Kellee Patterson ‎- Maiden Voyage 1973 (Black Jazz)

Label : Black Jazz

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Kellee Patterson's debut LP Maiden Voyage is edgier and more challenging than her subsequent soul-oriented sessions, yet at the same time it's also the most mainstream recording ever issued on the Black Jazz imprint, boasting little of the label's signature deep-groove swagger. Produced and arranged by Black Jazz founder Gene Russell, the album's late-night, neon-lit atmosphere nevertheless does right by Patterson's sultry if slight vocals, although the material -- highlighted by the Herbie Hancock-penned "Maiden Voice" -

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Kellee Patterson ‎- Maiden Voyage

 
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Herbie Hancock ‎- Maiden Voyage 1965 (Blue Note)

Label : Blue Note

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A brilliant album – and real turning point for Herbie Hancock! After first coming onto the scene as the soul jazz hero between Blue Note funky classics like "Watermelon Man" or "Blind Man, Blind Man" – Herbie emerges here as a concerned modernist with a strand of spirituality that runs deeper than previously expressed. The key track in this vision is his brilliant modal number "Maiden Voyage" – one of those tunes that sounded totally fresh immediately, and which was picked up by many others as a jazz anthem during the 60s. The rest of the album's equally great – and features George Coleman on tenor, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums – all making for a very hip lineup that really lets Herbie open up stylistically!

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Herbie Hancock ‎– Maiden Voyage

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Wynton Marsalis - The Majesty Of The Blues 1989 (Columbia)

Label : Columbia

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A bit more of a high concept album than some of Wynton Marsalis' previous efforts – a set with a few more added horns on side one, and an extended suite on side two! The work definitely shows Wynton's increasing concern with jazz history – his desire to embrace, and sometimes represent, decades of past musical expression in his work – a real Lincoln Center sort of impulse, but one that still comes off relatively well here, and without as much hoke as you'd expect. Side one has Wynton working with regular pianist Marcus Roberts, plus Todd Williams on tenor and soprano sax and Wes Anderson on alto – and side two features a completely different group, much more in an older-styled jazz vein – with Michael White on clarinet, Danny Barker on banjo, Teddy Riley on trumpet, and Freddie Lonzo on trombone.

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The New Orleans Function - The Death of Jazz

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The Dramatics ‎- Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 1971 (Volt)

Label : Volt

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A fantastic album by The Dramatics – with a harder funkier sound than you'll find on most of their other records of the time – a gritty gem from the group's early years, and a record that really deserves its placement on the Stax label! The record has the group moving into a post-Temptations style of righteous soul – grooving hard with a really heavy bottom on funky numbers like "Get Up and Get Down" and "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", and even dropping a bit of a drug reference on the cut "Marry Don't Cha Wanna" – one of those messed-up lyric numbers we'd expect from a Latin Soul group! But the album's also got a sweet side too – as it features the amazing ballad cut "In The Rain", which has some of the most amazing production you'll ever find on the Stax label – harmony work that rivals the greatness of the east coast scene of the time.

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The Dramatics - In The Rain

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Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, Μαρία Δουράκη, Γιάννης Θωμόπουλος ‎– Μαρία (14 Τραγούδια) 1970 (Lyra)

Label : Lyra

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Ένα απ τα χθεσινά diggin στο Patras Vinyllium 8 ήταν αυτό το "ξεχασμένο" άλμπουμ του 1970 στην Λύρα. Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, Μαρία Δουράκη, Γιάννης Θωμόπουλος ‎– Μαρία (14 Τραγούδια). Ένα άλμπουμ "σκοτεινό" στιχουργικά, με τον Νίκο Λαυράνο στην ενορχήστρωση (με το ψευδώνυμο όμως Νίκος Σκέμπρης) και με μια μπάντα από πίσω να σπέρνει ανέμους και να θερίζει θύελλες. Hammond ,drum breaks, φλάουτα , μπασαδούρα που "πονάει" το γούφερ , wah wah , fuzz, τα χει όλα! 
 Απ τις 8 το πρωί στο repeat και με rip 4 τραγούδια για download να στολίζουν το Spychedelic Sally.

 Patras Vinyllium 8 

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Μαρία Δουράκη - Ήρθανε Κάτι Μαντάτα

Μαρια Δουράκη - Η Σοδειά Του Πολέμου

Γιάννης Θωμόπουλος - Του Θάνατου Πικρή Η Ανάσα

Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος - Μαρία

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