Idris Muhammad is a very funky and groovy drummer
Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris on 13 November 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer who has recorded extensively with a host of artists including Ahmad Jamal, Grant Green, Grover Washington, Hank Crawford, Gene Ammons, and Houston Person. He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. He is […]
Shine was a fantastic funk and soul inspiration!
Shine was a fantastic funk and soul inspiration! The band Shine from Sweden, was a fantastic funk and soul inspiration in the early 80´s. USA had Brothers Johnson with Louis Johnson on bass, and in Sweden we had Shine with Kofi Bentsi-Enchill on bass. Very Sadly Kofi passed away in March 2002 (he was born […]
Abraham Laboriel is a master on bass
Abraham (or Abe) Laboriel (born 1947 in Mexico) is one of the masters on electrical bass. Originally a classically trained guitarist, he switched to bass guitar while studying at the Berklee School of Music. Henry Mancini encouraged Laboriel to move to Los Angeles, California and pursue a recording career. Abe started to play on records […]
Bobby Sparks
Bobby Sparks is a master on the keyboards. He is the opposite to the digital musician and goes with his tagline “Analog Forever”. The first time I listened to Bobby was when he played with Marcus Miller in Stockholm 2007. He played the bass part on his minimoog so deep and with such a […]
Marcus Miller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tp5YDdevbI Here is one of my favourites on bass, Marcus Miller. The first time I heard Marcus was with Lenny White (drummer) on the record Streamline from 1978 (it’s worth a separate post later).