Music Jazz, Blues, Soul, & Funk

[MadamSarcastra]

I realize this thread may not be visited by many others, but I felt compelled to start it on the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane's death.... he passed away on July 17th, 1967.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Cafe OTO → JOHN COLTRANE 50th ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CONCERT with PAUL DUNMALL SUNSHIP QUARTET featuring special guest ALAN SKIDMORE + JULIE KJAER / STÅLE LIAVIK SOLBERG / MARK WASTELL TRIO, Monday 17 July 2017, 7.30pm

http://clefclubofjazz.org/event/50th-anniversary-homage-to-john-coltrane/

 

[Joe]

Not Coltrane, but funky.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Not Coltrane, but funky.

Funk, yeah! Techno-funk! I don't remember where I heard that before....

And this thread ain't just for Coltrane, sweets....

 

[Joe]

Let's get down ... to Funkytown.

 

[Joe]

More funky music.

 

[Joe]

We want the funk!

 

[Joe]

Let's try some soul.

Let's Try a Little Tenderness.

 

[Joe]

The blues are brewin'.

 

[Amy SF]

 

[Joe]

If you visit the website on Youtube there is a listing of the Top 100 Best Blues songs (not my list), as well as the music video.

Etta James is Number 1.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Let's get down ... to Funkytown.

Oh, come on... I used to roller-skate to that! Just because it has "funk" in the title, don't make it da funk....

 

[MadamSarcastra]

If you visit the website on Youtube there is a listing of the Top 100 Best Blues songs (not my list), as well as the music video.

Etta James is Number 1.

Yeah, that's the over-played classic. Great tune, but SO overdone. THIS one (same chord structure) is much lesser known and , in my opinion, better....

I used to sing that... and sometimes this one:

I've been an Etta James fan for a LONG time, have the collected works, read the biography.... Continue to R.I.P., Jamesetta....

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Let's try some soul.

Let's Try a Little Tenderness.

Got that one on my phone! Yeah!

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Can't go make food until I post some killer Re.... she & Etta were contemporaries... in the bio Etta called Aretha Re....

This is off an excellent album... I got it on CD in a discount bin for $5. It was worth far more. I used to do this song, loved it....

You may notice a pattern.... I tend (and tended) to go with lesser-known songs. Hell, somebody's gotta let folks know about the NON-radio sh*t!

 

[MadamSarcastra]

And since I'm listening to this right now in the kitchen, I'll share. Some truly funky Stevie Wonder!! Even the background vocals are Stevie.... I think, if I had to choose an overall fave, he's it. This is Stevie doin' dirty funk.... (please don't post Superstition, I'm not kidding, LOL )

Ooop, and now it's this. I've got my phone on the "Funk Off" playlist....

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Just trying to make a mental list here.... I have collected work from certain favorite artists, most on CD, not on my phone... need to search for them.

Collections of:

• Robert Johnson
• Bessie Smith
  
• Benny Goodman
  
• B.B. King
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Dinah Washington
  
• Etta James
• Billie Holiday
  
• Aretha Franklin
• Stevie Wonder
• Jimi Hendrix
• Janis Joplin
• Eric Clapton
• Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Bela Fleck (and the Flecktones)
• Django Reinhardt (with Stephan Grappelli)
• Got a mix of stuff with Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, et al....
• Another one with all blues legends....

---- This is a running list for me to refer to so I can search for my missing music... in boxes, bags, the back room, the garage, etc....

 

[Spang]

 

[Joe]

Oh, come on... I used to roller-skate to that! Just because it has "funk" in the title, don't make it da funk....

I'm not gonna hit a home run every time I get up to bat. Sorry!

 

[Joe]

This song was on the Top 100 Blues list. But I don't think it is a blues song. At any rate it is a great song, so I'm gonna include it here. Also, the video that was supposed to go with the blues list was unavailable, so I found another video.