{"title":"New This Week: December 14-20","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"jack-mcduff-sophisticated-funk-indie-exclusive-brown-vinyl","title":"Jack McDuff - Sophisticated Funk (Indie Exclusive Brown Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndie Exclusive Brown Vinyl, 180 Gram\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack McDuff cut Sophisticated Funk in 1976 at All Platinum Studios in Englewood, New Jersey, and Chess issued it the same year as ACH-19004. A Chess jazz-funk record made in New Jersey is a consequence of ownership: All Platinum, the company Sylvia and Joe Robinson ran out of Englewood, had bought Chess out of bankruptcy in 1975 with help from PolyGram, and struggled to keep releasing material from the Chess roster afterward. The album has been hard to find on vinyl ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBilly Jones produced it and plays guitar and percussion; he and McDuff wrote most of the material together, with \"Ju Ju\" credited to Jones alone and \"Electric Surf Board\" to McDuff. Joe Farrell, of Return to Forever and a long run of CTI dates, plays saxophones and flute. The rest of the cast rotates track by track: Brian Cuomo on piano, Robert Banks and Walter Morris on guitar, Frank Prescod on electric bass, and five different drummers across the eight pieces. Side B closes on Lalo Schifrin's \"Mannix Theme,\" arranged by Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record sets aside the Hammond B-3 McDuff had led soul jazz groups on since the early 1960s. He is credited here on organ, piano and electric piano, and the arrangements are built around keyboards and horns rather than the organ trio format he was known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pressing is an indie-store exclusive on 180-gram brown vinyl, issued by Good Time Records, which also put the album out on CD in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDit Da Dit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJu Ju\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Be Named Later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJack's Boogie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMini Pads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectric Surf Board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMannix Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e (2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jack-mcduff-moon-rappin-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series\"\u003eMoon Rappin'\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSophisticated Funk (this release)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*** Indie Exclusive ***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 741869419038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.18.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Good Time Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48230668664990,"sku":"EVP-B8AB72A8-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/418467318103_2500.png?v=1792158664"},{"product_id":"hadley-caliman-celebration-indie-exclusive-blue-vinyl","title":"Hadley Caliman - Celebration (Indie Exclusive Blue Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndie Exclusive Blue 180g Vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCelebration returns to vinyl on Catalyst Records as an indie-retail exclusive pressed on 180-gram blue vinyl. The album first appeared on Catalyst in 1977 as CAT 7624, the second of two records Hadley Caliman made for the West Coast label, following Projecting. The RSD Essentials notes call it one of the great undiscovered sessions of the spiritual jazz era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe session was recorded at Sage \u0026amp; Sound Studios in Hollywood on June 7, 1977, produced by Pat Britt and engineered by James Mooney, with liner notes by Zan Stewart. Caliman plays tenor saxophone and flute, with Hotep Cecil Barnard on piano, David Williams on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Idabel, Oklahoma, in 1932, Caliman grew up in Los Angeles, attended Jefferson High School, the same school as Dexter Gordon, and counted trumpeter Art Farmer among his teachers. By the time of this date he had recorded with Gerald Wilson's orchestra, Santana on Caravanserai, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Freddie Hubbard. 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