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    Default the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    so, there's a whole lot of talk about hip hop on this site. fair enough, it's pretty much the genre of our generation. however, i don't think there's enough discussion re: the music that inspired (and indeed was used as samples in) hip hop music.

    this is the thread in which you post the illest oldskool jams you listen to.

    i'll kick it off with:

    RAMP (roy ayers musical project) - everybody loves the sunshine

    donald byrd - wind parade (sampled by beatminers for black moon's 'buck em down')

    funkadelic - maggot brain

    johnny hammond - lost on 23rd street

    idris muhammad - loran's dance

    ahmad jamal - swahililand (used by jay dee for de la soul's 'stakes is high')

    caesar frazier - sweet children (kanye jacked this)

    marvin gaye - inner city blues
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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    kizzle is ihs's expert soul/r&b man and will be glad to see this thread

    some of my favs:

    earth, wind and fire
    the barkays
    con funk shun
    al green
    stevie wonder
    cameo
    teddy pendergrass
    frankie beverly and maze
    parliament

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Quote Originally Posted by RainierBeachPoet
    kizzle is ihs's expert soul/r&b man and will be glad to see this thread

    some of my favs:

    earth, wind and fire
    the barkays
    con funk shun
    al green
    stevie wonder
    cameo
    teddy pendergrass
    frankie beverly and maze
    parliament
    great list there, rbp. some of my personal favourites also include parliament, al green, teddy pendergrass and earth, wind and fire.

    some other nice cuts:

    lou rawls - you've made me so very happy

    deodato - super strut (nice wah wah)

    al hirt - harlem hendoo (pimpest track ever... i want this as my personal theme music. you know, the track that comes on whenever you walk in a room)

    curtis mayfield - give me your love

    minnie riperton - inside my love
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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Yes.

    Some of my personal favorites are:

    The Spinners
    The Stylistics
    Bobby Womack
    Chris Kenner
    Allen Toussaint
    Buddy Miles
    The Meters
    Stanley Turrentine (If he counts)
    King Curtis
    Todd Rundgren

    And of course a lot of the classics mentioned in this thread ( marvin Gaye, Al Green, Funkadelic, Bar Kays, Al Hirt)

    ONe of the giants I never got is Sly Stone.

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    My favourite Jazz trumpeter ever, Lee Morgan:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbrxLz20JY

    this somehow always gives me chills (young Maynard Ferguson):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4MwyGkPg10

    classic Miles + 'Trane

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FAKRpUCYY

    another classic, played by Charles Mingus:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY

    Piano/Vibraphone duo, Chick Corea + Gary Burton:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCZ-iL19Em4
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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    some lesser known soul gems:

    odyssey - our lives are shaped by what we love http://youtube.com/watch?v=zWdnX3XlaI4

    chairmen of the board - working on a building of love http://youtube.com/watch?v=urp6M6sXrII

    honey cone - stick up http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AhL3y1PsYM&feature=related

    loose jointz - shoot the pump
    http://www.blaxploitation.com/sounds...the%20pump.mp3
    (one of the awesomest songs of all time)

    theres just too much great stuff out there from the days of yonder...

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    I've always been a Herbie Hancock man...

    Here is Watermelon Man... maybe the funkiest opening to any song... ever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5GcYeh7XA


    Here is Miles Davis and the Quintets (which included Herbie Hancock) playing live:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_whk6m67VE

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Maggot Brain = anything anyone ever did in the late 60's/70's including Jimi, Clapton, etc.

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Quote Originally Posted by RedBlackAttack
    Here is Miles Davis and the Quintets (which included Herbie Hancock) playing live:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_whk6m67VE
    maybe the best quintet Miles has ever lead. Wayne Shorter was/is just off the hook. Same goes for Ron Carter.

    some nice soul/funk by Maceo Parker:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JawQn7gKdJo

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Y'all heard of Shuggie Otis (son of legend Johnny Otis?) Dude is very underrated and rare. Very ahead of his time, doing stuff in the late '60 and '70 which really didn't come widely used until decades later. Cat did the original Strawberry Letter.

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    Strawberry Letter #23

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Quote Originally Posted by L.Kizzle
    Y'all heard of Shuggie Otis (son of legend Johnny Otis?) Dude is very underrated and rare. Very ahead of his time, doing stuff in the late '60 and '70 which really didn't come widely used until decades later. Cat did the original Strawberry Letter.

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    Strawberry Letter #23
    yes. his trippy style rules!

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    some great picks in here from everyone. stylistics, shuggie otis (i was stuck on that album for a while), mingus, herbie, chick corea, miles, coltrane... just what i was hoping for.

    i was sad to hear that the greatest hammond organist ever died just the other day.

    RIP jimmy mcgriff

    turn blue

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Quote Originally Posted by i seen hippos
    Maggot Brain = anything anyone ever did in the late 60's/70's including Jimi, Clapton, etc.
    Cosign.

    Anyway I might as well add some of my faves.

    Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be With You (the solo is ridiculous)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5DLL9TlqM

    Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzRJgZG98I

    Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady (Ernie plays his arse off)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84

    Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgthG5sL6M

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    Default Re: the ultimate ish otc funk/soul/jazz thread

    Quote Originally Posted by RedBlackAttack
    I've always been a Herbie Hancock man...

    Here is Watermelon Man... maybe the funkiest opening to any song... ever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5GcYeh7XA


    Here is Miles Davis and the Quintets (which included Herbie Hancock) playing live:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_whk6m67VE

    such a good song

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