Earlier this year I caught wind of a `Special Branch` (Royal Oak – Tooley St LDN) tribute blend, gig run by Nicky Holloway, which was 2 hours away from home town (Suffolk) and was the first & early times I experienced the likes of DJs Bob Jones. Chris Bangs, Gilles Peterson, Pete Tong, Trevor Fung & many others.
An 80s concoction of `Modern` Soul, Boogie/Funk, Heavy Percussive Latin Jazz & Dodgy Bossa`s!..
Very exciting times, quite rightly described by Kevin Flanagan (Tommy Chase - Saxophonist) as the re-birth of 50s/60s Cool `Hard Bop` Dance Jazz in central LDN during that period.
It was always used as the `PARTY` set back home and always went down well with `everyone` and I mean `everyone`, never failed!…this is my take on those `jazz party tunes`…
01. Earl Grant - House of Bamboo.
02. Oscar Brown Jnr - Mr Kicks
03. Wild Bill Davis - Hit The Road Jack
04. Eddie Cano Quintet - Wack Wack (Live)
05. Jimmy Smith - Got My Mojo Workin`
06. Young Holt Unlimited - Ain`t There Something That Money Can`t Buy
07. George Benson - All of Me
08. Joe Carroll - Get Your Kicks on Route 66
09. Dizzy Gillespie - Mas Que Nada
10. Wynder K Frog - Green Door
11. Charles Earland - Murriley
12. Odell Brown & The Organizers - Honeydripper
13. Quincy Jones (Ft. Ray Barretto) - Hang on Sloopy.
14. Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers - Mighty Burner.
15. Jimmy Smith - Uh-Ruh
16. King Curtis - Da-Duh-Dah
#allvinyl
#londonjazz1980s
#royaloaktooleystreet
#partyjazz
#jazzparty
Dx