a r t i s t : Melvin Jackson
t i t l e : Funky Skull
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : dusty groove
g e n r e : Psychedelic Funk Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2008
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 66,9 MB
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One of our favorite albums of all times -- and a legendary
testament to the greatness of the Chicago music scene in the
late 60s! Melvin Jackson was the bassist in Eddie Harris' very
successful group of the time -- and his playing on Eddie's
trippy and funky records for Atlantic is one of the factors
that made them so great. Here, he's working with an acoustic
bass, amplified with electronics like a Varitone sax -- and
this strange-sounding instrument is set up in a hip group that
mixes Cadet funky studio players (Phil Upchurch, Morris
Jennings, Jody Christian) with some of the brighter young
players of the AACM (Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, and Leo
Smith.) Jackson's bass is looped through all sorts of crazy
effects, and the result is this amazing blend of avant garde
playing and groovy rhythms that is beyond compare! The album
includes great reworkings of two Eddie Harris funk tracks --
"Bold and Black" and "Cold Duck Time" -- plus monster
originals like "Funky Doo", "Say What", "Dance Of The
Dervish", and "Funky Skull (parts 1 & 2)".
(http://www.dustygroove.com)
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01-Funky Skull (parts 1&2) [04:56]
02-Ma She's Makin Eyes at Me [00:57]
03-Bold & Black [07:14]
04-Dance of the Dervish [06:45]
05-Everybody Loves My Baby [02:20]
06-Cold Duck Time (parts 1&2) [05:06]
07-Say What [04:52]
08-Funky Doo [04:57]
09-Silver Cycles [09:22]
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46:29 min