Other awesome finds:
Frank Foster - The Loud Minority : Late 60's (?) jazz on Mainstream Records.
Features a very young Stan Clarke, Airto Moreiro, D.D. Bridgewater, Jan Hammer
(?!). Most distinctive is the speech given probably by D.D. "We are a part of
the loud minority..."
Hadley Caliman - Iapetus : Another fine Mainstream recording, a little funky
in parts but mostly just solid jazz. (Sunship) Woody Theus (another Blue Note
star) plays on this one.
Maxine Weldon - Right On : Her first recording, in between Bob Dylan covers
she does a couple of really funky soul singing.
Letta Mbulu : awful record, kind of poppy african stuff. Arranged by Herb
Alpert (anyone heard his new one, I thought it was wicked) with the likes of
Bernard Purdie playing on it.
Andrea Parker - Melodious Thunk : Pretty sparse techno sounding, somewhat like
Dr. Rockit. About the same tempo (100 bpm). Big bass sounds. If you are into
the new Hardfloor, Dr. Rockit or any of the crazy 303-based funk, you'll love
this.
Chris
'The guy who doesn't know Roy Haynes'