The Funky Collector (A Collection of The Best Funk & Dance Music)

The legendary and indestructible collection of the "Universal Music" made in France and well appreciated in England in Canada as well as in the USA where it knew a great success thanks to its incomparable selection and also thanks to a world famous production "Universal Music France "in Paris. This incredible series even made the work of the creation of a fan club in Boulogne Billancourt in the Paris region. In the early 2000s such success was great. This is for you exclusively on this blog the eighteen cds realized. Today become very expensive and very rare! on the used cd market in 2014, as they have not been reissued by Universal for several years now. Good listening to all.

The Funky Collector is full of pearl jams, some in very rare versions. This is a must have for Funky lovers. If you love the funk era and dance music of the late 70's and 80's you'll have to add these great cds to your collection. 

Funky Collector Vol.1

Funky Collector Vol.2

Funky Collector Vol.3

Funky Collector Vol.4

Funky Collector Vol.5

Funky Collector Vol.6

Funky Collector Vol.7

 

Funky Collector Vol.8

Funky Collector Vol.9

Funky Collector Vol.10

Funky Collector Vol.11

Funky Collector Vol.12

Funky Collector Vol.13

Funky Collector Vol.14

Funky Collector Vol.15

Funky Collector Vol.16

Funky Collector Vol.17

Funky Collector Vol.18

Ovrfwrd - Heavy Prog (USA)

Ovrfwrd biography (http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9255)

This is a four piece American band that plays instrumental progressive rock. They were formed in 2012 with drummer Rikki DAVENPORT, guitarist Mark ILAUG, bassist Kyle LUND and keyboardist Chris MALMGREN. They came together with diverse and complex backgrounds and musical influences. Initially the band was supposed to have a vocalist, but he didn't show up at the recording sessions. Beyond the Visible Light was recorded in 5 days and is a adventure with many colors and textures. They show some influences from many bands of the 70's Prog Rock scene with some intrusion in the Jazz Rock genre. Their debut "Beyond the Visible" Light was released in 2014 and is an adventurous listening journey with many colors and textures. In 2015 they released "Fantasy Absent Reason" (vinyl) continuing on the path of sonic textures and soundscapes. Together they have a common goal; to create and perform powerful, colorful, interesting and sonically descriptive music, engaging and pushing forward on the musical journey. 

The band has released a live cd in 2018 containing tracks from the first 2 albums and new tracks for a future release. The live cd will also be release in dvd format later this year.

Blurring The Lines, A Democracy Manifest (2018)

The band continues to experiment its instrumental music by exploring different kinds of styles from Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, world music and classical. In the same song, you can expect a surprising twist around the corner, a special groove. They can cover different moods from the more heavier passages to the light ones using piano and sitar and not only modern instruments. Often compared to King Crimson, that is mostly accurate for the rhythm section which is similar to the 90's King Crimson than for the guitar style of playing. There are so many highlights in this 50 minutes plus album that it would be a waste of time to analyze every song, you can't skip a song, it will keep your focus from the beginning to the end. For those who enjoy an eclectic or fusion kind of heavy prog and don't mind the absence of vocals. Why ruined this beautiful music with vocals!

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Beyond The Visible Light (2014)

Fantasy Absent Reason (2015) 

Chris Malmgren: teclados

Mark Ilaug: guitarras

Kyle Lund: baixo

Rikki Davenport: bateria

Mais um presentaço do brother Ricardo

Thanks Ricardo

Louis Armstrong - Jazz (USA)

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

Singt Und Spielt Welterfolge

Mel Brown - Jazz Guitar (USA)

Guitarist Mel Brown is hailed as "An Impulse! Discovery" on Chicken Fat, his debut for the label, and this album does feature a fantastic unique sound. Brown played in the bands of T-Bone Walker and John Lee Hooker, and has an aggressive (though not harsh) single-string picking style. For this date he is paired with either Herb Ellis or Arthur Wright on guitar, Gerald Wiggins on organ, and Brown's regular rhythm section of Paul Humphrey on drums and Ronald Brown on electric bass. There are a couple tracks that are played as pretty straight blues, but this is a hoppin' soul-jazz date. The tunes are bouncy and funky, and Brown's playing is a real treat. His bluesy, almost reckless soloing gives a vastly different flavor that the playing of guys like Grant Green or Melvin Sparks. Gerald Wiggins' organ playing is cool and swinging, and the electric bass of Ronald Brown makes this album about as funky as Impulse ever got. Both Herb Ellis and Arthur Wright get some solo space as well, with Ellis sounding quite interesting playing an unamplified 12-string on a couple cuts. Brown gets some nice tones as well, and on "Hobo Flats" plays "an electronic guitar with Wah-Wah distortion" (remember, this is 1967 jazz) "that gives a weird shimmering sound," according to the liner notes. Leave it to Impulse! to put a new spin on the guitar/organ sound. This is hot stuff.

Chicken Fat (1967)