Steveh73 Posted November 28, 2020 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) I'd heavily recommend - Any of Leroy Hutson's albums on Curtom The first two Natural Four albums on Curtom The Three Pieces album posted earlier JR Bailey's Just Me N' You album on MAM Johnny Hammond's Gears album on Milestone Al Johnson's Back For More album on Columbia Notations album on Gemigo Any of the Jones Girls or Jean Carn albums on Philly There's enough there for a top 10 - take your pick!! Cheers, Steve...... Edited November 28, 2020 by Steveh73 1
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 Yeah, when JK was mentioned, I was going to say that to me, their sound is a mix between Stevie Wonder and Johnny Hammond's Gears. The Mizell Brothers' sound is quite present in the Acid Jazz scene for me. Really good list up there, @Steveh73. Speaking of Gemigo, Rasputin Stash's "Devil made me do it" it's really good too. Is this sound what some call 2-step?
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 @Steveh73 The Natural Four's homonymous LP is a personal favourite. I love this one by Jean Carn, as well as her album on Black Jazz with Doug Carn.
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 @The Tempest tight bass line there! Boogie! Nice one! Wow, I just checked the price of this one on Discogs Why is it Japan only? Do you know?
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 @Modernsoulsucks I really liked those 2 tracks by Eloise Whitaker. Nice!
Soul Shrews Posted November 28, 2020 Posted November 28, 2020 Two Doug Carn LPs on Black Jazz featuring Jean Carne Revelation& Infant Eyes Cheers Paul
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 @Soul Shrews yes. Revelations is my favourite. 1
Modernsoulsucks Posted November 28, 2020 Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Bocanada said: Yeah, when JK was mentioned, I was going to say that to me, their sound is a mix between Stevie Wonder and Johnny Hammond's Gears. The Mizell Brothers' sound is quite present in the Acid Jazz scene for me. Really good list up there, @Steveh73. Speaking of Gemigo, Rasputin Stash's "Devil made me do it" it's really good too. Is this sound what some call 2-step? I'd say no. RS sounds like War or similar. Not melodic or "pretty" enough IMO.
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 @Modernsoulsucks so more like this: 1
Steveh73 Posted November 28, 2020 Posted November 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bocanada said: @Modernsoulsucks I really liked those 2 tracks by Eloise Whitaker. Nice! Falling In Love by Eloise Whittaker is a really nice 2-step sound. There's two other versions that I am aware of too! Brooklyn Dreams - Fallin' In Love (1980) - YouTube The Markley Band - Fallin' In Love ( feat.Sheila Lowe ) - YouTube Not sure if the videos will show in this post but they are on Youtube for your listening pleasure!! 1
Bocanada Posted November 28, 2020 Author Posted November 28, 2020 @Steveh73 those are excellent examples and now I get the 2-step sound. I guess that I've always referred to that as mellow modern soul.
Dylan Posted November 28, 2020 Posted November 28, 2020 i used to really struggle with this genre or style but have grown to like it more over time. I struggle with some examples still but the good ones can be great. Absolute classic for me 1
Bocanada Posted December 12, 2020 Author Posted December 12, 2020 @Fish Fingers It's been a couple of weeks, and I can't stop playing "Easy Does It"
Fish Fingers Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Bocanada said: @Fish Fingers It's been a couple of weeks, and I can't stop playing "Easy Does It" Glad you like it . It's been maybe my favourite record for decades! Unusual, in that the more I listen to it, the more I love it. I bet you may also like a brand new album release (yesterday) from SouLutions. 'Anthology' is the album. I won't post links as I think it's frowned upon a bit here. It's only available directly, but there are some samples on their site. 'Stop what you're doing' was already a fave and there is an extended version now. And the track 'Philly Line' has parts of Marc Evans 'The way you love me' which was already a favourite track of mine (Soulful House not Rare Groove though). The live Japanese version of that song with the Studio Apartment Band is just amazing imo Edited December 13, 2020 by Fish Fingers Typos
Bocanada Posted December 14, 2020 Author Posted December 14, 2020 @Fish Fingers oh, that's more one the dance side of things. I wasn't expecting that. Similar to the sound of Joey Negro (Dave Lee). I like that tune. I've never heard of them, so thank you. If you like that kind of stuff, give this a listen.
Candiman Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 Just a few off the top of my head from mid-late 70s. All of have been favourites of mine for many years and I think are strong all the way through. Gloria Scott - What Am I Gonna Do Leon Ware - Rocking You Eternally People's Choice - We Got The Rhythm Barrabas s/t Roy Ayers - most of them really. I really like You Send Me Early Jean Carn as has already been said.
Bocanada Posted December 15, 2020 Author Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) @candiman I love Gloria Scott's LP – and what a cover! I love the tune "Rocking you Eternally". I'm not familiar with the entire album, but I just read the credits and found that Marcos Valle is there playing in the aforementioned track, and also there's a version of Marcos's "Bicho No Cio" sung in English (I prefer Marcos's version though). As for Roy, I agree that he's fantastic but my favourite is probably "Lifeline". Edit: I just noticed that there's another Marcos Valle tune on that album "Baby Don't Stop Me". I also prefer Marcos's version. Edited December 15, 2020 by Bocanada
Fish Fingers Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Bocanada said: @Fish Fingers oh, that's more one the dance side of things. I wasn't expecting that. Similar to the sound of Joey Negro (Dave Lee). I like that tune. I've never heard of them, so thank you. If you like that kind of stuff, give this a listen. Nice choice. I do know the track as I am quite into Soulful House. I know it's drifting off topic, but here is the Marc Evans live in Japan track. Borrowed heavily in the SouLutions 'Philly Line' re-edit just released. Edited December 15, 2020 by Fish Fingers
Bocanada Posted December 15, 2020 Author Posted December 15, 2020 @Fish Fingers I missed the second part of your message! I wasn't familiar with that tune, and that live version is so much better than the one on the 12"! Nice recommendation. The intro is a homage to "Ooh I love It" by the Salsoul Orchestra – isn't it?
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