live at Rockpalast (Live, Bochum, 1983)"

1. E Boogie

2. Up Town Breakdown

3. Traveling Child

4. Make Love. Pt. II.

5. Green And Blue

6. The Swarm

7. The Best Is Still To Come

8. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Muddy Waters cover)

9. Keep It Down

10. First Time I Met The Blues

11. Bird Alone

12. I'm So Glad (Skip James cover)

13. Spoonful (Willie Dixon cover)

14. N.S.U. (Cream song)

Jack Bruce "Automatic"

1. Make Love (Part II.)

2. Uptown Breakdown

3. Travelling Child

4. New World

5. E. Boogie

6. Green & Blue

7. Swarm

8. Encore

9. Automatic Pilot

Jack Bruce "Willpower - A Twenty Year Retrospective"

1. Willpower

2. As You Said (Cream song)

3. White Room (Cream song)

4. Rope Ladder To The Moon

5. Theme For An Imaginary Western

6. Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune

7. Can You Follow

8. Morning Story

9. Folk Song

10. Keep It Down

11. Pieces of Mind

12. Without A Word

13. How's Tricks

14. Jet Set Jewel

15. Mickey The Fiddler

16. The Best Is Still To Come

17. Ships In The Night

Jack Bruce "A Question of Time"

1. Life On Earth

2. Make Love

3. No Surrender

4. Flying

5. Hey Now Princess

6. Blues You Can't Lose

7. Obsession

8. Kwela

9. Let Me Be

10. Only Playing Games

11. A Question of Time

12. Grease The Wheels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John McLaughlin "When Blue Turns Gold"

This, perhaps, is the only live rendition of this particular John McLaughlin composition, entitled "When Blue Turns Gold".  The tune was played during an appearance by John and his band on French television circa 1984.

John McLaughlin - guitar
Hari Prasad Chaurasia - flute
Zakir Hussein - tabla
Katia Labeque - piano
Marielle Labeque - tambura

Katsumi Horii Project "Views Collection" (1992)

Another Katsumi Horii Project record for Full Album Friday, as has become a theme recently.  This is the 1992 record "Views Collection".  The track listing is:

1. On Wings of Our Love

2. Act 713

3. Lazy Clouds

4. Alone At Last, Under The Last Quarter

5. Risky Lipstick

6. Dancing Shadows

7. Missing Story

8. Spiral Flight

The band lineup and credits:

Anna Vocal (1), Chorus (1) 

Carlos Kanno Percussion (1,2,3,7) 

Eiji Narushima Percussion (4,6) 

Hidefumi Toki Alto Saxophone (1,7) 

Hiroyuki Namba Fender Rhodos (6,8) 

Jun Kajiwara Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar (8) 

Katsumi Horii Produce, Compose, Arrange 

 Kentaro Ajima Synth-Programming (1,2) 

 Koichiro Tashiro Acustic Guitar (3) 

Makoto Hirahara Soprano Saxophone (4) 

Masaharu Ishikawa Drums 

Masahiro Sayama Electric Piano (4), Synthesizers (6,7,8), Acoustic Piano (6,7,8) 

Masatsugu Shinozaki Group Strings (1,2) 

Nobuo Yagi Jazz Harp (5) 

Ryuichi Kobayashi Synthesizers (8) 

 Soichi Noriki Fender Rhodes (1,2,3,5), Synthesizers (1,2,3), Synth-Programming (1,2), Acoustic Piano (1,2,3,4,5) 

Tomohito Aoki Electric Bass (4,6,7,8) 

Toshihiro Nakanishi Violin (7) 

Yasushi Morimoto Synth-Programming 

Yoshihiro Naruse Electric Bass (1,2,3,5) 

Yukiyoshi Fujimoto Synth-Programming (3,4,5) 

Yuzo Hayashi Synthesizers (3,4,5), Synth-Programming (3,4,5)

Weather Report "Predator"

From their 1984 record "Domino Theory", here is Weather Report with a composition called "Predator".  It's the fourth track on the record, featuring Joe Zawinul on keyboards and synthesizers, Wayne Shorter on saxophones, Victor Bailey on bass, Omar Hakim on drums, and Jose Rossy on percussion.

The Yardbirds, Bouton Rouge, 1968

From French television in 1968, here's The Yardbirds in the Jimmy Page era, where he was still their guitar player before forming Led Zeppelin.  In this performance the songs played include "Train Kept A Rollin' ", an early version of what would become a Led Zeppelin classic, ("Dazed & Confused"), and "Goodnight Sweet Josephine" rounds out the little medley of tunes from this performance.  Check it out.

Cannonball Adderley "Hummin' "

Happy Birthday, Cannonball Adderley, jazz alto saxophone legend.  Celebrating Cannonball's birthday, today, with his performance of a tune called "Hummin' ", from the 1971 Newport Jazz Festival.  The band is:

Cannonball Adderley: alto saxophone

Nat Adderley: trumpet

George Duke: Rhodes electric piano

Walter Booker: bass

Roy McCurdy: drums

Jimmy Reed "Take Out Some Insurance"

From 1959, here is Jimmy Reed, a favorite bluesman of yours truly, playing his song "Take Out Some Insurance". 

Skip's Spotify Sunday 9-13-20

Jack Bruce - singles

"Eleanor Rigby" - Single (Final Session) (The Beatles' cover)

 

Jack Bruce "Don't Look Now EP"

1. Don't Look Know

2. Candlelight

3. Fields of Forever

4. Drone

Jack Bruce "5 Live"

1. Theme From An Imaginary Western

2. White Room 

3. Born Under A Bad Sign (Booker T. Jones cover)

4. Sunshine of Your Love

5. Politician

Jack Bruce "Songs For A Tailor"

1. Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune

2. Theme For An Imaginary Western

3. Tickets To Waterfalls

4. Weird Of Hermiston

5. Rope Ladder To The Moon

6. The Ministry Of Bag

7. He The Richmond

8. Boston Ball Game, 1967

9. To Isengard

10. The Clearout

11. The Ministry Of Bag - Demo

12. Weird Of Hermiston - Alternate Mix

13. The Clearout - Alternate Mix

14. The Ministry Of Bag - Alternate Mix

Jack Bruce "Things We Like"

1. Over The Cliff

2. Statues

3. Sam Enchanted Dick Medley

4. Born To Be Blue

5. HCKHH Blues

6. Ballad For Arthur

7. Things We Like

8. Ageing Jack Bruce, Three From Scotland, England

Jack Bruce "Harmony Row"

1. Can You Follow

2. Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice)

3. You Burned The Tables On Me

4. There's A Forest

5. Morning Story

6. Folk Song

7. Smiles And Grins

8. Post War

9. A Letter Of Thanks

10. Victoria Sage

11. The Consult At Sunset

12. Green Hills (Can You Follow) - Instrumental Version

13. Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice) - Instrumental demo

14. There's A Forest - First Take

15. You Burned The Tables On Me - Alternate Version

16. Can You Follow - Take One

Jack Bruce "Out of The Storm" (Bonus Tracks Edition)

1. Pieces of Mind

2. Golden Days

3. Running Through Our Hands

4. Keep On Wondering

5. Keep It Down

6. Into The Storm

7. One

8. Timeslip

9. Keep It Down - Bonus Track

10. Keep On Wondering - Bonus Track

11. Into The Storm - Bonus Track

12. Pieces Of Mind - Bonus Track

13. One - Bonus Track

Jack Bruce "Live On The Old Grey Whistle Test"

1. Can You Follow

2. Morning Story

3. Keep It Down

4. Peaces Of Mind

5. One

6. Spirit

7. Smiles And Grins

8. White Room

9. Hit And Run

10. Slow Blues

11. Livin' Without Ja

12. Dancing On Air

13. In This Way

14. Theme For An Imaginary Western

15. Politician

Jack Bruce "How's Tricks"

 

1. Without A Word

2. Johnny B '77

3. Times

4. Baby Jane

5. Lost Inside A Song

6. How's Tricks

7. Madhouse

8. Waiting For The Call

9. Outsiders

10. Something To Live For

11. Wihout A Word

12. Something To Live For - Single Edit

 

 

Eddie Henderson "Explodition"

From his 1975 Blue Note Records release "Sunburst" here is trumpeter Eddie Henderson with the track "Explodition".  The band lineup is a who's who of great jazz musicians.

Eddie Henderson: trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet

Julian Priester: trombone

Bennie Maupin: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, saxello

George Duke: electric piano, Clavinet, synthesizer

Alphonso Johnson: electric bass

Harvey Mason: drums

 

 

Katsumi Horii Project "Sky Cruisin' " (1991)

This week, for Full Album Friday, more from the Katsumi Horii Project and their 1991 record "Sky Cruisin' ".  Again, Katsumi Horii is the producer, who built the band around his musical ideas.  The band lineup is:

Acoustic Guitar – Hiroki Miyano, Jun Kajiwara

Electric Guitar – Hirokuni Korekata, Jun Kajiwara

Jazz Harp – Nobuo Yagi

Keyboards – Hiroyuki Namba, Ken Shima, Masahiro Sayama, Soichi Noriki, Yuzo Hayashi

Synthesier Programming – Soichi Noriki

Synthesizer Programming – Hideyuki Hayashi, Kentaro Ajima, Yasushi Morimoto, Yukiyoshi Fujimoto, Yuzo Hayashi

Saxophone – Hidefumi Toki, Masato Honda

Electric Bass – Tim Graham, Tomohito Aoki, Yoshihiro Naruse

Drums – Masaharu Ishikawa

Production:

Album Designer – Masayuki Yano

Artist Management & Musician Co-Ordinator – Hajime Urushibara

Assistant Engineer – Kenji Nakamura, Shinichi Kawasumi, Tomoyuki Morikawa

Co-producer – Masahiro Oji

Cover & Inner Illustrator – Eizin Suzuki

Producer – Katsumi Horii

Recording & Mixing Engineer – Takahiro Nochimura Recording Engineer – Toshio Misu

Studio Co-Ordinator – Yuko Sasaki

The track listing:

1. Sky Cruisin'

2. My Happiness In The Cake

3. In The Blue Heavens

4. Dear...

5. Whoop!  Whoop!

6. Afterglow

7. Reddish In Mind

8. Salad Street

9. Alone At Last, Behind The Seventh Wind

    

                                

Joe Henderson “Terra Firma”

From his 1972 record "Black Is The Color", here is Joe Henderson with the tune "Terra Firma".  The band lineup is:

Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, percussion

George Cables - electric piano 

David Horowitz - synthesizer

Georg Wadenius - guitar

Dave Holland - bass

Ron Carter - electric bass

Jack DeJohnette - drums

Ralph McDonald - percussion, congas 

 

Frogwings "Deviant Dreams"

A live performance by super group, Frogwings, an Allman Brothers Band side project, of their tune "Deviant Dreams" from their 1999 record "Croakin' At Toads" recorded live on February 13th, 1999 at the Philadelphia Theater of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The band lineup, once again, includes some well known names.

John Popper: vocals, harmonica

Derek Trucks: guitar, slide guitar

Jimmy Herring: guitar

Kofi Burbridge: keyboards, flute

Oteil Burbridge: bass

Butch Trucks: drums

Marc Quinones: percussion

 

Phish "Tweezer" (revisited)

Revisiting a favorite Phish song, showcasing their ability to jam, and their zany approach to writing lyrics.  Here is "Tweezer", with one of yours truly's favorite lyrics.

"Look who's in the freezer

Uncle Ebenezer."

This particular version is from their show in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 26th, 2012.  This is the instrumental jam version.

Here is the full version, with a jam in it, taped live from their December 30th, 2019 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

The full version of Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" paying tribute to original composer and lead singer of The Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett.  Recorded and released, of course, on their 1975 classic record "Wish You Were Here". 

Dickey Betts on the Real Allman Brothers Band stories behind the film 'Almost Famous'

Disclaimer: I have not watched the Movie "Almost Famous" yet, but apparently, Dickey Betts is here to tell the real stories as they were portrayed in fiction in the movie.

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Dickey Betts talks from his home on Little Sarasota Bay about the real Allman Brothers Band stories that inspired the 2000 film "Almost Famous", and what actor Billy Crudup said about playing him.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/08/16/dickey-betts-interview-real-allman-brothers-band-stories-behind-movie-almost-famous-sarasota/3330284001/

Return To Forever "The Shadow of Lo"

 

Recorded live at the Electric Lady Studios, June 1975. Originally broadcast live on WQIV-FM. From the compilation album " Return To The 7th Galaxy: The Anthology" released in 1996. 

Chick Corea - keyboards 

Al Di Meola - guitar 

Stanley Clarke - bass 

Lenny White - drums

 

To clarify, the title is somewhat misleading.  The record company printed the tune's title as "The Shadow of Lo", but according to drummer Lenny White, the true title of the song is "The Shadow of Io" which is one of the seven moons of planet Jupiter.  That's where the song's title originates from.  

Katsumi Horii “Summers” (1990)

For Full Album Friday, another Katsumi Horii record, albeit, sans the band member and production credits.  This is Horii's 1990 record "Summers".  The track listing is:

1. Summer's

2. Green

3. Walking On The Air

4. Just Newly Born

5. Wild Night (Guitar Version)

6. Lucky Rascal

7. Vanity Fair

8. Wild Night (Sax Version)

9. Alone At Last For This Summer

 

Harvey Mason "If I Ever Lose This Heaven"

Soul jazz from legendary drummer, Harvey Mason.  This is from Mason's 2014 record "Chameleon".

The band lineup includes Harvey Mason on drums, Jimmy Haslip on bass, Matthew Stevens on drums, John Beasley on electric piano, Corey "CK" King on synthesizer and trombone, Christian Scott on trumpet, and Chris Turner on vocals.  

Koko Taylor (feat. Little Walter) "Wang Dang Doodle" (revisited) & more (a mini blues revue)

The extended version of "Wang Dang Doodle" by Koko Taylor and Little Walter.  There are numerous other performances in this montage from Willie Dixon, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, "Hound Dog" Taylor, and pianist Victoria Spivey, who reminds yours truly of some of the great early women of blues and jazz, such as Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, or Ella Fitzgerald.  It's a shame, that Victoria Spivey's performance at the end of the video is cut short.   

Koko Taylor (feat. Little Walter) "Wang Dang Doodle"

From 1967, a performance by one of the queens of the blues, Koko Taylor, of her song "Wang Dang Doodle" featuring the late, great Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs on harmonica.  There is another longer version of this video, with more people credited as playing on the performance.  Stay tuned for that one.  It will be posted soon.