Note :

http://www.denniscoffeysite.com

http://www.myspace.com/denniscoffey

Dennis Coffey (born in Detroit, Michigan) is an American guitarist, notable as a prominent studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings. Coffey learned to play guitar when he was 13 in Ontonagon County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. At 15 he played on his first record session backing Vic Gallon on "I'm Gone" on the Gondola label. In the early 1960s he joined The Royaltones who had had hits with "Poor Boy" in 1958 and "Flamingo Express" in 1961. The Royaltones played sessions with other artists including Del Shannon. As a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced the wah-wah guitar sound to Motown producer Norman Whitfield's recordings. He also played on Edwin Starr's "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)”, The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing", and Freda Payne's "Band of Gold". In addition, Coffey scored the blaxploitation film Black Belt Jones. In 1971, Coffey recorded Scorpio which was a million selling single and in 1972 Taurus, both with The Detroit Guitar Band. Since then, he has recorded several solo albums, most of them for the Sussex and Westbound labels.

In the early 70’s, Dennis Coffey, Motown ‘Funk Brother’ and super-session guitar man, seemed determined to write soundtracks – even if he wasn’t commissioned by a Hollywood studio. Indeed, the four studio albums he cut for the Sussex label between 1971 and 1974, from which this compilation is culled, are like a big personal advertisement for potential film score work.

Coffey’s raw, compressed guitar style – his big city breakbeat funk - certainly evokes a tough, urban landscape inhabited by tough, urban gangsters.

by Dj Uilson
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Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Funk , Soul
Sortie : 2006

Tracklist :
1. Son of Scorpio (3:07)
2. Guitar big band (3:26)
3. Theme from Enter the Dragon (3:08)
4. Chicano (5:07)
5. Lonely moon child (3:17)
6. Impressions of (4:37)
7. Ride Sally ride (3:02)
8. Taurus (2:54)
9. Scorpio (4:10)
10. Getting it on (2:24)
11. Big city funk (2:50)
12. Whole lot of love (2:26)
13. Garden of the moon (3:15)
14. Capricon's thing (2:09)
15. Outrageous (7:27)

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/stomuyamashta70

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomu_Yamashta

The primary difference when comparing this live performance and the rendering simply titled Go (1976) is that Go Live From Paris (1978) presents the proceedings (as they exist) in a properly linear fashion, as correlated to the Eastern mythology that informed the extended two-part suite. This is in direct contrast to Go, which assembled the contents out of sequence. The stage show was recorded at the Palais Des Sports in Paris, France on June 12, 1976 and the recital setting allows for considerably longer and more exploratory interaction amongst Stomu Yamashta (percussion/piano), Steve Winwood (vocals/keyboards) and (drums). They are joined by legendary jazz axeman Michael Shrieve,Al DiMeola (guitar) as well as Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel veteran Klaus Schulze (synthesizer) -- all of whom had contributed to Go. Filling out the band are Jerome Rimson (bass), Pat Thrall (guitar), Brother James (congas) and Karen Friedman (vocals). Specifically, the licks traded between DiMeola and Shrieve are comparable to the workouts the pair shared as part of the Borboletta (1974) era Santana. In terms of sheer intensity, it is hard to beat DiMeola's searing leads and Winwood's blue-eyed soul on the driving "Ghost Machine," easily topping its former incarnation. "Surfspin" lands into the funky mid-tempo "Time Is Here" highlighted by Karen Friedman's expressive exchanges with Winwood, while Rimson punctuates the rhythm with some penetrating bass interjections. This is followed by the sole Winwood composition "Winner/Loser," which further exemplifies how the spontaneity of the concert yields results that best their predecessors. In fact, on the whole the material on Go sounds like a blueprint for the exceptional and inspired outing found here. The second movement commences with fairly even renditions of the trifecta "Solitude," "Nature" and "Air Voice" -- which had previously been given the name "Air Over." "Crossing the Line" is an additional zenith, spotlighted by Winwood's emotive vocals and the untamed and otherwise incendiary frenzy of fretwork courtesy of DiMeola. Clocking in just shy of a quarter-hour, "Man of Leo" provides another opportunity for the players to loosen up and fuse their collective improvisations behind DiMeola's intense soloing and the similarly seminal instrumental offerings from Shrieve, Rimson -- who is at his most melodic -- and Freidman's haunting warbles.

by Spinato's Musicpills
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Origine du Groupe : Japan
Style : Funk , Soul , Experimental
Sortie : 1976

Tracklist :
01 Space song
02 Carnival
03 Wind spin
04 Ghost machine
05 Surf spin
06 Time is here
07 Winner Looser
08 Solitude
09 Nature
10 Air voice
11 Crossing the line
12 Man of Leo
13 Stellar
14 Space Requiem

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/clarencereid

 A sweet southern soul album on the Alston imprint by the singer who would later be better known as the kinky Blowfly, but here, Clarence Reid is fully dedicated to a sensitive, soulful yet rawer kind of music. At that time when he was also writing most of Betty Wright best-known tracks for TK, he took the time to co-write his entire album, and some of the tracks here are quite memorable.

Of course, you might know the title track, an 8-minute tour de force that's been covered over and over through the years; but Clarence also shines on deep soul tracks like 'The Truth' and 'New York City'.
Enjoy it!

by Greg
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Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Soul , Funk
Sortie : 1973

Tracklist :
1. Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart
2. New York City
3. If It Was Good Enough For Daddy
4. Real Woman
5. Please Accept My Call
6. The Truth
7. Ruby
8. Love Who You Can
9. Please Stay Home
10. Like Runnning Water

Note : ++

http://www.mavisstaples.com

http://www.myspace.com/ashleybeedle

http://www.myspace.com/darrenmorrismusic

Dédié à Mavis Staples (chanteuse de soul importante, notamment avec les Staples Singers mais aussi pour son engagement dans le mouvement des droits civiques de Martin Luther King), "Mavis" est un disque qui sonne terriblement daté : un joujou de producteurs (les Anglais Ashley Beedle et Darren Morris) mou comme un vieux disque de trip-hop avec casting de luxe -  Kurt Wagner (Lambchop), la diva disco-soul Candi Staton, Ed Harcourt, Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne) ou encore le miraculé Edwyn Collins. "When I walk with you" sample "I'm not in love" de TenCC, ouah l'originalité ! Tout le monde roupille...

Par Placido Castafiori
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Origine du Groupe : U.K , North America
Style : Soul , Funk
Sortie : 2010

Tracklist :
01 Gangs of Rome ft. Kurt Wagner 5:00
02 What You Looking For ft. John Turrell 4:50
03 Nemesis Required ft. Cerys Matthews 4:38
04 Revolution ft. Candi Staton 5:28
05 Puzzles & Riddles ft. Ed Harcourt 6:14
06 When I Walk With You (Heartbreak Song) ft. Sarah 5:11
Cracknell
07 Sinful Love ft. Disa 5:24
08 Dreamers (Interlude) ft. Chris Coco 1:29
09 Let Your Love Shine ft. Danielle Moore 3:58
10 4:14 ft. Cherilyn MacNeil 5:26
11 Feeling Lucky ft. Edwyn Collins 5:05
12 Revolution ft. Candi Staton (Heavy Soul Extended 6:18
Mix)

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/orelhanegra

http://orelhanegra.wordpress.com

Origine du Groupe : Portugal

Style : Soul , Funk , Instrumental

Sortie : 2010

Tracklist :

01. A Memуria 5:34
02. Barrio Blue 3:54
03. Lord 2:40
04. A Forзa Da Razгo 3:17
05. 961 919 169 4:56
06. Tanto Tempo 3:50
07. Futurama 5:46
08. Tripical 4:22
09. M.I.R.I.A.M 3:37
10. Saudade 3:11
11. A Cura 3:53
12. We're Superfly 4:00

 Pour bien commencer la semaine, voici un excellent disque de funk portugais, Orelha Negra de ... Orelha Negra.

Comme très souvent, j'ai découvert cet album en sautant de lien en lien sur la toile. J'ai immédiatement été attiré par cette pochette où l'un des membres du groupe se dissimule derrière LA référence musicale ultime, Ivan Rebroff.

Après avoir lu un descriptif très bref (funk portugais), une seule solution s'imposait à moi : aller faire un tour le MySpace du groupe.

Ah, ils sont amis avec The Roots ... Une raison de plus pour leur prêter une oreille attentive.

Une écoute, deux écoutes et même trois écoutes de certains des titres mis en présentation me donnent envie de partir à la recherche de l'album complet (facile ...). 

Je suis déjà sous le charme de l'Oreille Noire et de son funk / soul / jazz rétro-futuriste et l'écoute intégrale de l'Oreille Noire ne fera que renforcer ce sentiment.

Mélange habile et subtilement dosé de classicisme et de métissage intelligent (quelques touches de hip-hop avec collages et samples discrets dont, me semble-t'il un emprunt à Barry White [oui, j'aime Barry White !] sur le 5ème morceau, 961 919 169), Orelha Negra parvient de plus à maintenir l'attention de l'auditeur sur toute sa durée.

 En effet, après un morceau introductif (A Memoria) permettant d'installer progressivement l'ambiance, les 5 Portugais, grâce à une alternance de titres remuants (Barrio Blue, Futurama, ...), mid-tempos (961 919 169, Tripical, Saudade [je suis incapable de reconnaître l'échantillonnage qui le parcourt aux claviers, si quelqu'un peut m'aider !], ...), planants  (Tanto Tempo [et sa jolie trompette jazzy], M.I.R.I.A.M., ...) et une formidable conclusion sous la forme d'une véritable tuerie (A Cura) et d'un hommage au maître Curtis Mayfield (We're Superfly), nous offrent un album hédoniste et cérébral à découvrir absolument si, tout comme moi, vous aimez la musique noire américaine.

Pump up the volume !

Par Thierry  

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