Happy Birthday Carol Kaye!

Celebrating the birthday of Wrecking Crew bass boss Carol Kaye with her funky 1995 mini-LP.

LINKS

PKM Carol Kaye: The boss of bass guitar

Midweek Mixdown: Sounds From The Ancient Archive

Check out Nat Birchall's stellar 2 hour selection of deep jazz and roots reggae from his own stash below. 

TRACKLIST 

1. Malaguena - Pete LaRoca (Blue Note) 

2. In The Beginning There Was Africa - Joe Henderson (Milestone) 

3. Ptah The El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (Impulse) 

4. African Challenge - Zoot Skully Simms (Studio 1) 

5. Black Is Black - Im & David (Bamboo) 

6. Free Black People - Burning Spear (Tribesman 12") 

7. Variations In Blue - Bill Barron (Dragon) 

8. Mavichavel - Tchangodei & Archie Shepp (Volcanic) 

9. Hully Gully Rock - Roland Alphonso & His Alley Cats (Blue Beat) 

10. Love And Devotion - Slim Smith (Black Solidarity) 

11. Love Land - Sound Dimension (Studio 1) 

12. Jericho Skank - Ernest Ranglin & Jackie Mittoo (Studio 1) 

13. Ouagoudougu - Clifford Jordan (Strata East/Polydor) 

14. Through The Ages Jehovah - Andrew Cyrille (Soul Note) 

15. There Is A Balm In Gilead - Odean Pope (CIMP) 

16. Brain Wash - Conscious Minds (Soul Beat) 

17. Life's Experience - Hopeton Crawford (Faithful Few) 

18. Life's Dub (Faithful Few) 

19. Bwaata - Joe Henderson (Milestone)

Check out Sounds From The Ancient Archive on Mixcloud right here. 

R.I.P. Gus Hawkins of S.O.U.L.

Sadly, flautist/saxophonist Gus Hawkins of Cleveland's mighty Sounds of Unity & Love has passed away. He'll be missed. 

Happy Birthday Carol Kaye!

Celebrating Carol's birthday with her version of "Burning Spear" featuring Earl Palmer & Joe Pass. 

Dennis Coffey's smokin' performance with Lyman Woodard Trio to be released

Dennis Coffey's rare recording from Morey Baker's Showplace Lounge is being released by Omnivore on June 1. 

A previously unissued live set from Detroit in 1968!

Dennis Coffey is a guitar legend. From his early work with The Royaltones (who also backed other artists like Del Shannon) — to his run through the Motor City’s independent labels as a session ace — to his pioneering and legendary work with The Funk Brothers, backing band to massive Motown hits like “Just My Imagination,” “Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today),” “War,” “Cloud Nine,” “Someday We’ll Be Together” and “Band Of Gold” among many others — he's one of the most important six-string slingers on the Detroit scene during the 60s.

And Dennis didn't slow down for one second during the 70s either as he struck out on his own and had a million selling hit with “Scorpio,” in 1971. He continued his studio session work (notably appearing on “Boogie Fever” by The Sylvers), scored films and produced other artists’ albums like Gallery’s Nice To Be With You and Rodriguez’ cult classic Cold Fact.

The 2000s have found Dennis appearing on the big screen including the 2002 film Standing In The Shadows Of Motown and the 2012’s Searching For Sugarman. And to this very day you can find him playing every Tuesday night in Detroit.

One Night At Morey’s: 1968 is drawn from the residency at Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge in Detroit by the Lyman Woodard Trio. The trio consisted of Coffey on guitar, brilliant organist, Lyman Woodard, and drummer Melvin Davis, and could be found at Morey’s once a week. They played to a dedicated, often repeat, audience so the band kept the repertoire fresh and changing. One Night At Morey’s: 1968 follows last year’s Hot Coffey In The D: Burnin’ At Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge released by Resonance Records, also drawn from the Morey’s residency, but with an entirely different track list.

All tracks on One Night At Morey’s: 1968 are previously unissued and come directly from the vaults of Dennis Coffey and producer partner, Mike Theodore. Tracks include original compositions, “Big City Lights,” “Mindbender,” and “Union Station,” as well as surprising and funky covers of “Billie’s Bounce” by Charlie Parker, “Burning Spear” by The Soulful Strings (written and arranged by Richard Evans), “Cissy Strut” by The Meters, “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles, “Groovin’” by The Young Rascals, and “I’m A Midnight Mover” by Wilson Pickett co-written by Pickett and Bobby Womack. Check the track list followed by a preview trailer below.

One Night At Morey's: 1968
I’M A MIDNIGHT MOVER
ELEANOR RIGBY
CISSY STRUT
GROOVIN’
BURNING SPEAR
IT’S YOUR THING/UNION STATION
MINDBENDER
BIG CITY LIGHTS
BILLIE’S BOUNCE