Jimmy Delphs
Soulsinger from Detroit
(7”) Mrs. Percy Please Have Mercy/Feels Like Summer’s Coming On (Karen 45-1541) 1968
Funky track:
Mrs. Percy Please Have Mercy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SoIAKWB2g8
(7”) Country Girl/Mind Going In The Same Direction (Eastbound E 600) 1972
Produced by Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore.
Funky track:
Mind Going In The Same Direction
Kenny Lupper
Philly soul singer who was married to Gwen Gordy. He died of a drug overdose.
(LP) Testify (Creed 3063) 1975
Funky track:
Do The Best You Can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leRMXri0n9c
(7”) Passion Flower (stereo)/Passion Flower (mono) (Tamla T 54294F) 1978
Funky track:
Passion Flower
The New Topnotes
Band from Hong Kong with Andrew Oh (saxophone), Carlos Mendoza (drums, percussion), Danny Chung (keyboards), Elisa Chan (vocals), Johnny Ip (bass), Majid Rahman (guitar) and Ronnie Parenas (bass).
Elisa Chan released several soloalbums
(LP) The New Topnotes (Regal SREG 9840) 1975
Funky tracks:
Slippery When Wet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLlRULjmq1U
Under Pressure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8k31nMy6U
Pick Up The Pieces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aO5_b0znos
(LP) The New Topnotes (Columbia S-33ESX-234) 1976
Funky tracks:
We Got The Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfMbZCMwK7w
Cut The Cake
Baby’O
Project of musicians from Los Angeles, produced by Rafael Villafane, the founder of the discotheque Baby’O. The musicians included Jeff Baxter (guitar), Steve Lukather (guitar), Abe Laboriel (bass) and Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
(LP) You’ve Got It! (Baby’O BO-1000) 1979
Funky tracks:
You’ve Got It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7x5xmBar-4
Dance All Night
Paul “Sir Raggedy” Flagg
Obscure American soul artists who died in 2006.
(7”) Shoo Fly Pie/Papa-Momma-Romper-Stomper (Atlantic 45-2443) 1967
Funky track:
Papa-Momma-Romper-Stomper
Paul Flagg
see: Paul “Sir Raggedy” Flagg
(7”) What Did I Do Wrong (To You Baby)/Love Get Off My Shoulders
(Atlantic 45-2506) 1968
Funky track:
Love Get Off My Shoulders
Harold Vick
American saxophonist and flutist from Rocky Mount, North Carolina who died in 1987. He was a member of Compost, Milt Jackson & his Gold Medal Winners, thge Sam Jones 12 Piece Band, the Horace Silver Quintet and the Horace Silver Sextet.
(LP) Commitment (Muse MR 5054) 1974
Funky track:
H.N.I.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeFhYmymWyQ
(LP) After The Dance (Wolf WOLF 1202) 1977
Funky track:
Things Ain’t Right
Bennie Maupin
Saxophonist from Detroit, Michigan, who was amember of the Headhunters, the Jack DeJohnette Quartet, the Lee Morgan Quintet, Magnet, the Marion Brown Quartet, the Marion Brown Septet, the Detroit Experiment, the Herbie Hancock Group, the Herbie Hancock Sextet, the Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet and the Maupin/Williams Project.
(LP) Slow Traffic To The Right (Mercury SRM-1-1148) 1977
Funky tracks:
It Remains To Be Seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZfQ7SxdPM
Water Torture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_WMda5vAc
You Know The Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOEdv0VEfQo
(LP) Moonscapes (Mercury SRM-1-3717) 1978
Funky track:
Nightwatch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jcvsui6pk
(7”) Nightwatch/Baker Street (Mercury 74019) 1978
Funky track:
Baker Street
Bobby Williams
Funk/Soul singer from South Carolina who was a member of Bobby Williams & his Mar Kings.
(LP) Funky Super Fly (R & R LP 330) 1974
Funky tracks:
Funky Super Fly Part 1
Funky Super Fly Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70I9as5mOeQ
Let’s Jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYEL7-Bf5U
Soul Brother Party Part 1
Soul Brother Party Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oUGZZM5A5g
Get Into It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL3H7R7bPKA
Make Yourself Funky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29iu2hyEsFs
Fair Trade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9OWZLAt9bc
(LP) Anybody Can Be A Nobody… (R & R RR-909) 1976
Funky tracks:
Anybody Can Be A Nobody (It Takes A Lot Of Heart To Be Somebody)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t31WIrkubbE
Portrait Of My Stepfather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-9hdTwIcdk
I Will Sing For You (Will You Dance For Me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_jSHuste4
Drop It On Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioqF0owTf_c
Everybody Needs Love Sometime
The U.S. Apple Corps
An obscure American band which actually was singer Bryant Sterling (a.k.a. Dennis Bryant) bakcked by musicians such as Jeff Porcaro (drums), Tommy Shaw (guitar), Jacob Stokes (bass), an unknown female gospel singer and producer Steve S. Singleton.
Dennis Bryant released a soloalbum in 1975
(LP) U.S. Apple Corps (SSS International SSS-12) 1970
Funky tracks:
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMwPvDMyeYU
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
U.S. ‘69
American psychedelic band with Bill Cartier (drums), Bill Durso (vocals, guitar), Bob DePalma (saxophone), Don DePalma (piano, trumpet) and Gil Nelson (bass, flute)
Bill Durso released a single with Sam Reed and he was a member of the Mustard Family.
Bob DePalma was a member of the Mustard Family and the New England Jazz Ensemble.
(LP) Yesterdays Folks (Buddah BDS 5035) 1969
Funky tracks:
Yesterdays Folks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaiP4Xe3OGY
I Hear You Talkin’
The U-Dwi Peoples Paraphernalia
Obscure American funkband, produced by Willie Henderson.
(7”) Push And Pull (The Tom Jones)/ Terrible Train (BRC BRC 102) 1970
Funky track:
Terrible Train
H.Y. Sledge
American band from Tampa, Florida, with Richard Porter (guitar, piano, vocals), Michael Ewbank (organ, piano, guitar, vocals), Jan Pulver (bass, vocals), Billy Jones (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Monte Yoho (drums)
Richard Porter was a member of the Wilkinson Tri-Cycle.
Billy Jones was a member of the Outlaws and Acrobat.
Monte Yoho was a member of the Outlaws and the Henry Paul Band.
(LP) Bootleg Music (SSS International SSS-22) 1971
Funky track:
Finding It
Sandra Haas
German Schlager singer, born as Ingrid Peetz. She was a member of Nucki & Hero, Sanrda & Sharon and the Song Team.
(LP) ...Und Dann Spiel’n Wir Der Dummheit Einen Streich (BASF 20 21728-0) 1973
Funky track:
Kleiner Mann
Haboob
Fusion band from München, Germany, with George Green (drums, percussion, vocals), Jimmy Jackson (organ, piano, vocals) and William D. Powell (guitar, vocals)
George Green was a member of the Ken Rhodes Big Band, the Ken Rhodes Group and the Red Point Orchestra.
Jimmy Jackson was a member of Amon Düül II, Embryo, Motherhood, Passport and Utopia.
(LP) Haboob (Hör Zu REP 34002) 1971
Funky track:
Keep On Pushing
Neal Creque
Pianist and organist from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, who was a member of Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers. He died in 2000.
(LP) Creque (Cobblestone CST 9005) 1972
Funky track:
Rafiki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-oSYziLNmA
(LP) Contrast! (Cobblestone CST 9023) 1972
Funky tracks:
Bacalau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__FjVeYuIr8
D Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_mnkrbZkA
(LP) Neal Creque & The Hands Of Time (Muse MR 5029) 1974
Funky tracks:
What’Cha Wanna Do – Do It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLMLGv2pEE
Yes, I’m Your Friend
The Kimico Band
Obscure American band (?), produced by Hugo & Luigi.
(7”) Soul Train/Theme From Shaft (Avco AV-4606) 1972
Funky track:
Theme From Shaft
Brian Elliot
American singer-songwriter who wrote songs for the Pointer Sisters and Madonna (Papa Don’t Preach)
(LP) Brian Elliot (Warner Bros. BSK 3148) 1978
with James Gadson, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour
Funky tracks:
Summer Nights In Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-StCtvg9A
Room To Grow
Baby Face
British band/project of producers Keith Rossiter and Steve Elson.
Steve Elson was a member of Steve ‘n’ Stephenson
(7”) Baby Face/ Baby Face (Latin Feel) (Pye 7N 45563) 1976
Funky track:
Baby Face
"Baby Little" & the Playboys
Obscure American soul/bluesband
(7”) Sunrisin’/ Big Time Playboy (Watts Way 641) 1972
Funky track:
Big Time Playboy
Baby Ray
Baby Ray is Ray Eddlemon, a soul and rhythm & blues singer-guitarist from Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, who died in 2000.
(LP) Where Soul Lives (Imperial LP-123335) 1967
Funky track:
The Wild Side Of Life
Hack & Sack
A very obscure American comedy/funk act.
(LP) Here Comes The Judge (Ambassador S 98074) 1969
Funky track:
Here Comes The Judge
H.P. Lovecraft
Psychedelic rockband from Chicago, IL, with George Edwards (guitar, bass, vocals, Mexican guitarrón), Dave Michaels (organ, harpsichord, clarinet, vocals, recorder, keyboards, piano), Kal David (lead guitar), Frank Bartoli (bass,), Fred Pappalardo (drums), Michael Tegza (percussion, drums, vocals), Tony Cavallari (guitar, vocals), Tom Skidmore (bass), Jerry McGeorge (bass, vocals), Jeffrey "Jeff" Boyan [Geoff Bryan] (vocals, bass)
George Edwards released one solosingle in 1966 and he was a member of Aorta and George Edwards & Friends.
Dave Michaels released two albums with Francis Brabazon and Meher Baba (as David Miotke).
Kal David released several soloalbums and he was a member of the Illinois Speed Press, the Fabulous Rhinestones, the Rovin’ Kind, the Stupid Guys, Kal David & Lauri Bono and Kal David & the Exceptions.
Michael Tegza was a member of Bangor Flying Circus, Love Craft and Madura.
Jerry McGeorge was a member of the Shadows Of Knight and Dalek/Engam: The Blackstones.
Jeffrey Boyan was a member of Saturday’s Children.
(LP) H.P. Lovecraft (Philips PHS-600-252) 1967
Funky track:
Country Boy & Bleeker Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjCewtX_UA
(LP) H.P. Lovecraft II (Philips PHS 600-279) 1968
Funky track:
It’s About Time
Lovecraft
Psychedelic rockband from Chicago, IL, formerly known as H.P. Lovecraft (see: H.P. Lovecraft)
(LP) Valley Of The Moon (Reprise RS 6419) 1970
Funky track:
Never Gonna Go Back
Tyrone Davis
Soulsinger from Greenville, Mississippi, who died in 2005.
(LP) Can I Change My Mind (Dakar SD 9005) 1969
Produced by Willie Henderson
Funky tracks:
She’s Lookin’ Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIiOr_XvvGA
Open The Door To Your Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqhtecYaj7I
(LP) Turn Back The Hands Of Time (Dakar SD 9027) 1970
Funky track:
Love Bones
The Thing With Two Heads (OST)
(Pride PRD-0005 ST) 1972
Funky tracks:
Jerry Butler: A Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWyMuSs8bM
Billy Butler & Infinity: Dip, Dip, I Got My Hands Full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDUYXfWgs9o
The Incredible Bongo Band: Bongolia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmYXvUQ_86M
The Sylvers: Fool’s Paradise
Sunburn (OST)
(Arrival NU 9540) 1979
Music by John Cameron
Funky tracks:
Heatwave: One Night Tan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGqVR78vnAg
John Ferrara: Disco Medley: Shake It Baby Love / Le Jardin / Love Attack
Jack-Knife
A German-British band with John Wetton (vocals, bass, keyboards), Richard Palmer-James (guitar), John Hutcheson (organ, piano) and Curt Cress (drums, percussion).
John Wetton released several soloalbums and he was a member of Asia, Atoll, Edwards Hand, Family, King Crimson, Mogul Thrash, Qango, the John Wetton Band, UK, Uriah Heep, Wettonb/Downbes and Wishbone Ash.
Richard Palmer-James released a soloalbum in 2016 and he was a member of Emergency, Gold, Munich and Supertramp.
Curt Cress released several soloalbums and he was a member of Atlantis, das Bundesverwaltungsorchester, Chime, Clan, the Curt Cress Clan, das Waldemar Wunderbar Syndikat, Great Empire, Incognito Five, O.D.U., Oklagon, Orange Peel, Passport, Saga,the Scorpions, Sincerely P.T., Snowball, Tender Aggression, the Lenny Mac Dowell Project and the New Age Projector
(LP) I Wish You Would (Polydor 2302 094) 1979
Funky track:
I Wish You Would
Jackboot
German rockband with Wolfgang Jass (vocals), Karl Allaut (guitar), Lothar Meid (bass) and Bertram Passmann (aka Betram Engel) (drums).
Wolfgang Jassreleased a single as Justin Wolf in 1974, two singles as Michael Jass, three singles as Steve La Rocca and he was a member of Love And Tears, the Blue Moons, the Phones and the Winners.
Karl Allaut released a solosingle in 1977 and he was a member of Die Antwort, Gebrüder Engel, Kater Carlo, Oasis and Udo Lindenberg & das Panikorchester.
Lothar Meid released three soloalbums and he was a member of 18 Karat Gold, Amon Düül II, Embryo, Motherhood, Passport, the Ralf Nowy Group, the Big Bang, the Paul Nero Sounds and Utopia.
Bertram Passmann was a member of the Average Businessmen, Carl Carlton & the Songdogs, Carlton/Engel, das Waldemar Wunderbar Syndikat, die Leopardefellband, Eric Burdon’s Fire Dept., Gebrüder Engel, Lucyfire, New Legend, the Peter Maffay Band, the Raiders Of The Last Corvette, the Treatment and Udo Lindenberg & das Panikorchester.
(LP) Angel (Jupiter 28 186 OT) 1976
Funky track:
The Iron Cross
Bad Child
Project/band of the French singer-arranger Bill Combs with Marc Perru (guitar), Kenneth Speller (percussion), Donny Donable (drums), Lafayette Hudson (bass), Francois Bréant (piano), Chris Hayward (flute), Arthur Young (horns), Ronnie Buttacavoli (horns), Frank Abel (organ), Larry Jones (guitar), Sara De St-Hubert (vocals) and Tyrone Scott (vocals)
Bill Combs released a solosingle in 1971 and he was a member of Bill Combs & theChildren Of The World.
Marc Perru released a soloalbum in 1995 and he was a member of 1776, Cruciferius, Ergo Sum, les Jerrys and Nemo.
Kenneth Speller released an album with Byard Lancaster in 1974 and he was a member of the Chris Woods Sextet, Ice, the Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Robin Kenyatta’s Free State Band, Thunderbird Service and Napoleon Jones.
Donny Donable was a member of Ice, the Lafayette Afro Rock Band and Napoleon Jones.
Lafayette Hudson was a member of Ice, the Bobby Boyd Congress and the Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
Francois Bréant released three soloalbums and he was a member of Claude Robert et son Orchestre, Cruciferius, Nemo and les Sous-Fifres Du Bousbecquistan.
Chros Hayward released a soloalbum in 1983 and he was a member of the Berry Hayward Consort, Clinic, David Dexter D., Ensemble Vocal Gérard George, les Ménestriers and Total Issue.
Arthur Young was a member of the Bobby Boyd Congress, Ice and the Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
Ronnie Buttacavoli was a member of the Bobby Boyd Congress, Ice, the Lafayette Afro Rock Band, the Ed Palermo Big Band and the Roots Band.
Frank Abel was a member of the Bobby Boyd Congress, Cane & Able, the Christian Escoudé Quintet, Ice, the Lafayette Afro Rock Band and the Crow.
Larry Jones released two solosingles and he was a member of the Bobby Boyd Congress, Ice, the Lafayette Afro Rock Band and Napoleon Jones.
Tyrone Scott was a member of Tyrone Scott & Truth and T.Rex.
(LP) First Flight (Decca 278.034) 1974
Funky tracks:
Get Off My Back, Jack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowTj1D8EwU
Sweat (Choo Do Be)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1hrznvtAoA
Ezay
The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood
American jazz-rockband with Jerry Hahn (guitar), banjo, vocals), Clyde Graves (bass), George Marsh (drums) andMike Finnigan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals)
Jerry Hahn released several soloalbums and he was a member of the Gary Burton Quartet, the John Handy Quintet, and the Jerry Hahn Quintet.
Clyde Graves released several soloalbums and he was a member of Zeitgeist and the Arch Ensemble.
George Marsh released albums with John Abercrombie, Denny Zeitlin, Mel Graves, W.A. Mathieu, Smith Dobson, J.B. Floyd and Thomas Buckner and he was a member of the Dave Grisman Quintet, Listen, the David Grisman Sextet, the Loading Zone, Timeless Pulse and Zeitgesit.
Mike Finnigan released two soloalbums, an album with Jerry Wood and he was a member of Black Rose, Finnigan & Wood, the DFK Band, the Phantom Blues Band, the Serfs, the West Coast Gang and the Roots Band.
(LP) The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood (Columbia CS 1044) 1970
Funky track:
Captain Bobby Stout
The D.A.B. Express
Obscure band from Cincinnati, Ohio, a.k.a. the Dark & Beautiful Express with Randy Wallace (saxophone) and Ronnie Greenway.
Randy Wallace was a member of 400 Years Of What, Flo, Funkadelic, the Houseguests and Zapp.
(7”) Ain’t That A D.A.B. Shame/Funky Rufe-Top (Cha-Ru-Wa no number) 1978
Funky track:
Funky Rufe-Top
Tommie Young
American soul and gospelsinger from Dallas, Texas
(LP) Do You Still Feel The Same Way (Soul Power LPS 3316) 1973
Funky track:
Do We Have A Future
The Johnny Almond Music Machine
British band of saxophonist, flutist Johnny Almond with Steve Hammond (guitar), Roger Sutton (bass), Alan White (drums), Jimmy Crawford (guitar), Johnny Wiggins (piano, organ), Vi Redd (saxophone), Ray Neapolitan (bass) Earl Palmer (drums), Joe Harris (drums), Joe Pass (guitar), Charles Kynard (organ), Curtis Amy (saxophone), Hadley Calimab (saxophone, flute) and Geoff Condon (trumpet, Flugelhorn)
*Johnny Almond was a member of Mark-Almond, Paul Williams & Friends, the Paul Williams Set, the Alan Price Set, John Mayall, the Keef Hartley Band and Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band.
*Steve Hammond released two solosingles and he was a member of Chris Barber’s Jazz Band, Fat Mattress and the Hill.
*Roger Sutton was a member of Blue Whale, Jody Grind, Julie Driscoll Brain Auger & the Trinity, Mark-Almond, Nucleus, Riff-Raff and Strabismus.
*Alan White released a soloalbum in 1976 and he was a member of Balls, Cinema, Circa:, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Griffin, Narita, Paul Williams & Friends, the Paul Williams Set, the Alan Price Set, the Blue Chips, tgh Gamblers, the Happy Magazine, the Plastic Ono Band, White, XYZ and Yes.
*Vi Redd released two soloabums
*Ray Neapolitan was a member of the Don Ellis Octet, Emil Richards & the Microtonal Blues Band, Gator Creek, Ohio Knox, the Danny Long Trio and the Don Ellis Orchestra.
*Earl Palmer released two soloalbums and was a member of B. Bumble & the Stingers, Barney Kessel & his Men, Buddy Collette & his Swinging Shepherds, the Buddy Collette Septet, the Bumps Blackwell Orchestra, Carol Kaye & the Hitmen, Crescent City Gold, Dave Bartholomew & his Orchestra, the Googie Rene Combo, Earl Palmer & Band, Earl Palmer & his Ten Piece Rockin’ Band, Earl Palmer & the Hoopers, Earl Palmer’s Party Rockers, the Ernie Fields Orchestra, the Herschel Burke Gilbert Orchestra, Jack Collier & his Charley Boppers, the Jack Martin Octette, Jerry Cole & his Spacemen, Lalo Schifrin & Orchestra, Little Richard & his Band, Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos, Neal Hefti & his Jazz Pops Orchestra, Percy Faith & his Orchestra, the Rene Hall Trio, the Earl Palmer Trio, the Howard Roberts Quartet, the In Group, the Kickstands, the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra and the Strollers.
*Joe Harris was a member of the Arne Söderlunds Orkester, the Benny Bailey Quartet, the Benny Bailey Quintet, the Bill Smith Quintet, Chris Powell & the Five Blue Flames, Chubby Jackson’;s Orchestra, the Clarke Boland Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, the Don Byas Quintet, the Freddie Redd Trio, the Fritz Pauer Quartett, the Idrees Sulleman Quartet, James Moody & his Band, Jimmy Cleveland & his All Stars, Kenny Clarke & his Clique, King Perry & his Pied Pipers, the Lester Young Quintet, Niagara, Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass, Quincy Jones & his Orchestra, Ray Brown’s All Stars, the Sonny Rollins Trio, the Bud Powell Trio, the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet, the Quincy Jones Big Band and the Teddy Charles Tentet.
*Joe Pass released several soloalbums and he was a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet, Bob Jung & his Orchestra, the Chevapchichi Trio, the Count Basie 6, the Count Basie Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4, the Duke Ellington Quartet, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, the Joe Pass Quartet, the Joe Pass/Tommy Gumina Trio, Quadrant, the Bud Shank Quintet, the Clark Terry Five, the Crusaders, the Joe Pass Trio, the Oscar Peterson Big 4, the Oscar Pereson Big 6, the Oscar Peterson Trio and the Oscar Peterson Quartet.
Charles Kynard released several soloalbums and he was a member of Afrique and the Howard Roberts Quartet.
*Curtis Amy released several soloalbums and he was a member of the Curtis Amy Septet, the Curtis Amy Sextet, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra and the Curtis Amy-Frank Butler Sextet
*Hadley Caliman released several soloalbums and he was a member of Bill Summers & Summers Heat, the Bobby Bryant Sextet, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, the Seatlle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and the DePriest Project
(LP) Patent Pending (Deram SML 1043) 1969
Produced by Mike Vernon
Funky tracks:
Solar Level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcb15HFxck
Tales Of Junior
Ernie Hines
American soul artist from Jackson, Mississippi, who played in the bands of L.C. Cooke, Johnnie Taylor, Joe Valentine, Clyde McPhatter, Lowell Fulson, Margie Hendrix and Slim Harpo.
(7”) Thank You Baby (For A Love Beyond Compare)/We’re Gonna Party(USA 888) 1967
Funky track:
We're Gonna Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gvGkfjYsdU
(LP) Electrified (We Produce XPS-1902) 1972
Funky tracks:
Sugar Plum (Gimme Some)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAtszuBGmw
Our Generation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQG78vvVR0
with the Bar-Kays, the Movement and the Malaco Rhythm Section
Producers: Carl Hampton, Fred Briggs, Jo Bridges, Lester Snell, Tom Nixon
Martha Velez
A classically trained singer from New York who was a member of the Gaslight Singers.
(LP) Fiends & Angels (Sire Ses 97008) 1969
With Jack Bruce (bass), Jim Capaldi (drums), Mitch Mitchell (drums), Eric Clapton (guitar), Paul Kossoff (guitar), Stan Webb (guitar), Duster Bennett (harmonica), Blue Weaver (keyboards), Chrstrine McVie (keyboards), Brian Auger (organ)
Funky tracks:
Swamp Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ck3vRQrTH8
Tell Mama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bgIVQs_Tw
Feel So Bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyKkDSUq_ZI
(7”) Boogie Kitchen/Two Bridges (Blue Horizon 2096-010) 1972
Funky track:
Two Bridges
Top Topham
British guitarist from Southall, Middlesex, who was a member of the Yardbirds, , the Christine Perfect Band, the Fox, the Top Topham Band and the Topham McCarty Band. He died in 2023.
(LP) Ascension Heights (Blue Horizon 7-63857) 1969
with Pete Wingfield, Duster Bennett
Funky tracks:
Sawbuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7zfQ4virY
Mini-Minor-Mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kch19D_Qn7E
Funks Elegy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjIok86v9R0
Ascension Heights
Mike Vernon
British producer and musician from Harrow, Middlesex. He was a member of the Olympic Runners, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays and Mike Vernon & the Mighty Combo.
(LP) Moment Of Madness (Sire SAS -7410) 1973
Funky tracks:
Day In Day Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdd7r3PLgnU
No Idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fuKhfLw4iw
Third Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMmnn-Y9xI
Don't Bullfrog Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1CLB8TJX8c
Stoney Ground
Sharon Ridley
Soul singer from Washington, DC, who worked with producer Van McCoy.
(7”) Scandal In Bedrock/Where Did You Learn To Make Love Love The Way You Do
(Sussex SUX 229) 1971
Produced by Van McCoy
Funky track:
Scandal In Bedrock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmXrJM_JgwU
(LP) Full Moon (Tabu JZ 35377) 1978
with James Gadson
Funky track:
Ain’t That Peculiar
Neil Innes
British singer and comedian who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, the Rutles, Fatso, the Grimms, Neil Innes & Son and the World.
(LP) How Sweet To Be An Idiot (United Artists UAS 29492) 1973
with Ollie Halsall and Andy Roberts.
Funky track:
Topless-A-Go-Go
Marquis Of Kensington
A British studio project of producer Mike Leander and singer Robert Wace.
Mike Leander released a solo (soundtrack) album in 1967, an album with Edward Seago in 1987 and albums with his orchestra.
Robert Wace was an early manager of the Kinks
(7”) Sister Marie/Flash (CBS 3123) 1968
Funky track:
Flash
Outrageous! (OST)
(LP) (Polydor PD-1-8902) 1977
music by Paul Hoffert, an American-Canadian composer and musician who released a soloalbum in 1961 and an album with Brenda Hoffert in 1979. He was a member of H.P. & Bell Mgt., Lighthouse, the Paul Hoffert Orchestra, the Paul Hoffert Trio and the Paul Hoffert Quartet
Funky tracks:
Lisa’s Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlHELCz8psE
Robin’s Party Theme
Snapshot (OST)
A movie from 1979, a.k.a. The Day After Halloween. The soundtrack was a part of the CD The Brian May Fantasy Film Music Collection
(CD) Dragon’s Domain DDR610) 2016
Music by Brian May, who is NOT the Queen guitarist but an Australian composer from Melbourne who was a member of the ABC Showband.
Funky tracks:
Madeline’s Theme/Pursued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7AJ-RYvZM
The Gay Disco
Lalo Schifrin
Composer and pianist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who released several solo and soundtrack albums. He was a member of Astor Piazzolla su Bandoneon y sus Cuerdas, Coleman Hawkins & Friends, Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Eddie Warner et sa Musique Tropicana, the Hermanos and the Lalo Schifrin Sextet.
(LP) Music From Mission: Impossible (Dot DLP 25831) 1967
Funky track:
The Plot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpj8IH1pDPo
(LP) Murderer;’s Row (Colgems COSO 5003) 1967
Funky track:
The Pin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyqy1386U6k
(LP) Mannix (Themes From The Oiriginal Score Of The Paramoiunt Television Show)
(Paramount PAS-5004) 1968
Funky tracks:
The Shadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBN0vRC0zRU
Turn Every Stone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjhL62krxo
(LP) Kelly’;s Heroes (OST) (MGM 1SE-23ST) 1970
Funky track:
Kelly’s Heroes (Whistle Theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHl7IxbfkE
(LP) “Medical Center” And Other Great Themes (MGM SE-4742) 1970
Funky track:
Theme From Medical Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXG5loo1bg
(LP) En Buenos Aires Grabado En Vivo! (RCA Victor AVS-4096) 1972
Funky track:
The Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QKlwdGRLiA
(7”) Ape Shuffle (Theme From “Planet Of The Apes”)/Escape From Tomorrow
(20th Century TC-2150) 1974
Funky track:
Ape Shuffle (Theme From “Planet Of The Apes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hzfFbNAMhY
(LP) Boulevard Nights (OST) (Warner Bros. BSK 3328)
Funky tracks:
On The Boulevard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWBuhOPnwaw
Chile Caliente
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2YtYdItHE
Chuco
Lani Hall
American singer, the wife of Herb Alpert.She was a member of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66.
(LP) Double Or Nothing (A & M SP-4760) 1979
Produced by Herb Alpert
Funky track:
Shot In The Dark
Jade
Pop-rockband from Hong Kong with Tommy Choi (bass), Deniel Wee (drums), Albert Yeung (guitar), David Ma (keyboards) and Kennith Cheng (Ivocals)
David Ma released a soloalbum in 1983.
Kennith Cheng released two soloalbums.
(LP) 2nd Generation (House PHLP 911) 1975
Funky track:
That’s The Way (I Like It)
Cold Blood
Funky rockband from San Francisco, CA, (a.k.a. Lydia Pense & Cold Blood) with Larry Field (guitar, Lydia Pense (vocals), Danny Hull (saxophone), Larry Jonutz (trumpet), Raul Matute (Hammond organ, piano), Jerry Jonutz (saxophone), David Padron (trumpet), Rod Ellicott (bass), Frank Davis (drums), Steve Salinas (keyboards), Steve Dunne (guitar), Mike Morgan (percussion), Evan Palmerston (bass), Rich Armstrong (trumpet, percussion), Rob Zuckerman (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute), Donny Baldwin (drums), Joel Behrman (trombone, trumpet) and Dana Moret (vocals)
Lydia Pense released a single with the New Invaders in 1965 and she was a member of the Generation and the Newcastle Five.
Danny Hull was a member of the Danny Hull Quintet.
(LP) Cold Blood (San Francisco SD 200) 1969
Funky tracks:
You Got Me Hummin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_quMD61F43I
I Just Want To Make Love To You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3OcHzNw7lI
I’m A Good Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIwrvp9zk50
Watch Your Step
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBcYQw9IBYs
(LP) Sisyphus (San Francisco SD 205) 1970
Funky tracks:
Shop Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnU3Xb1TEYc
Understanding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9s4q27NoLQ
Too Many People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Mpm2ROayc
(LP) First Taste Of Sin (Reprise MS 2074) 1972
Funky tracks:
Visions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOgoyr3KWw
Down To The Bone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDuqavv511I
My Lady Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8TYcR1akDU
No Way Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTxlJGtyFIY
All My Honey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgD87_5aR2o
(LP) Thriller! (Reprise MS 2130) 1973
Funky tracks:
Baby I Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzFUQoODUHI
Feel So Bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMQb6FcwQQs
Kissing My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XREEEd8tJs
(LP) Lydia (Warner Bros. BS 2806) 1974
Funky tracks:
Ready To Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEwtzVpsK0
Simple Love Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15T3dtNO5w8
Under Pressure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCKp8rToNeU
When My Love Hand Comes Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjLrCNdJwh8
You’re Free Lovin’ Me
Tony Middleton & Bobby Matos
American singer Tony Middleton and latin percussionist Bobby Matos.
Tony Middleton released several solosingles, singles as Tony Milton and he was a member of the 5 Willows and the Willows.
Bobby Matos was a member of the Bobby Matos Afro Cuban Jazz Ensemble, Bobby Matos & the Combo Conquistadores and the Bobby Matos Orchestra
(7”) Return To Spanish Harlem/Already Satisfied (Speed SP 1016) 1968
Funky tracks:
Return To Spanish Harlem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=642ZO_8g0lY
Already Satisfied
Beverly Bremers
American singer who was a member of Siren and the Me Nobody Knows Original Cast, She also released three singles as Beverly Ann.
(LP) I’ll Make You Music (Scepter SPS 5102) 1972
Funky track:
All That’s Left Is The Music
Jackson Hawke
Canadian band from Toronto with Tim Ryan (vocals), Bob Yeomans (guitar), Gene Falbo (bass), Chris Castle (drums), Bob "The Crow" Clarke (drums), Gary Holt (guitar) and Bucky Berger (drums)
Tim Ryan released two soloalbums and several solosingles
Gene Falbo was a member of Aaron Space
Chris Castle released two soloalbums and he was a member of Les Wawanko.
Gary Holt was a member of the Toronto Rhythm Section
Bucky Berger was a member of Chilliwack, the Rise And Shine Band, Rough Trade, the Canadian Aces and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band.
(LP) Jackson Hawke (Columbia PES 90417) 1977
Funky track:
Do You Like It?
The United States Of America
Experimental rockband from with Joseph Byrd (electronics, electric harpsichord, organ, calliope, piano, vocals), Dorothy Moskowitz (lead vocals), Craig Woodson (drums, percussion), Michael Agnello (organ), Stuart Brotman (bass), Gordon Marron (electric violin, ring modulator, vocals), Rand Forbes (electric bass, vocals) and Ed Bogas (organ, piano, calliope)
Joseph Byrd released two soloalbums and he was a member of Joe Byrd & the Field Hippies.
Dorothy Moskowitz released albums with Gayathri Rajapur, Harihar Rao, Dick Fregulia and Tim Lucas and she was a member of Dorothy Moskowitz & the United States Of Alchemy,
Ed Bogas released three soloalbums and he was a member of Clover.
(LP) The United States Of America (Columbia CS 9614) 1968
Funky track:
The American Way Of Love
Gate
Obscure American funkband with conductor Hank Levy who was a member of the Towson State College Jazz Ensemble.
(7”) Streetman/Chocolate Puddin’ (Violetville V 412158) 1972
Funky tracks:
Streetman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrjqF-Fxdqc
Chocolate Puddin’
Don Ellis
American trumpeter, composer, arranger and producer from Los Angeles, CA, who died in 1978.. He was a member of Charles Mingus & his Jazz Group, Don Ellis & Survival, the Don Ellis Big Band, the Don Ellis Octet, the Don Ellis Quartet, the Don Ellis Trio, the George Russell Septet, the Don Ellis Orchestra, the New Don Ellis Band, Woody Herman & his Orchestra and Woody Herman & the Fourth Herd.
(LP) Tears Of Joy (Columbia G 30927) 1971
Funky track:
Euphoric Acid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onLosGnbzeI
(LP) Connection (Columbia KC 31766) 1972
Funky tracks:
Put It Where You Want It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN1GTsHtcSQ
Superstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjd742jIkGU
Theme From “The French Connection”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGzH2Dvr3c
Roundabout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLgR89qpLo4
Lean On Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FHFPDfrI8k
Train To Get There
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs6HLqpZv44
(LP) New Rhythms (EME ES-1) 1972
Funky tracks:
Rock 5/4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCyb8pohCrY
Rock 7/4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCrIOGxG70
12/8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rat2gKtbNQE
(LP) Soaring (MPS MB 25123) 1973
Funky tracks:
Whiplash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZb2so5nJVU
Go Back Home
White Lightning (OST)
(CD) Intrada Special Collection Volume 131) 2010
Soundtrack of a 1973 movie, composed by Charles Bernstein
Funky tracks:
Funky Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj04LO2SrZA
The Barge/In The Stix
Mr. Majestyk (OST)
(CD) Intrada Special Collection Volume 109) 2009
Soundtrack of a 1974 movie, composed by Charles Bernstein
Funky track:
Another One Rides The Bus
Gator (OST)
(LP) United Artists UA-LA646-G) 1976
Composed by Charles Bernstein
Funky tracks:
Ballad Of Gator McClusky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q8-6_WiPnU
Flight In The Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLAHQ0YR8_Q
Hanna’s Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBVa38a0sgI
Laying The Trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3dT8Q7F6g8
Swamp Chase
Lydia Pense & Cold Blood
Funkrock band from San Francisco, CA. See: Cold Blood
(LP) Lydia Pense & Cold Blood (ABC ABCL 5172)
Funky tracks:
I Get Off On You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iHqEVKIniA
Feel The Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP9sns2XY4A
Back Here Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IBiD6_uZqY
Blinded By Love
Alfredo De La Fé
Cuban salsa violinist who was a member of Dandy’s Dandy, the Fania All Stars, Orchestra Africa-Cubana, the Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble and Tipica 73.
(LP) Alfredo (Criollo C-473) 1979
Funky track:
Hot To Trot
Landscape
British electro-popband from London with Richard James Burgess (vocals, drums, keyboards), Andy Pask (vocals, bass, keyboards),Christopher Heaton (keyboards, vocals), John L. Walters (Lyricon, saxophone, keyboards, flute, vocals) and Peter Thoms (trombone, vocals)
Richard James Burgess released a soloalbum in 1984 and he was a member of Driver 67, Easy Street, Landscape III, the Quincy Conserve, Tailfeather and Tax Loss.
Andy Pask released albums with Charlie Morgan, Neal Wilkinson, Mitch Dalton and Lindsay Bridgewater and he was a member of Landscape III.
John L. Walters was a member of Landscape III.
Peter Thomas released albums with Micho and Noel Robinson and he was a member of the Phantom Horns and the Anti-Heroin Project,
(LP) Landscape (RCA PL 25248) 1979
Funky tracks:
Kaptin Whorlix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD37aP4o4bQ
Gotham City
Up The Down Staircase (OST)
(LP) (United Artists UAS 5169) 1967
Music composed by Fred Karlin
Funky tracks:
You’re Hip, Miss Pastorfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ohoDdLI6A
The G.O. Slide
The Baby Maker (OST)
(LP) (Ode SP-77002) 1971
Music by Fred Karlin performed by Ole Blue, a band with Andrea Powell (vocals), Bill Powell (guitar), Dwayne Bryant (organ) and Randall Fuller (drums).
Andrea Powell released albums with Eric C. Powell and she was a member of Turning Keys and Wind.
Bill Powell was a member of the Beethoven Soul.
Dwayne Bryant was a member of Pollution.
Funky tracks:
Blue Paint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NXPPER4jJM
Lotus Baby Pant’n Mantra Blues
Art Apgar
An obscure American Christian music singer-songwriter.
(LP) Walkin’ On Fencetops (Son Shine Ministries CS-3505) 1978
Funky track:
Where Were The Friends
Mick Jackson
British singer and composer from Yorkshire who became famous as writer of Blame It On The Boogie which was recorded by the Jacksons.
(LP) Weekend (Atlantic K 50605) 1979
Funky tracks:
54th Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kL6d1ypF9s
Passport To Paradise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H35L5RNBKfE
Blame It On The Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxgHQfmLP7s
Milwaukee Walking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ZePW1mhK0
(LP) Step Inside My Rainbow
Funky tracks:
Hangover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ciwmo40w
Sound Of The City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4UbbGN-UE
It Would Take A Lifetime
Dale Jacobs
Canadian keyboardist and producer who died in 2000. He was a member of the Dale Jacobs Group.
(LP) Cobra (Epic PEC-80008) 1978
Funky tracks:
Cobra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8KtG_VvQ8
Scouting Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lprvdHi4d9s
On Tbe Wings Of A Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru8hw8PflLY
Taiwan On
Benny Johson
American soulsinger who was a member of the Spoilers.
(LP) Visions Of Paradise (Today TLP-1013) 1973
with Julius Borckington
Funky tracks:
Absolutely, Positively, Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsqoh6Qjmc
It’s Yours Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWcz7ymkSME
I Just Got To Know
Beverly Johnson
American singer, actress and model
(LP) Don’t Loose The Feeling (Buddah BDS 5726) 1979
with Betty Wright
Funky tracks:
Don’t Run For Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2GC76P9Mg
Ain’t Givin’ Up No Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVr1Yi1bGZk
Can’t You Feel It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQum7rdZbd4
Don’t Loose The Feeling
Bobby Johnson & the Atoms
British soulband from London, which moved to Italy.
(EP) A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Fontana 460.226 ME)_ 1967
Funky track:
Tramp
Wallace Johnson
Southern soul singer from Napoleonville, CA.
(7”) Something To Remember You By/If You Leave Me (Sansu 467) 1967
Funky track:
Something To Remember You By
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MovVhRPfdg
(7”) On My Way Back Home/I Miss You Girl (RCA APBO-0177) 1973
Funky track:
I Miss You Girl
Little Willie Johnson
Soul and gospelsinger from Savannah, Georgia, a.k.a. Willie Johnson. He was a member of the Morning Stars Of Savannah.
(7”) Loneliness/Darling Let’s Love (Vendella’s VEND 101) 1969
Funky track:
Loneliness
Willie Johnson
Soul and gospelsinger from Savannah, Georgia, a.k.a. Little Willie Johnson. He was a member of the Morning Stars Of Savannah.
(7”) That’s How It Is/Lay It On Me (Drive D-6224) 1971
Funky track:
Lay It On Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfvoPcHkwNE
(7”) Between The Lines/It’s Got To Be Tonight (Cat 1979) 1972
Funky track:
Between The Lines
Bruce Johnston
Singer and multi-instrumentalist from Beverly Hills, CA, who was a member of the Beach Boys, Bob Sled & the Toboggans, Bruce & Terry, Bruce & Jerry, the Bruce Johnston Combo, California, California Music, the Bruce Johnston Surfing Band, the Catalinas, the Gamblers, the Hot Doggers, the Kustom Kings, the Renegades, the Rip Chords, the Rogues, the Sidewalk Surfers, the Surf Stomperfs and the Vettes.
(LP) Going Public (Columbia PC 34459) 1977
Funky track:
Pipeline
Josipa Lisac
Croatian singer from Zagreb who was a member of Hrvatski Band Aid, Jugoslovenska Pop Selekcija and Zlatni Akordi.
(LP) Dnevnik Jedne Ljubavi (Jugoton LPYs-60956) 1973
Funky track:
Ležaj Od Suza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi1IXddOKjk
(7”) Na, Na, Na, Na/Veče U Luna Parku
Funky track:
Veče U Luna Parku
Reijo Karvonen
Finnish singer and musician who was a member of Ikaros.
(LP) Ikaros (RCA Victor ZPL 40080) 1978
Funky tracks:
Ikaros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skKYEWJmaIQ
Kuvia Elämästä
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra
The orchestra of the American pianist Stan Kenton with Kerby Stewart (bass), Peter Erskine (drums), Ramon Lopez (percussion), John Park (saxophone), Kim Park (saxophone), Mary Fettig (saxophone), Richard Torres (saxophone), Roy Reynolds (saxophone), Bill Hartman (trombone), Dale Devoe (tro,mbone), Dick Shearer (trombone), Lloyd Spoon (trombone), Mike Wallace (trombone), Gary Pack (t rumpet), Mike Barrowman (trombone), Mike Snustead (trumpet),Paul Adamson (trumpet), Dennis Noday (trumpet) and Jay Saunders (trumpet).
Stan Kenton released several soloalbums and he was a member of Stan Kenton & the Innovations Orchestra, Stan Kenton’s Melophoneum Band, the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra, Woody Herman & the Second Herd and Woody Herman & his Orchestra.
Kirby Stewart was a member of the John & Jerry Case Sextet, the Fred Raulston Quartet, the N’awlins Gumbo Kings, the Paul Guerrero Quintet and the Woody Herman Big Band.
Peter Erskine released several soloalbums and he was a member of Aurora, the Bill Reichenbach Quartet, the Bob Mintzer Big Band, the Bob Mintzer Quartet, the Chris Walden Big Band, the Dave Slonaker Big Band, the David Benoit Trio, the Don Grolnick Group, Gary Burton & Friends, the George Cables Trio, the Jaco Pastorius Big Band, the Joe Farrell Quartet, the John Abercrombie Trio, the Kenny Wheeler Quintet, the Larry Goldings Trio, the Los Angeles Jazz Ensemble, the Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Marc Johnson’s Bass Desires, the Mark Masters Ensemble and the Maurizio Giammarco Quartet.
Ramon Lopez was a member of Streetlife.
John Park released a soloalbum (year unknown).
Kim Park released an album with Mike Melvoin and he was a member of the Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra and the Jim Widner Big Band.
Mary Fettig released two soloalbums and she was a member of Dave Eshelman’s Jazz Garden Big Band.
Richard Torres released an album with Peter Erskine in 1995.
Roy Reynolds released a soloalbum in 1983.
Bill Hartman was a member of Caduceus The Doctor’s Band.
Dale Devoe was a member of the Stan Kenton Alumni Band, the Stan Kenton Spirits, the Mike Vax Big Band and the Phil Girodano Jazz Orchestra.
Dick Shearer released a soloalbum in 1992 and he was a member of Mark Masters’ Jazz Composers Orchestra and the Stan Kenton Spirits.
Gary Pack was a member of Woody Herman & the Thundering Herd and Woody Herman & his Orchestra.
Paul Adamson was a member of Lighthouse and Power & Light Co.
Dennis Noday was a member of the Stan Kenton Alumni Band.
Jay Saunders was a member of the UNT Two O’Clock Lab Band, the Two O’Clock Lab Band, the One O’Clock Lab Band, Pete Petersen & the Collection Jazz Orchestra, the Lou Fischer Rehearsal Band and the Lou Fischer Big Band.
(LP) 7.5 On The Richter Scale (Creative World ST 1070) 1973
Funky tracks:
Down And Dirty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlLQmJYfYmE
Country Cousin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pjC0xygdaQ
2002-Zarathusrevisited
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIg2bwB1y5w
Blue Gene
Josipa Lisac & the B.P. Convention Big Band International
Croatian singer Josipa Lisac with the B.P. Convention Big Band with Albert Mangelsdorff, Ante Zivković, Art Farmer, Boško Petrović, Clark Terry, Damir Dičič, E rnie Wilkins, Gianni Basso, Ivan Kuzmic, Josip Stojanovic, Karlo Takač, Ladislav Fidry, Marcel Fuchs, Marjan Domic, Mario Mayrin, Ozren Depolo, Salih Sadiković, Vladimir Scerak and Zlatko Dvoržak.
(LP) Josipa Lisac & the B.P. Convention Big Band International (Jugoton LSY-63038) 1976
Funky tracks:
Willie And Laura Mae Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXjJ9ynfbQ8
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