• 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!

    Other Releases by Lou Donaldson

    Lou DonaldsonMidnight Creeper (1968)Blue Note
    Midnight Creeper was the third in a series of stellar soul jazz outings saxophonist Lou Donaldson made for Blue Note in the late-1960s with key players...
    • – Midnight Creeper
    • – Love Power

    Other Releases on Decca / Blue Note

    Freddie ReddShades of ReddDecca / Blue Note
    The underrated hard bop pianist and composer Freddie Redd gained prominence as the composer of the score for the stage play The Connection and continued...
      Horace SilverSerenade to a Soul SisterDecca / Blue Note
      Horace Silver had been delivering hard bop classics for over a decade when he moved into more groovy territory in the late-’60s on albums including Serenade...
        Freddie RoachGood MoveDecca / Blue Note
        After appearing on Blue Note albums by Ike Quebec, Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach made his own run of soul jazz classics for the label including the...
          • LP 5505973£36.99
            Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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          Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
          After the runaway success of The Sidewinder in 1964, trumpeter Lee Morgan continued his musical hot streak in 1965 on albums including The Gigolo featuring...
          • – Yes I Can, No You Can't
          • – Speedball
          • 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
            Bobby HutchersonHappeningsDecca / Blue Note
            Hardcore deep jazz with Bobby joined by Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw and Joe Chambers
            • – Rojo
            Donald ByrdByrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note
            Recorded in 1955 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Byrd’s Eye View was Donald Byrd’s first issued album as a leader featuring the trumpeter at the...
              Herbie HancockSpeak Like A ChildDecca / Blue Note
              Seminal Herbie Hancock on Blue Note, produced by Duke Pearson.

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                      CandidoBeautiful (1970)Blue Note
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                      • – I'm On My Way
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                      • – Yes We Can - Part I
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                      • Original LP GRP5011£60.00
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                      Lonnie SmithMove Your Hand (1969)Blue Note
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                      • – Move Your Hand
                      The Ramsey Lewis TrioAnother Voyage (1969)Cadet
                      Amazing, super-funky album supervised by Charles Stepney with the classic trio line-up of bassist Cleveland Eaton and EWF's Maurice White on drums! Includes...
                      • – If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
                      • – Do What You Wanna
                      • – Bold And Black
                      • – Uhuru
                      Weldon IrvineCosmic Vortex (1974)BMG
                      100% Stone-cold rare groove classic. "Walk that Walk" is a heavyweight monster tune. ESSENTIAL!By 1974, 31 year-old Weldon Irvine was ready for the next...
                        Herbie HancockFat Albert Rotunda (1969)Warner Bros.
                        The definitive funky soul jazz monster! Nuff tunes! Monster, monster, monster funk jazz bomb! Killer late 60s with 'Wiggle-Waggle'.
                        • – Wiggle-Waggle
                        • – Fat Mama
                        • – Oh! Oh! Here He Comes
                        • – Fat Albert Rotunda
                        Minnie RipertonPerfect Angel (1974)Epic
                        Superb first solo album on Epic for ex-Rotary Connection singer Minnie Riperton! Produced by Stevie Wonder, it includes the funky rare groove classic "Reasons",...
                        • – Reasons
                        • Original LP£45.00
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                        Hiromasa SuzukiPrimroseLe Tres Jazz Club
                        Reissue of a highly sought-after, Japanese modal jazz gem. Pianist, Hiromasa Suzuki's 'Primrose' was originally released in 1978 on the Union label and...
                        • – Hornet
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                        • – Crystal
                        • – Knick-Knacks
                        • – Dis-charge
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                        Dorothy AshbyDorothy's Harp (1969)Cadet
                        One of Dorothy Ashby's hardest records to find! Classic 1969 release produced by the legendary Richard Evans for Chess Records. Nice Brazilian cuts such...
                          Voices Of East HarlemCan You Feel ItUfo
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                          • – Can You Feel It
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                          • Dawn Penn – No No No
                          • Jackie Mittoo – Ghetto Organ
                          Daniel SalinasAtlantisMr Bongo
                          INCLUDES THE LEGENDARY Straussmania!'Atlantis' is a smouldering jazz-funk, cinematic excursion courtesy of the Brazilianmaestro, Daniel Salinas. A conductor,...
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                            • Brown Sugar – Dreaming Of Zion
                            • Glen Sloley – All That Glitter Is Not Gold
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                            • Aston Esson – Woman Of My Dream
                            • Love & Unity – Put It On
                            The Voices Of East HarlemThe Voices Of East HarlemJust Sunshine
                            Cult favourite produced by Leroy Hutson and Curtis Mayfield - superb 70s soul and funk, including Cashing In and the mighty Wanted Dead Or Alive
                            • – cashing in
                            • – wanted, dead, or alive
                            Alton & Ed /Jacob MillerWhipping The Prince / My Girl has Left MeStudio One
                            Superb and rare Studio One cuts on this great new 45 - Alton & Ed's DJ super rare cut on the Soul Vendor's seminal Whipping the Prince + an unreleased...
                            • Alton & Ed – Whipping The Prince
                            • Jacob Miller – My Girl Has Left Me
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                            "One of the greatest albums of all time just got better. Do not miss." Quietus ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitive...
                            • – Bongo Man
                            • – Narration
                            • – Narration (Continued)
                            • – Mabrat
                            • – Poem 1
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                            • – Poem 2
                            • – Song
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                            • – Way Back Home
                            • – Ethiopian Serenade
                            • – Oh Carolina
                            • – So Long
                            • – Grounation
                            • – Grounation (Continued)
                            • – Blacker Black
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                            • Very Ltd-Edition 3×LP Box Set + extra 7" + 16pg magazine + Art Print + Interview insert + Download SJR495£60.00
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                            Odell BrownOdell Brown (1974)Paula Records
                            Deep independent organ funk jazz from the man who brought us the Organizers on Chess in the late 60s.
                              Miles DavisAghartaColumbia (1975)
                              The first of two albums taken from the same concert in 1975, the other being 'Pangaea.' They represent a full stop at the end of Miles'70s experiments...