Un classique indémodable!

Funky16Corners Radio v.24.5 – The Beat Goes On

Brother Jack McDuff – Oblighetto (Blue Note)
Freddy McCoy – Gimme Some (Cobblestone)
Vince Guaraldi – The Beat Goes On (WB)
Soulful Strings – (I Know) I’m Losing You (Cadet)
Hugh Masekela – Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song) (UNI)
Gabor Szabo – Gypsy Queen (Impulse)
Jeremy Steig – Howling for Judy (Blue Note)
Merl Saunders – Julia (Fantasy)
Gary McFarland – Fried Bananas (Verve)
Sly Stone – Rock Dirge Pt1 (Woodcock)
Bob James – Nautilus (CTI)
Brian Augers Oblivion Express – Inner City Blues (RCA)

The Funky16Corners Saga continues...

Melvin Sparks - Akilah! (Prestige, 1972)

Alto Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: B1), Sonny Fortune (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Flute – Dave Hubbard (tracks: B3), Hubert Laws (tracks: B3)
Guitar - Melvin SParks
Organ, Piano –Leon Spencer
Percussion – Buddy Caldwell
Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: A1, A2, B1),  Dave Hubbard (tracks: A3)
Trumpet – Virgil Jones (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Ernie Royal (tracks: B1)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder

Capitol Records

Jimmy McGriff ‎– Soul Sugar (1970)

70's Prestige Records : Leon Spencer - Louisiana Slim (1971)

Drums - Idris Muhammad
Congas - Buddy Caldwell
Organ - Leon Spencer, Jr
Guitar - Melvin Sparks
Trumpet - Virgil Jones
Tenor Saxophone, Flute - Grover Washington, Jr

70's Prestige Records : Idris Muhammad

Black Rhythm Revolution! (1971)

Drums - Idris Muhammad
Congas - Buddy Caldwell
Electric Piano - Harold Mabern
Bass [Fender] - Jimmy Lewis
Guitar - Melvin Sparks
Trumpet - Virgil Jones
Tenor & Soprano Saxophone - Clarence Thomas
Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder

Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On (Groove Merchant, 1971)

70's Prestige Records : Sonny Stitt - Black Vibrations (1972)

Alto & Tenor Saxophone — Sonny Stitt
Drums — Idris Muhammad
Guitar — Melvin Sparks
Organ — Leon Spencer
Trumpet — Virgil Jones
Producer — Bob Porter
Recorded By — Rudy Van Gelder

The Crusaders - Crusaders 1 (Blue Thumb Records, 1972)

70's Classic Latin Series : Harlem River Drive (1971)

 70's Classic Latin Series : Afro Temple (1973)

70's Classic Latin Series : Mongo's Way (1971)

A Selection of Songs to represent Arabic Musical History of the 1970s and 1980s.

Merci à Habibi Funk pour ces pépites so FunkyGrooves!

Habibi Funk is dedicated to re-releasing a style of music that historically never existed as a musical genre. We use the term to describe a certain sound that we like from the countries of the Arab world. The songs we chose were created in places quite far from another and under very different circumstances. Some were written and recorded during war times, others in exile. Despite the differences we think there is a musical connection between them. Essentially, we are interested in the musical endeavors, in which artists from the Arab world mixed local and regional influences with musical interests that came from outside of the region. Even though the name suggests it’s all about funk music, our focus is more than just that. Often these influences might be inspired from Western popular music such as soul, pop and rock but it’s not limited to that either. Some of our favorite records are best described as Arabic zouk (a genre originating from the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe) like Mallek Mohamed’s music, Algerian coladera (a popular musical style from the Cape Verdean islands) or Lebanese AOR, which means the process of musical influences displayed on this compilation was much more versatile than just taking Western music as a blueprint and translating it with a local accent. The compilation features 15 different artists. Some you might already know thru Habibi Funk’s releases like Fadoul, Ahmed Malek, Dalton or Al Massrieen, while others are meant as an introduction to artists like Kamal Keila, Sharhabeel Ahmed, Attarazat Addahabia & Mallek Mohamed who will all release full length albums on Habibi Funk in 2018.

"Europe's number one Afro Cuban Jazz group Snowboy And The Latin Section...

This Afro Cuban Jazz album covers the Cuban styles of Mambo, Salsa, Palo, Descarga and Mozambique, making this the bands most versatile album to date." Freestyle Records Website.

UNE TUERIE !

Israeli Funk-Soul-jazz supergroup. La Fusion du Groove. So Funky!

Consisting of a drummer, upright bassist, 4 brass, 2 DJs and a sound console operator. They play funk, jazz and groove. The Apples started out in 2002, when a friend assembled the members of Radio Trip (Ofer Tal, known as SchoolMaster, and Uri Wertheim, known as MixMonster), drummer Yoni Halevy and bassist Shai Ran. The idea was to create a funky base combined with samples, scratching and a dominant brass division.

Mitz (Audio Montage, Bumbaklaat, 2003)

Attention! (Audio Montage, 2005)

Buzzin About (Freestyle Records, 2008)

Kings (Freestyle Records, 2010)

Fly On It (Audio Montage, 2010)

Dragonz (Not On Label, 2016)