OT: Post some Tasty Jazz Flavored Tunes

[Scud49]

Lonnie Liston Smith....not sure why he seemed to be overlooked so much, gorgeous music:

 

[Waquoit]

Some great work on the piano by Bob James

We caught Foreplay at the Norfolk Infinity, in the front row of the Mezzanine. That was one good sounding night!

 

[KennyD]

 

[Scud49]

Great spacey jazz rock from Zephyr back in the early 70's:

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Hoops66]

Nice jazz tune from African horn player Hugh Masekela

 

[Scud49]

German jazz band Guru Guru - a smooth, pulsating, piece "Taoma":

 

[Scud49]

Herbie Hancock with a classic:

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Scud49]

The Crusaders - "Way Back Home" live, written by Wilton Felder.

Love the introduction of the group members by Wayne Henderson:

 

[Scud49]

Love is Not Enough, Live at Montreux, 1981. This is one great piece of live music - David Sanborn on sax, Neil Larsen on keyboards and Mike Mainieri on the vibes:

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Some nice contemporary jazz from across the pond.

 

[Scud49]

"Expansions" Lonnie Liston Smith- 1974:

 

[Scud49]

Space Lady - another fine spacey jazz tune by LLS:

 

[TerpWomenFan]

A remake from an artist in the DMV

 

[Scud49]

Les McCann and Eddie Harris doing a rather amazing version of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"

 

[Scud49]

Latin flavored jazz - Astrid Gilberto teamed up Stanley Turrentine on CTI records for Brazilian Tapestry:

 

[Veteran]

This is from a Japanese movie called The Swing Girls. The tune is Sing, Sing, Sing from Louis Prima. Fun stuff.

 

[Slipperman]

 

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[Slipperman]

 

[Bigboote]

Earth Wind & Fire did a lot of jazzy stuff early on. Open Our Eyes (an absolutely fantastic album) has a couple. I've chosen this one with Phillip doing wordless vocals because it's so damn happy.

 

[Slipperman]

 

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[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Scud49]

So smooth and cool....

 

[Waquoit]

My favorite performance of a Bacharach-David song:

 

[Scud49]

And another so, so, cool one:

 

[Scud49]

Dreamy....and then strong and pulsating....