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A Summer night of Soul Jazz, Hard Bop and Funk

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
July 25, 2023
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It's hot. Its summer. Let's ease into the night with some hard bop & soul jazz from the classic era—Lee Morgan, Ray Bryant, Bunky Green, Leo Wright and the Freedom Sounds. We'll then electrify the sounds as we move into the '70s with Eddie Harris, Bobbi Humphrey, Sun Ra and Parliament. Eventually we'll end up in the here and now of cosmic funk with William Parker and Esperanza Spalding.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:00

Lee Morgan

trumpet
1938 - 1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Morgan "The Sixth Sense" from The Sixth Sense (Blue Note Records) 02:30

Hank Mobley

saxophone, tenor
1930 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Hank Mobley "Dig Dis" from Soul Station (Blue Note Records) 09:15

Ray Bryant

piano
1931 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Bryant "A Song for My Father" from Sound Ray (Cadet) 15:24

Leo Wright

woodwinds
1933 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Leo Wright "Soul Talk" from Soul Talk (Vortex) 21:47

Gloria Coleman

organ, Hammond B3
b.1931

" data-original-title="" title="">Gloria Coleman "Sadie Green" from Soul Sisters (Impulse!) 27:14

Bunky Green

saxophone, alto
1933 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Bunky Green "My Babe" from My Babe (Exodus Records) 31:40

Etta James

vocals
1938 - 2012

" data-original-title="" title="">Etta James "Sunday Kind of Love" from At Last! (WaxTime) 39:15

John Wright

" data-original-title="" title="">John Wright Trio "La Salle Street After Hours" from South Side Soul (Fresh Sound Records) 42:31

The Freedom Sounds Featuring

Wayne Henderson

trombone
1939 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Henderson "Love-Out" from Soul Sound System (Atlantic) 47:49

The

Jimmy Owens

trumpet
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Owens

Kenny Barron

piano
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Barron Quintet "You Had Better Listen" from You Had Better Listen (Atlantic) 54:34

Archie Shepp

saxophone, tenor
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Archie Shepp "Sophisticated Lady" from The Way Ahead (Impulse!) 1:03:04

Charles McPherson

saxophone, alto
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles McPherson "Naima" from Today's Man (Mainstream Records) 1:10:12

Bobbi Humphrey

flute
b.1950

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobbi Humphrey "Smiling Faces Sometimes" from Dig This! (Blue Note Records) 1:17:30

Eddie Harris

saxophone, tenor
1934 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie Harris "Funk O Rama" from Is It In (Atlantic) 1:23:50

Esperanza Spalding

bass
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Esperanza Spalding "Funk the Fear" from Emily's D+Evolution (Concord Records) 1:28:49

Parliament Funkadelic

" data-original-title="" title="">Parliament Funkadelic "Unfunky UFO" from Mothership Connection (Casablanca) 1:34:54

Sun Ra

piano
1914 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra "UFO" from On Jupiter (Art Yard) 1:39:17

Delvon Lamarr

organ, Hammond B3

" data-original-title="" title="">Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio "Aces" from I Told You So (Colemine Records) 1:48:47

William Parker

bass
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">William Parker "Cosmic Funk" from Migration of Silence into and Out of the Tone world (Centering Records) 1:53:28

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