Buns O'Plenty

CTI

1. Casa Forte
2. Bach Chorale #237
3. Betwixt & Between
4. Plus Nine
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. Troika
7. Don’t Go Love, Don’t Go
8. Bach Chorale #241
9. Mojave
10. Bach Chorale #134
11. Stormy
12. Smoky
13. Onion Ring Rondo
14. Wichita Lineman
15. Bach Invention #4
16. Just A Funky Old Vegetable Bin
17. Bach Invention #1
18. Willie, Come Home

J.J. Johnson – trombone
Kai Winding – trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Marvin Stamm – flugelhorn
Paul Ingraham – french horn
Stuart Scharf – guitar
Joe Beck – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Chuck Domanico – bass
Russell George – bass
Chuck Rainey – bass
Airto Moreira – drums, finger cymbals
Denny Selwell – drums
Idris Muhammad – drums
Warren Smith – tambourine
Herbie Hancock – piano
Roger Kellaway – electric clavinette
Charles Covington – organ
Violinists not listed

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::Betwixt & Between::

A vinyl rip from CTI Never Sleeps. Some nice funky cuts on this one. String arrangements by Don Sebesky and Pee Wee Ellis.

FYI, I’m heading to the great city of Chicago for a little while. Be back soon!

I just noticed the tracks are tagged with the year 1971…sorry about that. Check out the liner notes here.

1. Help Me Make It Through the Night
2. Brian’s Song
3. Uncle Funky (aka Bowl Full O’Blues)
4. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
5. Go Away Little Girl
6. Imagine
7. Ham
8. The Sun Died

Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Wayne Andre – trombone
Ron Carter – bass
Al DeRisi – trumpet
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
Phil Kraus – vibraphone
Richard Tee – organ, piano
Grover Washington, Jr. – tenor saxophone
Snooky Young – trumpet
Airto Moreira – percussion
Idris Muhammad – drums
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – drums

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::Help Me Make It Through The Night::

All tracks are composed by Andrew Hill. Thom Jurek of All Music Guide says “The music here is ambitious. Hill’s scoring for one reed, two trumpets, and low brass is remarkable for the time.”

1. Sideways – 4:09
2. Passing Ships – 7:08
3. Plantation Bag – 8:32
4. Noon Tide – 9:50
5. The Brown Queen – 6:22
6. Cascade – 6:28
7. Yesterday’s Tomorrow – 5:11

Andrew Hill – piano
Dizzy Reece – trumpet
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Joe Farrell – bass clarinet, alto flute, english horn, soprano and tenor saxophone
Howard Johnson – tuba, bass clarinet
Bob Northern – french horn
Julian Priester – trombone
Ron Carter – bass
Lenny White – drums

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::Passing Ships::

I Heard That!! was supposed to be a double LP of new material. Only the first half wound up being new songs and the rest were compiled from previous L.P’s. Most of this record is very enjoyable. HOWEVER, there are some tracks included that are heavily edited such as Killer Joe, Gula Matari, and Walking in Space. The originals version are much longer and much better, so just scroll down a post or two and pick those up if you are interested. Credits here.

1. I Heard That!!
2. Things Could Be Worse for Me
3. What Good Is a Song
4. You Have to Do It Yourself
5. There’s a Train Leavin’
6. Midnight Soul Patrol
7. Brown Soft Shoe
8. Superstition
9. Summer in the City
10. Is It Love That We’re Missing?
11. Body Heat
12. If I Ever Lose This Heaven
13. Killer Joe
14. Gula Matari
15. Theme from the Anderson Tapes
16. Walking in Space

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::I Heard That!!::

His 2nd and final on CTI. Credits here.

1. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) – 5:09
2. Gula Matari (Quincy Jones) – 13:02
3. Walkin’ (Benny Golson) – 8:03
4. Hummin’ (Nat Adderley) – 8:09

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::Gula Matari::

Another quality CTI recording by Milt, the title track is a Dizzy tune. I could not find this available anywhere else on the net (thanks again to CTI Never Sleeps).

1. Olinga – 3:49
2. Rerev – 6:11
3. The Metal Melter – 6:21
4. The Steel Bender – 5:30
5. Lost April – 4:37
6. I’m Not So Sure – 7:57
7. The Metal Melter* (alternate) – 6:16
8. The Steel Bender* (alternate) – 5:09

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Jimmy Heath – soprano, tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton – electric piano
Ron Carter -bass
Micky Roker – drums

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::Olinga::

CTI, 1972. Great lineup….exceptional title track! Includes some strings/woodwind players not listed.

1. For Someone I Love – 10:20
2. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? – 7:06
3. People Make the World Go Round – 8:28
4. Sunflower – 10:01
5. SKJ – 6:47

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Ron Carter - bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Herbie Hancock – piano
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Jay Berliner - guitar
Phil Bodner - flute, alto flute, english horn, piccolo
George Marge – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute, english horn
Romeo Penque – alto flute, english horn, oboe

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::Sunflower::

One of the most legendary bassists in jazz history turned 73 on May 4th. This is a LP on the CTI label. CTI Never Sleeps was a blog that supplied us with a lot of these amazing Creed Taylor produced records, including this one. Unfortunately it was recently shut down. Yellow & Green has some jazz fusion elements to it. It is perhaps not what you think of when you think about Carter. He also plays a piccolo bass on a couple of tracks.

1. Tenaj – 7:41
2. Receipt, Please – 7:02
3. Willow Weep For Me – 2:35
4. Yellow & Green – 6:10
5. Opus 1.5 – 6:54
6. Epistrophy – 6:06
7. Receipt, Please (alternate)
8. Yellow & Greem (alternate)

Ron Carter – bass, cowbell, tambourine
Hugh McCracken – guitar, harmonica
Don Grolnick – piano (tracks 2, 4)
Kenny Barron – piano (tracks 1, 5, 6)
Billy Cobham – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
Ben Riley – drums (track 6)
Dom Um Romão – percussion

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::Yellow & Green::

A quality release by “The Knife!”

1. Inanout – 5:47
2. The Star-Crossed Lovers – 3:54
3. Cindy’s Tune – 5:58
4. Serenity – 6:27
5. Elusive – 7:15
6. I’ve Just Seen Her – 7:17
7. Punjab – 4:05
8. Verdandi - 3:57

Pepper Adams – baritone sax, brass
Zoot Sims – tenor sax
Ron Carter – bass
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Elvin Jones – drums

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::Encounter!::

One of two albums Longo release on the Groove Merchant label. A prominently Fender Rhodes album of funky soul jazz recorded with a small but quality group. Includes multiple cover tunes and a couple of originals. Produced by Sonny Lester. Unfortunately My Jazz World at baywords seems to be shut down. I know they shared this awhile ago, and I do not see a copy of it anywhere else. If anyone knows about MJW’s new URL, please let me know.

1. Ole’ for the Gypsies – 5:26
2. Samia – 4:51
3. Funkia – 5:42
4. Windmills of Your Mind – 4:29
5. What’s Going On – 6:18
6. The Last Tango in Paris – 4:29
7. Southern Soul – 8:03
8. Gingele – 2:09

Michael Longo – electric and acoustic piano
Ron Carter – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Carlos “Patato” Valdes- percussion

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::Funkia::

Check out Never Enough Rhodes Michael Longo page for more of his 70′s material

This was posted sometime ago but removed. The 3rd album by this quintet. The last track is from a totally different session in ’62 with vocalist Bob Dorough.

1. Prince of Darkness (W. Shorter)
2. Pee Wee (T. Williams)
3. Masqualero (W. Shorter)
4. The Sorcerer (H. Hancock)
5. Limbo (W. Shorter)
6. Vonetta (W. Shorter)
7. Nothing Like You (Bob Dorough) (1962)

Miles Davis – Trumpet
Wayne Shorter – Tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Ron Carter – Double bass
Tony Williams – drums

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::Sorcerer::

On the Verve label, arranged by Benny Golson and Bobby Bryant. Features a horn section and lots of quality guests.

1. Blues March – 6:26
2. Georgy Girl – 2:43
3. Hip Vibrations – 3:49
4. A Waltz for Diane – 4:32
5. Windy – 3:29
6. Sweet Honeybee – 2:50
7. Django – 6:05
8. Moanin’ – 3:13
9. Canto Dr Ossanha – 4:55

Cal Tjader – vibraphone
Patti Bown – piano
John Bunch – piano
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Richard Davis – bass
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Alan Raph – bass trombone
Ernie Royal – trumpet, flugelhorn
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jerome Richardson – flute, baritone and tenor sax
Bobby Rosengarden – percussion
Ray Barretto – conga
Mel Lewis – drums

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::Hip Vibrations::

Released on Verve in 1968. Some tunes are performed as a quintet, while others contain a larger group with horns. Benson is slowly beginning the transition to the funk period of his career.

1. Along Comes Mary (Almer) – 3:02
2. Sunny (Hebb) – 2:56
3. What’s New? (Burke, Haggart) – 5:32
4. Giblet Gravy (Benson) – 4:50
5. Walk on By (Bacharach) – 3:26
6. Thunder Walk (Ousley) – 4:42
7. Sack O’ Woe (Adderley) – 3:08
8. Groovin’ (Brigati, Cavaliere) – 2:46
9. Low Down and Dirty (Benson) – 8:40
10. Billie’s Bounce (Parker) – 6:14
11. What’s New (alternate)
12. What’s New (alternate 2)

George Benson – Guitar
Pepper Adams – Baritone sax
Ron Carter – Bass
Bob Cranshaw – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
Eric Gale – Guitar
Carl Lynch – Guitar
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Johnny Pacheco – Conga, Tambourine
Alan Raph – Bass Trombone
Jimmy Owens – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ernie Royal – Trumpet
Snooky Young – Trumpet
Lois Winter – Vocals
Eileen Gilbert – Vocals
Albertine Robinson – Vocals

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::Giblet Gravy::

A Blue Note release from 1970. All songs written by Tyner, nice harp playing from Alice Coltrane.

1. Message from the Nile – 12:21
2. The Wanderer – 7:42
3. Survival Blues – 13:15
4. His Blessings – 6:50

McCoy Tyner – piano
Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – tenor, soprano saxophone
Ron Carter – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
Alice Coltrane – harp

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