California Funk

描述

The Jazzman/NowAgain Funk series has offered surveys as broad as they are deep Midwest Funk Texas Funk Florida Funk carolina Funk Yet this might be the most important trawl of all california Funk Over a decade in the making this from compilers Malcolm catto and gerald Jazzman Short is the Funk masterpiece This anthology examines what happened to the independent ensembles who gigged during Sly and the Family Stones Bayarea renaissance It delves into the stories sidemen who worked alongside LAs charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Bands and offers answers to elusive questions At the same time it offers thunderous drums fuzzy wahwah fat basslines blistering horns and exhortations akin to James Brown and his many disciples over its 21 track selection This official reissue was licensed by the lost bandleaders bass players drummers label owners and studiovets independents all lost to history no more Packaged as a miniLP in a thick pasteon gatefold cardboard sleeve NowAgains issue of california Funk also comes with a 24page full color booklet with full liner notes annotation and neverbeforeseen photos of these most impressive organizations