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Melvin Jackson-Funky Skull-60s Chicago music scene-NEW LP

Melvin Jackson --

Funky Skull ...

NEW LP

REISSUE

One of our favorite albums of all times -- and a legendary testament to the greatness of the Chicago music scene in the late 60s!

Melvin Jackson was the bassist in Eddie Harris' very successful group of the time -- and his playing on Eddie's trippy and funky records for Atlantic is one of the factors that made them so great.

Here, he's working with an acoustic bass, amplified with electronics like a Varitone sax -- and this strange-sounding instrument is set up in a hip group that mixes Cadet funky studio players (Phil Upchurch, Morris Jennings, Jody Christian) with some of the brighter young players of the AACM (Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, and Leo Smith.) Jackson's bass is looped through all sorts of crazy effects, and the result is this amazing blend of avant garde playing and groovy rhythms that is beyond compare!

The album includes great reworkings of two Eddie Harris funk tracks -- "Bold and Black" and "Cold Duck Time" -- plus monster originals like "Funky Doo", "Say What", "Dance Of The Dervish", and "Funky Skull (parts 1 & 2)".

Melvin Jackson ‎– Funky Skull
Label:
Limelight ‎– LS 86071
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram
Country:
US
Released:
2006
Genre:
Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:
Jazz-Funk, Psychedelic, Free Improvisation

Tracklist

A1     Funky Skull Parts 1 & 2

    Baritone Saxophone – Tobie WynnDrums – Morris JenningsGuitar – Pete CoseyLead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass – Phil UpchurchTenor Saxophone – Bobby Pittman, James Tatum (2)Trumpet – Donald Towns, Tom Hall (2)

    4:53
A2     Ma, She's Makin' Eyes At Me     0:51
A3     Bold And Black

    Vocals – Maurice Miller

    7:12
A4     Dance Of The Dervish     6:39
A5     Everybody Loves My Baby     2:20
B1     Cold Duck Time Parts 1 & 2

    Baritone Saxophone – Tobie WynnDrums – Morris JenningsGuitar – Pete CoseyLead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass – Phil UpchurchTenor Saxophone – Bobby Pittman, James Tatum (2)Trumpet – Donald Towns, Tom Hall (2)

    5:03
B2     Say What     4:49
B3     Funky Doo     4:53
B4     Silver Cycles     9:26

Companies, etc.

    Mastered At – Better Quality Sound
    Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-52889
    Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-52890

Credits

    Acoustic Bass [Acoustic String], Effects – Melvin Jackson
    Alto Saxophone, Flute – Roscoe Mitchell (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Drums – Billy Hart (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Piano, Organ, Effects – Jodie Christian (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Producer – Robin McBride
    Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Byron Bowie (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Trombone – Steve Galloway (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Lester Bowie (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4), Leo Smith* (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Vocals – The Sound Of Feeling (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)

Notes
Melvin Jackson's string bass transformations are created with: Maestro G-2 filter box for guitar, Boomerang and Echo-Plex and Ampeg amplifier.

Originally released in 1969.