Blue Notables Vol.12 - Six Vital Organs (1996)

A six tracks sampler of six hammond players: Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Larry Young, Jimmy McGriff, Big John Patton and Baby Face Willette.

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Les McCann - The Man (1978)

The Man (LP) was released in 1978 with a line up among others :

Les McCann : Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Ernie Watts : Saxophone
Gary Coleman : Drums
Nick Kirgo : Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Vincent DeRosa : French Horn
Jimmy Rowser : Bass
Richard Tee : Piano
Eddie Watkins : Bass
L.A. Strings

Paul Riser Producer
Herb Alpert Executive producer
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood

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Jimmy McGriff - In A Blue Mood (1992)

" ... Jimmy McGriff's 1991 release In A Blue Mood ranked as one of his most controversial. McGriff, certainly among the finest wailing and soul-jazz organists ever, spent as much time playing the Kurzweil 1200 synthesizer as he did the Hammond (and it was B-5 rather than the classic B-3), was joined by then-Prince saxophonist Eric Leeds, and also backed on two cuts by vocalists. It was far from late-night soul-jazz at its best; still, McGriff did play a couple of nice solos when he did turn to the organ. "Blue Juice," "The Bird," and "Charlotte" are strong McGriff vehicles; the others were done with style ..... "(AMG)

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Pee Wee Ellis - Ridin' Mighty High (2000)

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis joined the James Brown Revue in 1965 and began arranging with James Brown right away; he co-wrote the hits "Cold Sweat" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud". In the 90's he started to release his own albums. Ridin Mighty High released in 2000 is essentially a gospel album and has been Pee Wee's most successful album yet.

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Stuff - The Right Stuff (1996)

The right stuff is a compilation of some of the best tracks from their earlier albums.

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Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom - Live! (2003)

Recorded live in March 2001 the CD features super heavy dose of Hammond organ and organ bass from Mr. Levy and his back up - drummer Joe Russo and Guitarist John Trama; we can only imagine how great it was to be there notwithstanding the CD's sound is almost like a bootleg.

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Chuck Mangione - Disguise (1984)

Disguise is Mangione's third album for Columbia released in 1984. Musicians for the session were:

Chuck Mangione (Flugelhorn)

Deodato (Keyboards)

Steve Gadd (Drums),

Don Potter (Flugelhorn)

Jerry Barnes (Bass)

Katreese Barnes (Keyboards)

Jeff Mironov (Guitar)

Chris Vadala (flute)

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Jay Berliner - Bananas Are Not Created Equal (1972)

Never mind the title, but this is one helluva jazz+funk album released by the versatile guitarist Jay Berliner. This is the only such release he made as most, if not all, of his other solo recordings were in classical guitar categories; the album was originally released in 1972 on Mainstream Records and was reissued in 2007. Other personnel in the session include Paul Griffin (keyboards), Ray Barretto (Congas), Jimmy Johnson (drums), Cornell Dupree (Rhythm Guitar).

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Stuff

I. Stuff (1976)

Stuff was a New-York based jazz funk band active in the late 1970s and early 1980s with members among the finest session musicians in the New York studio music scene at that time . The members were Gordon Edwards (bass), the late Richard Tee (keyboards), the late Eric Gale (guitar), Cornell Dupree (guitar), Chris Parker (drums), and later Steve Gadd (drums). These are their self -titled debut and third release respectively.

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II. Stuff It (1978)

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Carl Orr - Mean It (1993)

Australian jazz guitarist Carl Orr has toured and recorded with Billy Cobham, among others. But he has many fine projects in his own name, including Mean It, his third outing as leader. He decided to focus on highly electric jazz-funk music filled with plenty of improvisation.

The personnel are : Carl Orr (guitar),Miroslav Bikovsky (trumpet, flugelhorn), Martyn Love (synthesizer, organ), Adam Armstrong (electric bass), Andrew Gander (drums), Phillipe Lincy (percussion)

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Nick Peck - Fire Truck I Have Known (2007)

Some funky backbeat and soul jazz on Hammond Organ from bay area's Nick Peck. Jake Langley is also featured here on several tracks including the title track. Please visit his site here.

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