Alfonzo Blackwell - Dance To This (Utopia Records )
Allen Eager - Swingin' With (Pid )
Andy Bey - Aint Necessarily So (Pid )
Annie Ross - Twisted (Phantom Sound & Vision )
Antonio Allen - Forever & Always (Orpheus Records )
Atsuko Hashimoto - Introducing Atsuko Hashimoto (Azica )
Backstreet Girls - Tuff Tuff Tuff (Face Front (IMPORT) (Norway) )
Bing Crosby - Best Of: Green Series (Universal Int'L )  read more »

Stanley Clarke's debut solo effort was issued when he was already a seasoned jazz veteran, and a member of Chick Corea's Return to Forever, which at the time of this recording also included Joe Farrell on soprano sax and flute, and the Brazilian team of vocalist Flora Purim and drummer/percussionist Airto Moreira. Produced by Corea, who plays Rhodes, clavinet, and acoustic piano on Children of Forever, the band included flutist Art Webb, then-new RtF drummer Lenny White, guitarist Pat Martino, and a vocal pairing in the inimitable Andy Bey and Dee Dee Bridgewater on three of the five cuts -- Bey appears on four. Clarke plays both electric and acoustic bass on the set; and while it would be easy to simply look at this recording as an early fusion date, that would be a tragic mistake. If anything, Children of Forever is a true cousin to Norman Connors' classic Dance of Magic and Dark of Light albums, which were also released in 1973; Clarke played bass on both. This is basically funky, spiritual jazz in the best sense. Yes, jazz. That wonderfully mercurial, indefinable force that brings into itself the whole of music, from popular to classical and folk forms, and makes something new out of them. The long title track with its killer vocal interplay between Bridgewater and Bey is seductive from the jump. Add Clarke's big fat bassline, which is mellow and meaty at the beginning, but after the long piano and guitar breaks in the middle becomes dirty, fuzzy, and spacy by the end as the cut leans into souled-out funk.  read more »

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Solo performance is powerful performance. All alone and responsible for every note, every emotion and every sound. I have heard ...

Author: Kerem
Subject: Dubmission Radio Show #515
Posted: 2008-10-12, 7:03 pm (GMT 1)

Dubmission Radio Show

#515 ? Sunday, October 12, 2008

Hour One

ryoji ikeda ? polaroiding (tallmute unofficial remix) [elevanty]

intuit ? western sunrise feat. andy bey (toshiro matsuura remix) [compost]

d?stephanie ? nasty (dr. rubberfunk remix) [jalapeno]

aybee ? akiara [deepblak]

pearlcoder ? night move [blackfish productions]

onur engin ? bless the funk (danny massure remix) [straightup]

brooklyn funk essentials ? dibby dibby sound
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There seem to be as many different forms and functions for our voices as there are musical styles for our instruments. Whether recorded in live performance, recorded in the studio, or chopped and looped into a preexisting mix, several recent releases spotlight the human voice.

Andy Bey Ain't Necessarily So 12th Street 2007...