• Lou Donaldson – Say It Loud I'm Black And Proud
    • Lou Donaldson – Snake Bone
    • 1. Say It Loud I'm Black And Proud
    • 2. Brother Soul
    • 3. Snake Bone
    • 4. Summertime
    • 5. Caravan

    One of the great Blue Note funk albums from 1969! Features Idris Muhammad on drums and Charles Earland on B3!

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        Freddie RoachGood MoveDecca / Blue Note
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          • LP 5505973£36.99
            Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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          Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
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          • LP (180 gram) 5880785£27.99
            Classic Vinyl Series
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          Doug WatkinsWatkins At Large (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
          Recorded in 1956 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Watkins At Large was the first of two albums bassist Doug Watkins made as a leader. With a first-rate...
            Bobby HutchersonTotal Eclipse (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
            Killer deep jazz from vibist Bobby Hutcherson on Blue Note, 1970. With Harold Land, Chick Corea, Reggie Johnson and Joe Chambers. Bobby Hutcherson’s...
            • – Herzog
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            Hardcore deep jazz with Bobby joined by Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw and Joe Chambers
            • – Rojo
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