Re: Legendary Grooves

Gen Ventura (gventura@ucsd.edu)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 08:23:55 -0700


At 04:25 PM 4/17/98 -0400, Ross C. d'Avignon wrote:
>
>Hey, everybody...
>
>What are your votes for the all-time, old school, greatest grooves? In my
>book, there's no denying Donald Byrd's "Places and Spaces" album on Blue
Note.
>Ferociously fonky material with a splattering of sound layers in the
>standard Mizell Bros. sound... Let's hear some other suggestions!
>
>Dig it,
>
> "Change / Makes You Want to Hustle..."
>

Greetings Everyone! I could go on and on and on with a list of old skool
grooves but I'll just stick with some old time faves. (first time responder
by the way)
Lets see.....
Anything by G.Clinton and His Band of Bad Ass
Funkbusters(Parliament,Funkadelic,Bootsy's Rubber Band,etc..)
George Duke
Mr.Wonder..of course!
Mr.Hancock
Confunkshun
Really old Kool and the Gang
Ohio Players
Earth,Wind&Fire
Really old Bar-Kays
Cameo-that's the old stuff!
Isley Bothers
Brothers Johnson
Rick James
A couple of bands from England-Heatwave and Sun
Slave
The Gap Band
Zapp featuring Roger
I think I better stop there. Like I said, I could go and on!
That's my 0.02. Peace and Hair Grease! gv