It's been a while again but im now vowing to get back and do a post a week. I've still been digging like mad and have had some crazy finds in recent months (one of them probably the best find ive ever had but more about that later) but today its time for one of my most recent purchases.
Ive had the great fortune to meet a colleague of my housemate who has a great Soul and Jazz collection which he wants to dispose of. Literally 2 minutes walk from my house around 1000 LP's spanning the late 50's to early 90's. I knew this guy had great knowledge from meeting him a few times before but i was quietly suprised to see it backed up with an impressive record collection. I have been round to see him twice so far and so far bought 21 LP's for a very reasonable price (neither he or i know the exact prices for these records so i made offers and he seemed very happy to accept - hopefully knowing they would be going to a good home). I also have the bonus of taking home a handfull of LP's each week to listen to them which is invaluable as my knowledge on this type of music is some what limited.
So heres the list of what i have garned so far:
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Lifeline
Grover Washington, Jr. - Soul Box Vol.1
Ramon Morris - Sweet Sister Funk
Lonnie Smith - Gotcha'
Lonnie Smith & George Benson - Europa Jazz
New Birth - Birth Day
Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes - Visions Of A New World
Various - The Great March On Washington
James Brown - Sex Machine Today
James Brown - Everybody's Doin' The Hustle & Dead On The Double Bump
Creative Source - Creative Source
Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, The* - In The Jungle, Babe
Larry Willis - Inner Crisis
Temptations, The - Cloud Nine
The Impressions - Three The Hard Way (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lonnie Liston Smith - Live !
John Handy - Hard Work
Herbie Hancock - Flood
Jimmy Owens - Jimmy Owens
Booker T & The MG's - The Booker T. Set
Harold Vick - Don't Look Back
So the track i wanna showcase to you today is from an artist i'd not heard of before - Larry Willis. Full name Lawrence Elliot Willis born in 1940 he played piano and composed on a number of jazz , afro-beat and afro-cuban records in the middle to late 60's and early 70's during which time he was also a member of the blues and jazz rock group Blood, Sweat And Tears. I managed to purchase his first solo LP from 1974 on the classic New York label Groove Merchant. The track i want you to hear is "Out On The Coast" which starts the album off with some funky as hell drums, keyboard flourishes and some grooving horn action.
Grover Washington, Jr. - Soul Box Vol.1
Ramon Morris - Sweet Sister Funk
Lonnie Smith - Gotcha'
Lonnie Smith & George Benson - Europa Jazz
New Birth - Birth Day
Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes - Visions Of A New World
Various - The Great March On Washington
James Brown - Sex Machine Today
James Brown - Everybody's Doin' The Hustle & Dead On The Double Bump
Creative Source - Creative Source
Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, The* - In The Jungle, Babe
Larry Willis - Inner Crisis
Temptations, The - Cloud Nine
The Impressions - Three The Hard Way (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lonnie Liston Smith - Live !
John Handy - Hard Work
Herbie Hancock - Flood
Jimmy Owens - Jimmy Owens
Booker T & The MG's - The Booker T. Set
Harold Vick - Don't Look Back
So the track i wanna showcase to you today is from an artist i'd not heard of before - Larry Willis. Full name Lawrence Elliot Willis born in 1940 he played piano and composed on a number of jazz , afro-beat and afro-cuban records in the middle to late 60's and early 70's during which time he was also a member of the blues and jazz rock group Blood, Sweat And Tears. I managed to purchase his first solo LP from 1974 on the classic New York label Groove Merchant. The track i want you to hear is "Out On The Coast" which starts the album off with some funky as hell drums, keyboard flourishes and some grooving horn action.
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