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INTRODUCING: LOUISE PERRYMAN This charismatic singer/songwriter with echoes of Laura Nyro, Minnie Riperton and Anita Baker, explodes the stereotype of conventional Jazz/R&B with her vibrant stage presence and richly textured voice. Louise is of that rare breed of singer/songwriter who actually embraces her audience, inviting them to join her on a journey of the soul...
Rev Boogaloo (POP EB) interviews AfroBeat/Funk/Jazz/Blues Artists MFA Kera & Mike Russell plus the following songs from their Soul-Patrol award winning album called BLACK HERITAGE: Don’t Touch My Friend, Black Heritage Theme, Hello Fellas, I Wanna go back to Hollywood, Front Line Pts. 1 & 2, Don’t Touch My Friend (Reprise)
RRHOF 2006 - Miles Beyond: Inteview with the Family of Miles Davis: Vince Wilburn Jr, Vince Wilburn Sr, Paul Scott, and Cheryl Davis Along with the great drummer Lenny White and attorney Darell Porter, . It's TWO HOURS of...unscripted Miles Davis from multiple perspectives from the people who knew him best....
LISTEN TO MILES DAVIS: IN CONCERT: Rated X, Honky Tonk, Theme From Jack Johnson, Black Satin/The Theme, Ife, Right Off/The Theme + a little Jimi & Sly during the breaks
LISTEN TO A SOUL-PATROL.NET EXCLUSIVE, A MARLON SAUNDERS ALBUM DOUBLE PLAY. A Groove So Deep (the live sessions) + Enter My Mind. That's right BOTH albums from this emerging soul music superstar in their entirety!!!
FFunkoverlord (Kevin Amos) Interviews Joe Sample (Crusaders) and McCoy Tyner - Keyboard wizards, Joe Sample and McCoy Tyner discuss the Jazz scene in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's including the great Jazz venues and shows of the past right up to today's "smooth jazz" scene and everything in between
D-ERANIA - OFFERINGS OF LOVE: Check out this new CD of Conscious Soulful Jazz from Chicago's DIVA OF THE SAX. Offerings Of Love: YJT, Jahari's Home, Let's Groove, Song For Ari, Brazilian Dance, Knuj
SOUL-PATROL JAZZ #3: Artists that Will Change Black Music: Queen Latifah, Marlon Saunders, D-Erania, Eloise Laws, Bobbi Humphrey, Kne-O'Chaw Hampton, Booker T and The MG's, Brian Auger, Ronnie Laws
FUNKOVERLORD (KEVIN AMOS) INTERVIEWS JAZZ-FUNK LEGEND BILLY COBHAM - Features insights into the art of drumming, past present and future as well as the evolution of Billy's career with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis and Billy's legendary solo work including his latest release.
NEW RELEASE: Chip Shelton - "Peacetime"
Dwayne Cook Broadnax on "Imprints"
It's a refreshingly brisk jazz waltz. The pocket grooves, with rhythms and textures woven within.
Everald Brown on "Nukes May They Rust In Peace"
I said "this is a hit", when we completed the first, and only, take on this rhythmically authentic reggae/jazz
tune. Chip sang the uplifting message with so much con-fidence that I was transported back to Ocho Rios, the place of my birth. Obviously, Chip had been there also.
Jann Parker on "Peace"
A timeless composition that speaks to the past as well as today. It was truly a pleasure having the opportunity to interpret and combine both sets of lyrics, Horace Silver's and Doug Carn's.
Roy Meriwether on "Man in the Green Shirt"
It takes you a lot of places. The song was challenging, while managing to be both intense and pretty at the same time
Daoud David Williams on "I've Known Rivers"
Historic footnote with rhythmic connection to Langston Hughes' classic poem. Chip captured the essence of the poem's meaning, and gave us an opportunity to interpret Gary Bartz's music using a driving Kenny M arrangement.
Jim Klein on "Cobi's Place"
The composition is a fun musical adventure. The rhythm keeps you on your toes. The tune dances.
Marcus Mclaurine on "Quiet Storm"
Our version retains the tune's inherent jazz sensibility, while maintaining the essence of Smokey's original.
Lou Volpe on "Woodine"
The beauty of Woodine is in the contrast of the rich melody and harmony of the first (batucada) sections, counterbalanced with the simpler 3 chord vamp during the solo (montuno) sections.
Kenny M on "Down Home NY"
From the opening notes Chip plays, using his unique 5-foot long contrabass flute, Archie Shepp's funk/jazz jam allows Chip the opportunity to tell his musical biography, and have fun!
Kenny M on " Peace Reprise"
The beautiful melody and theme are revisited, allowing the two vocalists to close the recording in a unified, harmonious fashion.
Thanks to Jeanne Lovetri, Mark Murphy, and Joe Lee Wilson for dyno vocal coaching. If you think my singing needs work, agreed. You should've checked it out before these vocal masters pulled my coat to a few things. Oh well, back to the woodshed, but not without thanking you faithful and knowing listeners who inspire us all to work so hard, hopefully bringing you some new-thought, inspiration, and pleasure.
Love and Peace,
--Chip Shelton - peacetime
Soul-Patrol Celebrates Miles Davis Induction Into The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame
I reached over and put on one of my Miles Davis CD's and immediately started having "flashbacks". I found myself, thinking not only about the great music, but also about all of the wonderful people that I had shared this music with in the past.
(Yes I was getting "nostalgic".....lol)
And then it hit me that I hadn't written anything about Miles Davis and here he was going into the RRHOF next week and of course we will have full coverage right here on Soul-Patrol, just as we always do.
(btw....in the shot at the left that's Miles Davis w/SUPER HELLIFIED Bassist & Soul-Patroller Michael Henderson)
I knew that since the announcement was initially made about Miles Davis being inducted into the RRHOF, that it hadn't been treated properly. In fact there were those who had even tried to marginalize the accomplishment by saying things like...
"Miles, yeah he should be in a jazz hall of fame, but NOT the RRHOF.."
Hell...
Miles Davis from a commercial perspective "ruined his career" for 7 years playing his own brand of Rock n' Roll and now he shouldn't get any credit for having done so...
...EVEN AFTER HE HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE RRHOF???
I thought to myself...
(WHAT AN INSULT)
Read more MILES, reviews, history and more …and also listen to a 90 minute Miles Davis internet broadcast…
UPDATE: Louise Perryman
We thought that it was about time for us to update yall on Soul-Patrol's favorite "blue eyed soul singer", Louise Perryman. For those of you who haven't been following her, Louise has become something of a phenomena on Soul-Patrol, which rivals that of Victor Wooten. Her popularity around the world continues to grow, based on word of mouth about her excellent CD which we have been featuring called "Whisper My Name"...The links below (contained within the piece writen by Louise herself) will take you to her site, where you can listen to our 45 min. broadcast of the INDEPENDENTLY produced gem of an album called "Whisper My Name". I invite you to take a listen and hit us back via email with your feedback or better yet, let Louise know what you think of the CD....
SOUL PATROL & WHISPER MY NAME
Where would I be without Soul-Patrol? Whisper My Name continues to sell well all over the world via www.cdbaby.com/perryman. This is in no small way thanks to my dear friends at www.soul-patrol.com who tell anyone who will listen that I am their favourite blue-eyed soul singer. Soul Patrol really has put me on the map in soul music circles and I am now featured on many of the major soul music sites around the world. Incidentally, the internet radio program dedicated to Whisper My Name is consistently in the Top 40 on www.soul-patrol.net alongside such people as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Victor Wooten. The reviews on the album have been superb and continue to come in. In fact, the ones that mean the most are the ones that the people who BUY the cd write up on www.cdbaby.com/perryman. Truly the best reward is having soul music fans appreciate what I am doing - no songwriting award can beat that!
Louise Perryman
www.louiseperryman.com
SOUL-PATROL JAZZ CD REVIEWS
**D-Erania - Offerings of Love
(Soul/Jazz/Funk)
This artist hails from Chicago and is a fellow Soul-Patroller who we can definitely look forward to hearing more things from. "Offerings of Love' is the new Jazz entry from saxophonist D-Erania. From start to finish this recording covers various elements of Jazz. Straight-ahead improvisation, Jazz-funk, and Smooth Jazz stylings from a great group of musicians. Standout cuts include " Y.J.T.", "Jahari's Home", and "Let's Groove". Hats go off to D-erania, Anthony Morgan, Sammy Torres, Joe Rocha, and Derrick Bounds. There is even an appearance from Pittsburgh-bred guitarist Fareed Haque on the title tune.
To get the music go to:
**D-ERANIA - OFFERINGS OF LOVE
Check out this new CD of Conscious Soulful Jazz from Chicago's DIVA OF THE SAX
**Frank McComb - "Straight From The Vault"
(Soul/Funk/Jazz)
We have a long history on Soul-Patrol with the music of Frank McComb. Starting in 1997 when we named the CD Music Evolution" by Buckshot LeFounque as the #1 FUNK Music release of the year. Frank McComb is of course the featured vocalist on that groundbreaking CD. A few years later in the year 2000 we picked up on the Frank McComb release called "Love Stories". In some ways the album "Love Stories" changed the course of the history of Soul-Patrol because it began our transformation to being more than just an "oldies site". "Love Stories" was such a good album that it forced us to open things up and begin exploring other modern artists who were below the radar and putting out great music. Fast forward to 2006, Frank McComb is now an "indy artist" with his latest release (actually from 2005, but we will count it for 2006) called "Straight from the Vault". This is a really nice album that to my ears recalls some of the best work of an artist like Pieces of a Dream, Angela Bofil or even Stevie Wonder/Donny Hathaway. Strong vocals and strong keyboard playing is in evidence here and I think that most Soul-Patrollers will enjoy the music on this CD. Perhaps most of all I would like to see music fans embrace the independent spirit of Frank McComb! For example, check out this quote from his website..."I believe this will cut out all the detours, layovers, traffic lights, stop signs and anything else causing delays for people who want my music. This lead to the release of my 3rd album "Straight from the Vault" through my own production company Boobeescoot Music. With this machine I pray that I can continue to record and release the kind of music I grew up listening to years ago when real chord changes existed, songs had a subject and the most important...there was integrity. "
(we like that kind of thing)
 ** MFA Kera/Mike Russell - Afro Soul (Black Heritage)
(Afro-Funk)
This is the type of CD that all of the "psuedo hip white folks" @ places like the Village Voice who are constantly writing about all of this music they like that originates from the "motherland" would like if they ever heard it. MFA Kera/Mike Russell is a funk band from Africa, now residing in Berlin Germany that has a true sense of what 1970's American funk music was all about. And I'm not just talking about the James Brown inspired grooves, I mean from a political/cultural sense as well. The title of the album Afro Soul (Black Heritage) is no joke and tells you what you need to know about the world perspective and view of the artist. In MFA Kera's biography it says: "In the meantime she formed the "Black Heritage Orchestra" working with US Jazzman Mike Russell, telling the story of black music in music (from Ethnic-African music through Blues, Afro-beat, Salsa, Gospel, Reggae, Jazz, Funk and Rap)." There are no apologies to political correctness here. My favorite song on this CD is the song "soulfood". Check out MFA Kera/Mike Russell online at their website
http://www.black-heritage.de
(Even their url is no joke)
At the site you can listen to the music from Afro Soul (Black Heritage) and you can also view video clips of the group live. See how educated I have become? I had never heard of this group until they signed up for the Soul-Patrol Times a few months ago. Since that time not only have I become hip to the music of MFA Kera/Mike Russell, but MFA Kera herself has helped me to expand my own "world view" by writing some very heavy commentaries on today's music scene (a few of which I have re-published on Soul-Patrol)
**Spirit of Life Ensemble: A Little Oasis
(Straight No Chaser Jazz)
Formed in 1975, Spirit of Life Ensemble (SOLE) is under the leadership of multi-percussionist Daoud-David Williams. I happened to spend an afternoon recently with Mr. Williams during a North Jersey recording session and during the course of the afternoon he gave me a copy of the latest CD from the Spirit of Life Ensemble entitled "A Little Oasis".
This is a really nice Jazz CD. I listened to it with my headphones on and just like the title implies, the album provides you with an "audio oasis". It's a very relaxing CD, the type of thing that you want rolling thru your head, while you are reading a book or working at a computer. The music itself is straight ahead with a tinge of Latin. A few of the standout cuts on the album are "It's Raining", a funky little joint called "Baila Plena (Plena Funk)" and the Miles Davis flavored "Baku & Bismarck".
The Spirit of Life Ensamble was established in 1975 and is a is a multi-cultural collective of some of the world's greatest jazz musicians, many of whom have performed with the likes of The Ellington Orchestra, The Basie Orchestra, The Hampton Orchestra, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Barron, John Hicks, Nancy Wilson, Ahmad Jamal, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Buddy Rich, and many others.
Well worth checking out if you are looking for some nice (non smooth) Jazz.
**Jason Miles: "What's Going On" (Songs of Marvin Gaye)
(Jazz/Soul/Neo Soul)
On the surface it would be easy for me to dismiss this CD as being "fluff". However I think that in 2006 we have to look deeper into the possibilities of what something like this impending mass popularity that this CD offers.
The legacy of Marvin Gaye has always been a puzzle to me. Obviously Marvin Gaye is one of the greatest examples of the kind of music that we hold near and dear to our hearts at Soul-Patrol. And of course there is hardly a human being on the planet who isn't willing to admit that they aren't a fan of some phase of Marvin's music. However Marvin Gaye has also become something of an icon that is paid "lip service" to and while it's politically incorrect to ever say anything bad about him, in reality he isn't really as popular or his music as institutionalized as one might think. I suppose that paying tribute to Marvin Gaye is always a good thing to do, his music deserves to be expanded into areas and exposed to people who really might not be hip to his greatness. And I would imagine that this CD will end up being a huge hit on "Smooth Jazz Radio". It's got all of the right hooks in it to make quite a bit of noise in a commercial sense, in fact this CD could even be marketed to the sometimes confused "neo soul scene". And I suppose that's where its real value lies. The potential for this CD ro reach deep within the iPod headsets of younger people is a very real thing.
"What's Going On" (Songs of Marvin Gaye) is the type of an album that makes for good driving music, background music at a gathering like a coattail party, art galley show or even a corporate reception. (Although I'm not quite sure that Marvin Gaye himself would have been exactly welcome at a "corporate reception"). It's good "buppie" music and it features the talents of well known/popular artists like Marcus Miller, Herb Alpert, Bobby Caldwell, DJ Logic ,Chiara Civello, Mike Mattiso and Dean Brown.. I could even see the music from this CD being used in TV commercials, movie soundtracks, ring tones and other highly lucrative endeavors.
I suppose that I will never quite be satisfied with ANY "Marvin Gaye Tribute", simply because I want the REAL Marvin Gaye. It's kind of like the wave of Jimi Hendrix tributes in the recent past. There is so much actual Marvin Gaye material available to the public thanks to the great reissue program at Universal/Motown, featuring the Marvin Gaye CD Deluxe packages ("What's Going On", "Lets Get it On" and "I Want You"), that actually are improvements on the original LP's from the 1970's and help us to truly understand the context of the situations that drove Marvin. Those CD's represent what I want younger people to hear from Marvin. I want them to feel the raw passion and intensity of a confused mad genius, during a confused time in American history. Marvin was a true artist who was searching for answers to the riddles of love, race, culture, war and everyday life.
Marvin Gaye was willing to explore all of those topics while at the same time exposing his own personal insanity and insecurity for all to see like an open sore. By allowing all of us to see the confusion, conflict and contradictions of his own existence, Marvin Gaye forced all of the rest of us to look inside and take stock of our own personal confusion, conflict and contradictions. By doing so, Marvin Gaye became an artist who actually had a major impact on our society and changed it for the better. I want all of that passion to be transported into the minds and hearts of younger people and I want them to get angry enough accept the responsibility to change our society, so that they will have a society of value in the future as opposed to the valueless society they are creating today. I'm not really sure that the power of Marvin Gaye's music and ideas can ever truly be represented outside of the context of his own voice. Therefore I want younger people to hear Marvin Gaye, dong Marvin Gaye music.
However I also realize that it's highly unlikely that I will get what I want. Younger people aren't inclined to seek out the best of Marvin Gaye in it's "raw form" on their own, because they just think of him as another "oldies artist". Those who do tend to focus on only his hit records, without probing deeper. Maybe in 2006 the best way to get younger people to truly embrace Marvin Gaye is to first get them to embrace an album like "What's Going On" (Songs of Marvin Gaye)? No doubt this will become a popular album and we will be hearing it in many forms and in many places over the next year. My hope is that all of those who hear it will use it as a platform to seek out the actual music of Marvin Gaye.
And if that can happen, then I appluad Jason Miles for making this album. This is what he accomplished with his last CD "Miles To Miles", where he opened up similar possibilities for the music of Miles Davis and we named it as one of "Soul-Patrol's Best of 2005."
** Bill Godwin's Ink Spots on Stage
(Really Ancient Black Music)
The Ink Spots are an quartet that became famous for hit songs like "If I Didn't Care," "The Java Jive," and "I Don't Want To Set the World on Fire." The original group was formed in 1932 and sang four-part harmony arrangements of various popular songs. Like other acapella and harmony singing ensembles in the 1950s, the Ink Spots sang a varied repertoire for both listening and dancing. Through the 1930s and 1940s the group had many successful songs, even breaking records with their sales. Here in 2005, none of the original members of the Ink Spots is still alive, however there are a number of artists who are carrying on the musical tradition of the Ink Spots. One of those is led by Soul-Patroller Bill Godwin. Now I am not going to try and kid yall, my first exposure to the music of the Ink Spots was as a result of listening to Redd Foxx singing Ink Spots songs on the old Sanford and Son TV show, so I am hardly an expert. But I can tell you that as a result of Sanford and Son (and other sources) all of the songs on this CD are very familiar to me, as I am sure they are to many of you as well. All of the songs on this CD are excellent and will make you smile when you hear them, however my personal favorites from this CD are: "If I Didn't Care", "Java Jive", and "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire". So where does an album of Ink Spots songs fit into here on Soul-Patrol or elsewhere in 2005?
Well the music of the Ink Spots falls into the same category as any of the other music we have been discussing here on Soul-Patrol for the past 9 years. It's "Great Black Music from the Ancient to the Future" and it fits in perfectly with Soul-Patrol. For those of you who don't quite understand that concept, just think of it as either Doo Wop or Vocal Jazz. This is a CD of classic/timeless music performed with precision. What more could you possibly want in a CD???
**The Rebirth - "This Journey In"
(Kozmic Funk)
Anyone here remember the glory days of Roy Ayres, Lonnie Liston Smith, Norman Connors/Micheal Henderson, Bobby Humphries? Well if you remember that type of music and it brings a smile to your face. It's not quite "soul", it's not quite "funk", and it's not quite "jazz". Not surprisingly this group has it's roots in the Acid Jazz scene of the early 1990's. It's hypnotic it's erotic (thanks to the vocals of (Noelle Scaggs) in a way that sends you into another dimension of time and space. I guess this CD will have to be marketed as "neo soul" and that is indeed unfortunate, because it deserves to stand on it's own as a continuation of the historical legacy of a type of music from the late 1970's whose objective was to elevate the thought process while entertaining you. Buy the album, then thro it into your Saturday night Roy Ayres, Lonnie Liston Smith, Norman Connors/Micheal Henderson, Bobby Humphries mix and see if you don't agree?
**Onaje Allan Gumbs: "Remember Their Innocence"
(Straight No Chaser Jazz)
As a "funkateer" I have always found "straight no chaser jazz" to be something of an affront to my basic sensibilities (I NEED MAH FUNK). Of course there have been exceptions in the past for me. For example, the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis and a few others have been different, because they have challenged me to think and to carry me away at the same time. The CD "Remember Their Innocence" is in that vein, I can put this on when I am in a reflective mood and so it goes for the first five tracks. Then suddenly vocalist Branice McKenzie inturupts the silence with the song "Maybe Next Year", makes me smile and think about Sarah Vaughn and now the whole intelectual tip goes right out the window. My favorite song on the album is the spoken word tune callled "All I Hear" w/Sharrif Simmons, which takes us right into Gil Scott-Heron territory, it's a really nice surprise. All in all I guess it's really left on me as to how I would define the term "funk". One way of defining it is to say that it's "music for the head" and if I apply that definition then this album makes the cut. If any of this seems confusing, it shouldn't be, just by the album, take it home, pour yourself a glass of iced tea, put on your headphones and prepare to be transported back to the world of "Black Classical Music" which is really what "straight no chaser jazz" should be called. When you arrive back from your journey, miraculously you will find yourself renewed, re-energized and better prepared to deal with the world as we know it in 2006.
**Herbie Hancock - Possibilities
(Pop Music Redefined)
Miles Davis was probably the greatest trend-setting artist I have ever seen. Every time it seems that Miles Davis changed his musical direction, he ended up literally creating, new genres of music. And in the course of doing so, each time he expanded the overall audience for his music. Of all the "students" of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock was perhaps the best learner. Over the years Herbie Hancock has gone off into some radical musical directions as well. And each time he has done this successfully and at the same time expanded the overall audience for his music.
Doing an album with the likes of: John Mayer, Santana, Angilique Kidjo, Christina Aguilera, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Sting, Johnny Lang, Joss Stone, Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan, Raul Midon, Stevie Wonder, and Trey Anastasio on the surface sounds like a mistake for Herbie Hancock, doesn't it? Seems like Herbie might get "lost in the sauce", doesn't it?
Well it isn't, this is in fact a BOLD move, and it works beautifully!!!......Click here to read the rest of the review....
The intent of Soul Patrol, is to be a
celebration of Great Black Music From The Ancient To The
Future. It's all about Soul,
Jazz, Blues,
Rock,
Funk, and the
culture they
evolved from.
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