It's The Best Stuff Yet! Great Piedmont Blues!

From Ron Weinstock's In A Blue Mood blog, a review of a double disc set of great Piedmont blues.  Check it out, HERE.

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John Coltrane "My Favorite Things" (1961)

Another great jazz record for Full Album Friday.  This is John Coltrane's 1961 "My Favorite Things" record, centering around the title track, Coltrane's masterful interpretation of Rogers & Hammerstein's composition from "The Sound of Music".  Track three, which is track one on side B also showcases, another great piece from a musical.  "Summertime" from Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess". 

The album credits:

Steve Davis: bass
Elvin Jones: drums
McCoy Tyner: piano
John Coltrane: soprano & tenor saxophones (soprano: tracks A1, A2 & tenor: tracks B1, B2)

Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY Track A1 on October 21, 1960 Track B1 on October 24, 1960 Tracks A2 & B2 on October 26, 1960.

Engineer – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun

The track listing.

Side A:

1. My Favorite Things
2. Everytime We Say Goodbye

Side B:

1. Summertime
2. But Not For Me

The Legacy of Don Rich, Buckaroo, & Bakersfield Sound Pioneer

An article from Wide Open Country about Don Rich, the lead guitarist for Buck Owens & The Buckaroos, and how his Telecaster twang, influenced what came to be known in country music circles as "The Bakersfield Sound".

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Ghost Note "Swagism"

A live performance by Ghost Note of their tune "Swagism" from the Vogue Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, on January 15th, 2019.

Robert Sput Searight, Nate Werth, MonoNeon, Vaughn “V.Keys” Henry, Peter Knudsen, Sylvester Onyejiaka, and Jonathan Mones.  All these guys have played with luminaries of the music business.

Robert "Sput" Searight: percussion (Snarky Puppy)
Nate Werth: percussion (Snarky Puppy)
Dwayne "Mononeon" Thomas: bass (Prince)
Vaughan "V Keys" Henry: keyboards
Peter Knudsen: guitar
Sylvester Onyejiaka: saxophones (baritone & tenor saxes), flute
Jonathan Mones: alto saxophone, flute

Alain Caron "Slam The Clown"

Studio and live versions of Alain Caron's "Slam The Clown".

Studio album credits.

Live performance credits.  

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone -- François D'Amours*

Drums -- Dennis Chambers

Drums, Programmed By [Drum] -- Magella Cormier

Guitar -- Jerry De Villiers Jr.

Guitar, Trumpet -- Benoît Charest

Keyboards, Organ -- Guy Dubuc

Percussion -- El Extasis, Jean-François Coté, Luc Boivin, Mireille Marchal

Piano -- James Gelfand

Casiopea "Galactic Funk"

From a performance on April 27th, 1985, here's Casiopea with "Galactic Funk".

Skip's Spotify Sunday 12-1-19

3rd Force - singles

"Believe In Me" no vocals/no DJ edit

3rd Force "3rd Force"

1. You Know My Heart
2. We Should Be Together
3. Ready For Love
4. The Gift
5. Love's The Reason
6. Full Circle
7. Where It All Begins
8. 3rd Force (Prelude)
9. 3rd Force
10. Between Friends
11. Towards The Light

3rd Force "Force of Nature"

1. Forever Yours
2. Listen To Your Heart
3. Sundancer
4. Here Comes The Night - Intro
5. Here Comes The Night
6. Behind Closed Eyes
7. Force Of Nature
8. Vital Connection
9. 'Til We Meet Again
10. 3rd Force Party
11. Coming Home

3rd Force "Vital Force"

1. In The Full Moon Light
2. No Doubt
3. You Gotta Be Real
4. Give It Up
5. Lift Me Higher
6. Echoes Of A Dream
7. Set Yourself Free
8. She Whispered To Me
9. I've Got To Know
10. Smiles All Around
11. Thru The Shadows

3rd Force "Force Field"

1. Revelation of The Heart
2. Something Special
3. The Closer You Get
4. Give It All You Got
5. Straight Up
6. Secret Sauce
7. Bridge of Dreams
8. Step Into My Life
9. 7th Heaven
10. Once In A Lifetime

3rd Force "Collective Force"

1. Dance With Me
2. Sweet Surrender
3. Bridge of Dreams - Remastered
4. In The Full Moon Light - Remastered
5. You Gotta Be Real
6. You Know My Heart - Remastered
7. Something Special - Remastered
8. Coming Home - Remastered
9. Listen To Your Heart - Remastered
10. Here Comes The Night - Remastered
11. Revelation of The Heart - Remastered
12. No Doubt - Remastered
13. Give It All You Got - Remastered
14. The Gift - Remastered
15. Lift Me Higher - Remastered

3rd Force "Gentle Force"

1. Young Again
2. I Believe In You
3. Grateful For Love
4. Follow Your Dream
5. Under Your Spell
6. Ready Or Not
7. Aquamarine
8. Hands Across The Ocean
9. Journey To Now
10. Straight From The Heart

3rd Force "Driving Force"

1. Believe In Me
2. Ask Me Why
3. Real Thing
4. You Got It
5. Get With It
6. An Open Heart
7. Is She Ready?
8. Gotta Gotta
9. This Is The One - Intro
10. This Is The One
11. Inside The Rhythm

3rd Force "Global Force" 

1. Big Shot
2. Breakout
3. Carry On
4. Compassion Passion
5. Day Into Night
6. Follow Me Home
7. Out of the Storm
8. Shadow of Love
9. You Are The One
10. We'll Be Together