Lenny Kravitz releases ‘Mama Said,’ his second album featuring Slash on one track (1991)
Lenny Kravitz‘ ‘Mama Said’ is his second studio album featuring Slash on two songs and released on April 2, 1991 by Virgin Records.
Verve publish John Scofield Band’s album : ‘Überjam’ (2002)
John Scofield Band’s ‘Überjam’ is an album recorded during Summer 2001 in New York and released on January 29, 2002 by Verve.
Funky Saxophones
Something stirs mid-'60s, and by the 1970s, it thunders: Funk. Electric bass and drums form a backbone steeled by staccato guitars, with African-American origins breathing through a mesh of R&B and soul, syncopation dancing with brass and woodwinds. James Brown and George Clinton scribble their names across the genre, with funk morphing into G-funk, funk rock, and Jazz-Funk as bridges are built on grooves. The complexities in sound continue to evolve, with The Greyboy Allstars, Ornette Coleman, and Maceo Parker pushing boundaries and exploring the evolving dialogue between jazz's origins and funk's innovative inclinations.
Greyboy Allstars – Inland Emperor
Inland Emperor’ is the new record by The Greyboy Allstars, their fourth studio album, their first in six years.
REVIEWS
Los Angeles Times
The Greyboy Allstars return next week with ‘Inland EmperorIn the mid ’90s, there weren’t many safer bets on the West Coast for a raucous, funk-leaning good time than San Diego’s Greyboy Allstars.
ChicagoNow
Pardoned By Funk: The Greyboy Allstars’ Inland Emperor TourHoly crap. They Greyboy Allstars are BACK. Known for their potent individual abilities on each of their instruments, the five band members come together as one giant funk assault upon your senses, body and soul.
All About Jazz.
Inland Emperor is a tantalizing listen in large measure for the way The Greyboy Allstars play off the various elements of their sound. The chanted vocals on Better Get A Jump On It sound like nothing so much as a comment on the playing of the band, here featuring slightly ambient interplay between Walters’ electric keyboards and Denson’s sax[/su_spoiler] (more…)