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I took this photo in May, 1968 atop Peters Mountain north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The young man is Bob James (maybe he'll find my photo) from nearby Millersburg. He is the brother of one of my classmates at the school I attended in Allentown, PA. I remained friends with the family and made several trips to Pennsylvania over the years to visit them. I was in the army at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey at the time of this visit.
My thanks to Paul Horn for identifying the year of this Renault.
By the way, the Appalachian Trail passes by here, off the upper right corner of the photo. I suspect that stairway leads up to the trail. The little building still stands here as seen on Google Street View, though with newer siding! I've geotagged this.
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
This edit of a track by "Johnny Hammond Smith' is a natural merger of 60s and early 1970s jazz, with a soul that was getting into a funk on an exploration into ideas of 'groove'.
A 'spot the difference' between French and English Wiki explanations of the word 'Funk' is worthy of an essay in cultural studies and semantics:
"Selon certaines interprétations, le terme funk proviendrait de l'argot anglo-américain funky, qui signifie littéralement « puant », « qui sent la sueur », insulte traditionnellement adressée aux noirs par les WASP et reprise ensuite à leur compte par les artistes noirs tel que Horace Silver dans son morceau Opus de Funk (1953)." Wiki Fr 7.06.20
In contrast with:
"It is originally derived from Latin "fumigare" (which means "to smoke") via Old French "fungiere" and, in this sense, it was first documented in English in 1620. In 1784 "funky" meaning "musty" was first documented, which, in turn, led to a sense of "earthy" that was taken up around 1900 in early jazz slang for something "deeply or strongly felt".[6][7] Ethnomusicologist Portia Maultsby states that the expression "funk" comes from the Central African word "lu-funki" and art historian Robert Farris Thompson says the word comes from the Kikongo term "lu-fuki"; in both proposed origins, the term refers to body odor.[8] Thompson's proposed Kikongo origin word, "lu-fuki" is used by African musicians to praise people "for the integrity of their art" and for having "worked out" to reach their goals.[9] Even though in white culture, the term "funk" can have negative connotations of odor or being in a bad mood ("in a funk"), in African communities, the term "funk", while still linked to body odor, had the positive sense that a musician's hard-working, honest effort led to sweat, and from their "physical exertion" came an "exquisite" and "superlative" performance.
Wiki English. 7.06.20
From the late 60s to the early 70s, musicians from diverse backgrounds were becoming interesting in the word 'groove': both locking down and liberating the bass, rhythm guitar and drum, and ornamenting with 'hooks' rather than complected architectural changes to the armature of melody. 'Groove' was to dance to, and the dance of jazz bop clubs was blending with the dance of late soul music, as musicians such as drummer Bernard Purdie and organist Johnny Hammond took the two rivers to the bridge.
Whilst, with time, early funky 'orchestrations' would flood television, b-movie cinema and even feed into a style of music that would become known as Disco, the authenticity of this window-in-time keeps some of the music well away from watered down transformations, and as an island of creativity that would later be valued by the movement known as 'Acid Jazz'.
Johnny Hammond worked with the avant guard hardbop and soul-jazz 'Kudu records', and did what Jazz had always done - he took standards and reworked them into versions that were his own (here working with an arranger for the strings). The real difference with this moment in time was to start taking 'standards' from freshly written 'modern pop music'. The track 'Rock Steady' had been written and released by Aretha Franklin in 1971, only a year before Johnny Hammond's revision - so sounds were still 'hot', and, in a way, Hammond's team were already investigating ideas of 'remix'. Many decades later, remix artists from Andy Weatheral to Ludovic Navarre would turn an original song onto it's head to the point where the original is barely visible, and to an extent Jazzman Hammond did just that to Franklin's funkest song.
Aretha's live for the single release of 'Rock steady'
1971 live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2VDEl18rgQ
Aretha's live of 'Rock steady' by the LP release of 1972 - the track is now much slower and into the groove: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB5sMYw37gw
For Johnny Hammond's version, the beats were further slowed and everything was redirected to a trajectory from another melodic orbit. In short the song was no longer the same song and the cover version was virtually ... an original: almost certainly too different to provoke an injunction for intellectual property theft. This sort of appropriation and inspiration is normal for Jazz, but in the greater world of 'pop' it might be seen as the unnecessarily giving away of writing credits. Obviously 'Jazz integrity' was mixing with the pop mass market, and at the time everyone must have been happy with the shared publicity: drummer Bernard Purdie had worked on both versions, and they even released this Jazz version in time for Franklin's LP - 'Young gifted and black' in 1972. But still, a song credit of perhaps "Hammond, Purdie, Washington, Gale and Franklin" may not seem out of place to common sense.
One strata of the song's groove is presented by the guitar of Eric Gale (Melvin Sparks's guitar is also credited on the song, but I think the solo is Gales). Eric Gale's can be heard to be forming his style for his "Rock Steady" solo in this earlier Freddie Hubbard track from 1969: "A soul experiment" (from around 3 minutes 14).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8MR8B-X0A8&list=OLAK5uy_naNO...
By the time his solo had been recorded for Johnny Hammond, it sounded just like a ... Pink Floyd solo. Simplified - perhaps - but around the same speed and a similar interplay of lead with organ and rhythm guitar as a song with a different title and later release date. If you known Pink Floyd then perhaps have a listen to this Flickr post from around 1 minute 10.
There have always been remarks about similarities between Graham Nash's track "There's only one" and a famous Pink Floyd LP ending, and then there is this from around 3 minutes...
www.flickr.com/photos/ajmitchell-prehistory/49661297158/i...
With each of these mentioned tracks appearing prior to, or aside 'The Wall', 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Animals' respectively. Now the similarities are poetic, and the unique contribution of Pink Floyd's Richard Wright to music as a subject is never mentioned enough... but still - a nod of respect and even percentage royalty to poor musicians of rich spirit may make common sense.
At this point the narrative seems finished - loose enough to fit, and open-ended enough to allow for a little tailoring; the only thing is that the subject of musical originality vs musical cover is not quite over as the drummer for both projects was involved in a credit polemic about... The Beatles. 'He was in a funk and was the real drummer for many Beatles songs!' The subject of Bernard Purdie and the Beatles is perfectly covered here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz9EGGiOuso
It is perhaps worth remembering what 'groove' could be like before Bernard Purdi added his shufflin' funk to the kit. Johnny Hammond Smith shares some of his name with a fellow Jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Here is Jimmy Smith's 'Sermon' from 1958 - a twenty minute groove with a short final climax.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3X5J_wGHrw
It's a great track, but the drums a not doing much. Now listen again to Purdie on 'Rock Steady' - he has an Afrobeat lightness - almost akin to Alan Wren from recent years. Purdie was important to music and from the above mentioned Youtube documentary, it seems he worked with Atlantic records to open out the drumming for an unofficial remix of a pre 'Love me do' Beatles session with Tony Sheridan. As a man within both versions of 'Rock Steady', Purdie was perfectly placed to put a word in for Gale and co regarding Pink Floyd royalties, and one can question why he directed his energies exaggerating some unofficial and very early Beatles overdubs when he was part of Johnny Hammond's apparently highly "influential" 'Rock Steady' recording?! A rather smug Red Bull fuelled interview seems to have helped Purdie make crass generalised statements about 'Ringo not being the real drummer of The Beatles' - an exaggeration of meaning perhaps a little like the French Wiki for 'Funk' and its inability to appreciate the roots and diversity of earthy smells.
Johnny Hammond Smith was mentioned in another "music through the lens test" as having played with Clement Wells (see below) :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAKn1g4kpjU
This "Music: through the lens test' features an edited version of Rock Steady. The full version is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5X0QI8k1jE
It's a detail, but the engineer for the track was the great Rudy Van Gelder and it was arranged and conducted by the very Bob James.
AJM 09.06.20
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I Fourplay sono un quartetto jazz americano, attivo dagli anni ’90. I membri della formazione originale furono il tastierista Bob James, il chitarrista Lee Ritenour, il bassista Nathan East e il percussionista Harvey Mason.
Dopo aver ottenuto una prestigiosa nomination ai Grammy, la straordinaria band Fourplay ha continuato a mietere un grande successo sia artistico sia commerciale, aggiungendo al suo stile fondamentalmente jazz elementi propri del R&B e del pop di classe. La leggendaria band dei Fourplay sta per festeggiare il 25mo anno della loro inconfondibile fusion! Tra jazz, rhythm & Blues e pop sofisticato.
I Fourplay hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento dal Congresso degli Stati Uniti per il loro contributo all'industria discografica.
Bob James tastiere, piano
Nathan East basso
Harvey Mason batteria
Chuck Loeb chitarra
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
The Fania All-Stars is a musical group formed in 1968 as a showcase for the musicians on Fania Records, the leading salsa music record label of the time.
In 1964, Fania Records was founded in New York City by Jerry Masucci, an Italian-American lawyer with a love for Cuban music, and Johnny Pacheco, a flutist, percussionist and bandleader born in the Dominican Republic but raised in the South Bronx who had like minded musical tastes. Masucci later bought out his partner Pacheco from Fania Entertainment Group, Ltd. and was the sole owner until his death in December 1997.
Members:
Adalberto Santiago, #AlphonseMouzon, #BarryRogers, #BillyCobham, Bobby Cruz, Bobby Valentin, Boncana Maïga, Cali Aleman, Celia Cruz, Cheo Feliciano, #EddiePalmieri, Hector Lavoe, Hector Zarzuela, Ismael Miranda, Izzy Sanabria, #JimmyDelgado, Johnny Pacheco, #JoséMangualJr., Juancito Torres, Justo Betancourt, Larry Harlow, Léo Leobons, Leopoldo Pineda, Lewis Kahn, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Mongo Santamaria, #MonguitoSantamaria, Nestor Sanchez, Nicky Marrero, Orestes Vilato, Papo Lucca, #Pedro_puchi_Boulong, Pete Rodriguez, Rafael "Felo" Barrio, #RayBarretto, Ray Maldonado, Reynaldo Jorge, Ricardo Ray, Roberto Rodriguez, Roberto Roena, Ruben Blades, Sal Cuevas, Santos Colón, #TonyBarrero, Victor Paz, Willie Colón, Yomo Toro
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Fania All Stars – Rhythm Machine
Label: Fania Records – PC-34711
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz, Latin, Funk / Soul
Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Salsa, Latin Jazz, Pachanga
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Tracklist
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A1 Ella Fue (She Was The One)
A2 En Orbita
A3 Awake
A4 Peanuts (The Peanut Vendor)
B1 Jubileo
B2 Verão Vermelho
B3 Steady (Fijo)
B4 Juan Pachanga (Daylight)
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Credits
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Bass – #BobbyValentin
Bongos, Percussion – #RobertoRoena
Congas – #MongoSantamaria
Flute, Percussion, Vocals – #JohnnyPacheco
Piano – #PapoLucca
Soloist, Keyboards – #BobJames
Soloist, Trumpet – #Louis_Perico_Ortiz
Soloist, Guitar – #EricGale
Lead Vocals – #RubenBlades
Soloist, Vibraphone [Vibe] – #LouieRamirez
Timbales – #NickyMarrero
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – #JayChattaway
Executive-Producer – Bob James
#Latinjazz #JazzFunk #vinylrecordcollection #instarecords #instavinyl #cratedigger #loverecords #vinylgram #recordgram #recordoftheday #1978 #Funk #Soul #AfroCubanJazz #Salsa #Pachanga #percussions #latinjazzrecordoftheday #rhythms #lovelatinjazz
Anita Baker @ Mount Diablo Jazz Festival 2009
I thought I had taken more photos of her but I will have to check my files. She sounded wonderful. Anita will singing the National Anthem at the NBA Finals on Thursday, June 19. She is also currently in the studio working on a new album.
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason Jr.
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Harvey Mason – Funk In A Mason Jar
Label: Arista – AB 4157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Fusion
Tracklist
A1 Pack Up Your Bags
A2 Till You Take My Love
A3 Space Cadets
A4 Freedom Either Way
A5 Funk In A Mason Jar
B1 What's Going On?
B2 Set It Free
B3 Phantazia
B4 Liquid
Credits
Arranged By [Rhythm, Backing Vocals] – Harvey Mason
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Vonetta Fields, Merry Clayton, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, George Benson
Bass – #LouisJohnson, Nate Watt, Mike Porcaro, Stanley Banks, Verdine White
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Congas, Percussion – #HarveyMason
Guitar – Ray Parker, Al McKay, Mike Simbello, Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Piano – Jerry Peters, David Paich, #JorgeDalto #BobJames
Strings – Charles Veal
Vocals, Soloist – Art Wilson
Backing Vocals – Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill
Electric Piano – Dave Grusin, David Foster
Horns – Tower Of Power, Sea Wind Horns
Percussion – #VictorFeldman, Steve Forman
Congas – #RalphMcDonald
Strings – Charles Veal
Synthesizer – #DaveGrusin, Ian Underwood
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – #LeeRitenour
Cello – Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Rollice Dale, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Dorothy Wade, Harrison Goldman, Henry Roth, Karen Jones, Marsha Van Dyke, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Garvey Winterton
Soloist, Bass – #AnthonyJackson
Soloist, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Ronnie Foster
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Dopo 27 anni dalla pubblicazione del fortunatissimo “Double Vision” , vincitore di un Grammy nel 1986, il tastierista, compositore e arrangiatore Bob James e David Sanborn, sassofonista tra i più influenti e di successo, tornano a collaborare insieme in un nuovo album: Quatette Humaine, un tributo al pianista e compositore Dave Brubeck, in particolare al periodo di collaborazione con l’alto sassofonista Paul Desmond.
Non servono a molto le presentazioni: sul palco 4 musicisti già leggenda, smooth jazz da definizione, innovazione, eleganza e stile da vendere.
Bob James pianoforte
David Sanborn sax
Steve Gadd batteria
Scott Colley basso
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I Fourplay sono un quartetto jazz americano, attivo dagli anni ’90. I membri della formazione originale furono il tastierista Bob James, il chitarrista Lee Ritenour, il bassista Nathan East e il percussionista Harvey Mason.
Dopo aver ottenuto una prestigiosa nomination ai Grammy, la straordinaria band Fourplay ha continuato a mietere un grande successo sia artistico sia commerciale, aggiungendo al suo stile fondamentalmente jazz elementi propri del R&B e del pop di classe. La leggendaria band dei Fourplay sta per festeggiare il 25mo anno della loro inconfondibile fusion! Tra jazz, rhythm & Blues e pop sofisticato.
I Fourplay hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento dal Congresso degli Stati Uniti per il loro contributo all'industria discografica.
Bob James tastiere, piano
Nathan East basso
Harvey Mason batteria
Chuck Loeb chitarra
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Dopo 27 anni dalla pubblicazione del fortunatissimo “Double Vision” , vincitore di un Grammy nel 1986, il tastierista, compositore e arrangiatore Bob James e David Sanborn, sassofonista tra i più influenti e di successo, tornano a collaborare insieme in un nuovo album: Quatette Humaine, un tributo al pianista e compositore Dave Brubeck, in particolare al periodo di collaborazione con l’alto sassofonista Paul Desmond.
Non servono a molto le presentazioni: sul palco 4 musicisti già leggenda, smooth jazz da definizione, innovazione, eleganza e stile da vendere.
Bob James pianoforte
David Sanborn sax
Steve Gadd batteria
Scott Colley basso
16th November 2013 at Barbican, London EC2.
London Jazz Festival, www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/.
Country: United States. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Bob James (p), David Sanborn (alto sax), Scott Colley (b), Steve Gadd (d).
I knew about David Sanborn (I bought a Paul Butterfield album with him playing on it way back in the 1970s, and this was the third time I’ve seen him perform in recent years), but Bob James was new to me (apparently he is a big name amongst Smooth Jazz followers). This was the pair’s second album - the first in 1986 and the second this year. They were billed as inspired by the Dave Brubeck- Paul Desmond Quartet, and this took the form of instrumentation and feel rather than any Brubeck tunes.
In this photo: The end of concert bow (left to right) Bob James, David Sanborn, Scott Colley, Steve Gadd.
More information: www.davidsanborn.com/, bobjames.com/.
Region 2 Forest Insect and Disease Management personnel: Mary Lu Eilers; Meg Esplin; George Downing; Bill White; Bob James; Dave Johnson; Gene Lessard; Charlie Minnemeyer; Diane Hildebrand; Ken Lester; and Jim Linnane.
Photo courtesy of: Bill Schaupp
Date: 1978
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Southwest Oregon Service Center
Source: Bill Schaupp collection.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
Pretenders, BB.King, Talking Heads, Bob James, Rickie Lee Jones, Robbie Robertson, Ric Ocasek, Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Van Morrison
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I Fourplay sono un quartetto jazz americano, attivo dagli anni ’90. I membri della formazione originale furono il tastierista Bob James, il chitarrista Lee Ritenour, il bassista Nathan East e il percussionista Harvey Mason.
Dopo aver ottenuto una prestigiosa nomination ai Grammy, la straordinaria band Fourplay ha continuato a mietere un grande successo sia artistico sia commerciale, aggiungendo al suo stile fondamentalmente jazz elementi propri del R&B e del pop di classe. La leggendaria band dei Fourplay sta per festeggiare il 25mo anno della loro inconfondibile fusion! Tra jazz, rhythm & Blues e pop sofisticato.
I Fourplay hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento dal Congresso degli Stati Uniti per il loro contributo all'industria discografica.
Bob James tastiere, piano
Nathan East basso
Harvey Mason batteria
Chuck Loeb chitarra
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Dopo 27 anni dalla pubblicazione del fortunatissimo “Double Vision” , vincitore di un Grammy nel 1986, il tastierista, compositore e arrangiatore Bob James e David Sanborn, sassofonista tra i più influenti e di successo, tornano a collaborare insieme in un nuovo album: Quatette Humaine, un tributo al pianista e compositore Dave Brubeck, in particolare al periodo di collaborazione con l’alto sassofonista Paul Desmond.
Non servono a molto le presentazioni: sul palco 4 musicisti già leggenda, smooth jazz da definizione, innovazione, eleganza e stile da vendere.
Bob James pianoforte
David Sanborn sax
Steve Gadd batteria
Scott Colley basso
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I Fourplay sono un quartetto jazz americano, attivo dagli anni ’90. I membri della formazione originale furono il tastierista Bob James, il chitarrista Lee Ritenour, il bassista Nathan East e il percussionista Harvey Mason.
Dopo aver ottenuto una prestigiosa nomination ai Grammy, la straordinaria band Fourplay ha continuato a mietere un grande successo sia artistico sia commerciale, aggiungendo al suo stile fondamentalmente jazz elementi propri del R&B e del pop di classe. La leggendaria band dei Fourplay sta per festeggiare il 25mo anno della loro inconfondibile fusion! Tra jazz, rhythm & Blues e pop sofisticato.
I Fourplay hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento dal Congresso degli Stati Uniti per il loro contributo all'industria discografica.
Bob James tastiere, piano
Nathan East basso
Harvey Mason batteria
Chuck Loeb chitarra
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I Fourplay sono un quartetto jazz americano, attivo dagli anni ’90. I membri della formazione originale furono il tastierista Bob James, il chitarrista Lee Ritenour, il bassista Nathan East e il percussionista Harvey Mason.
Dopo aver ottenuto una prestigiosa nomination ai Grammy, la straordinaria band Fourplay ha continuato a mietere un grande successo sia artistico sia commerciale, aggiungendo al suo stile fondamentalmente jazz elementi propri del R&B e del pop di classe. La leggendaria band dei Fourplay sta per festeggiare il 25mo anno della loro inconfondibile fusion! Tra jazz, rhythm & Blues e pop sofisticato.
I Fourplay hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento dal Congresso degli Stati Uniti per il loro contributo all'industria discografica.
Bob James tastiere, piano
Nathan East basso
Harvey Mason batteria
Chuck Loeb chitarra
16th November 2013 at Barbican, London EC2.
London Jazz Festival, www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/.
Country: United States. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Bob James (p), David Sanborn (alto sax), Scott Colley (b), Steve Gadd (d).
I knew about David Sanborn (I bought a Paul Butterfield album with him playing on it way back in the 1970s, and this was the third time I’ve seen him perform in recent years), but Bob James was new to me (apparently he is a big name amongst Smooth Jazz followers). This was the pair’s second album - the first in 1986 and the second this year. They were billed as inspired by the Dave Brubeck- Paul Desmond Quartet, and this took the form of instrumentation and feel rather than any Brubeck tunes.
More information: www.davidsanborn.com/, bobjames.com/.
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Dopo 27 anni dalla pubblicazione del fortunatissimo “Double Vision” , vincitore di un Grammy nel 1986, il tastierista, compositore e arrangiatore Bob James e David Sanborn, sassofonista tra i più influenti e di successo, tornano a collaborare insieme in un nuovo album: Quatette Humaine, un tributo al pianista e compositore Dave Brubeck, in particolare al periodo di collaborazione con l’alto sassofonista Paul Desmond.
Non servono a molto le presentazioni: sul palco 4 musicisti già leggenda, smooth jazz da definizione, innovazione, eleganza e stile da vendere.
Bob James pianoforte
David Sanborn sax
Steve Gadd batteria
Scott Colley basso
www.discogs.com/Various-The-King-Of-Comedy/release/4257338. Pretenders, BB.King, Talking Heads, Bob James, Rickie Lee Jones, Robbie Robertson, Ric Ocasek, Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Van Morrison
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I Fourplay sono un quartetto jazz americano, attivo dagli anni ’90. I membri della formazione originale furono il tastierista Bob James, il chitarrista Lee Ritenour, il bassista Nathan East e il percussionista Harvey Mason.
Dopo aver ottenuto una prestigiosa nomination ai Grammy, la straordinaria band Fourplay ha continuato a mietere un grande successo sia artistico sia commerciale, aggiungendo al suo stile fondamentalmente jazz elementi propri del R&B e del pop di classe. La leggendaria band dei Fourplay sta per festeggiare il 25mo anno della loro inconfondibile fusion! Tra jazz, rhythm & Blues e pop sofisticato.
I Fourplay hanno ricevuto uno speciale riconoscimento dal Congresso degli Stati Uniti per il loro contributo all'industria discografica.
Bob James tastiere, piano
Nathan East basso
Harvey Mason batteria
Chuck Loeb chitarra
Bob James (piano), David Sanborn (alto saxophone), Steve Gadd (drums) and James Genus (upright bass)
47th Montreux Jazz Festival
Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux Music & convention centre, Montreux, Switzerland
...Gadd is arguably the most recorded drummer in history...known for work with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Cocker, Stuff, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Eddie Gomez, The Manhattan Transfer, Michal Urbaniak, Steps Ahead, Al Di Meola, Manhattan Jazz Quintet, and many others.
16th November 2013 at Barbican, London EC2.
London Jazz Festival, www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/.
Country: United States. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Bob James (p), David Sanborn (alto sax), Scott Colley (b), Steve Gadd (d).
I knew about David Sanborn (I bought a Paul Butterfield album with him playing on it way back in the 1970s, and this was the third time I’ve seen him perform in recent years), but Bob James was new to me (apparently he is a big name amongst Smooth Jazz followers). This was the pair’s second album - the first in 1986 and the second this year. They were billed as inspired by the Dave Brubeck- Paul Desmond Quartet, and this took the form of instrumentation and feel rather than any Brubeck tunes.
More information: www.davidsanborn.com/, bobjames.com/.
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Dopo 27 anni dalla pubblicazione del fortunatissimo “Double Vision” , vincitore di un Grammy nel 1986, il tastierista, compositore e arrangiatore Bob James e David Sanborn, sassofonista tra i più influenti e di successo, tornano a collaborare insieme in un nuovo album: Quatette Humaine, un tributo al pianista e compositore Dave Brubeck, in particolare al periodo di collaborazione con l’alto sassofonista Paul Desmond.
Non servono a molto le presentazioni: sul palco 4 musicisti già leggenda, smooth jazz da definizione, innovazione, eleganza e stile da vendere.
Bob James pianoforte
David Sanborn sax
Steve Gadd batteria
Scott Colley basso
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Dopo 27 anni dalla pubblicazione del fortunatissimo “Double Vision” , vincitore di un Grammy nel 1986, il tastierista, compositore e arrangiatore Bob James e David Sanborn, sassofonista tra i più influenti e di successo, tornano a collaborare insieme in un nuovo album: Quatette Humaine, un tributo al pianista e compositore Dave Brubeck, in particolare al periodo di collaborazione con l’alto sassofonista Paul Desmond.
Non servono a molto le presentazioni: sul palco 4 musicisti già leggenda, smooth jazz da definizione, innovazione, eleganza e stile da vendere.
Bob James pianoforte
David Sanborn sax
Steve Gadd batteria
Scott Colley basso