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The Headhunters “God Make Me Funky”

The Headhunters “God Make Me Funky”

God Make Me Funky by The Headhunters from the album "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST" released in 1975 by Arista Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Paul Jackson - Lead Vocal, Electric Bass | Pointer Sisters - Vocals | Mike Clark - Drums | Bennie Maupin - Saxello, Bass...

Bennie Maupin “It Remains To Be Seen”

Bennie Maupin “It Remains To Be Seen”

It Remains To Be Seen by Bennie Maupin from the album "SLOW TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT" released in 1977 by Mercury Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Bennie Maupin - Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Flute | Patrice Rushen - Electric Piano,...

Average White Band “School Boy Crush”

Average White Band “School Boy Crush”

School Boy Crush by Average White Band from the album "CUT THE CAKE" released in 1975 by Atlantic Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Hamish Stuart - Bass, Vocals | Alan Gorrie - Guitar, Vocals | Onnie McIntyre - Guitar | Roger Ball - Alto & Tenor Saxophone,...

Jeff Beck “She’s A Woman”

Jeff Beck “She’s A Woman”

She's A Woman by Jeff Beck from the album "BLOW BY BLOW" released in 1975 by Epic Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Phil Chen - Bass | Richard Bailey - Drums | Jeff Beck - Guitar | Max Middleton - Keyboards | George Martin - Producer | Written by John Lennon,...

George Duke “Yana Aminah”

George Duke “Yana Aminah”

Yana Aminah by George Duke, from the album "FEEL" released in 1974 by MPS Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Flora Purim - Lead & Background Vocals | Leon Ndugu Chancler - Drums | George Duke - Keyboards | Airto - Percussion | John Heard - Bass Kerry McNabb...

Alphonso Johnson “Amarteifio”

Alphonso Johnson “Amarteifio”

Amarteifio by Alphonso Johnson, from the album “MOONSHADOWS” released in 1976 by Epic Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Flora Purim - Vocals | Lee Ritenour - Acoustic Guitar | Alejandro Acuna - Congas, Bongos | Alphonso Johnson - Bass, Vocals | David Amaro -...

Flora Purim “Insensatez”

Flora Purim “Insensatez”

Insensatez by Flora Purim, from the album "STORIES TO TELL" released in 1974 by Milestone Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Flora Purim - Vocals| Ron Carter - Acoustic Bass | Oscar Castro-Neves - Acoustic Guitar | Airto Moreira - Percussion | George Bohannon -...

Wayne Shorter “Beauty And The Beast”

Wayne Shorter “Beauty And The Beast”

Beauty And The Beast by Wayne Shorter from the album "NATIVE DANCER" released in 1975 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Wayne Shorter - Soprano Saxophone | Herbie Hancock - Piano | Wagner Tiso - Electric Piano | Jay Graydon - Guitar | Dave McDaniel...

Kamasi Washington “Desire”

Kamasi Washington “Desire”

Desire by Kamasi Washington from the album "HARMONY OF DIFFERENCE" released in 2017 by Young Turks label...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Kamasi Washington - Tenor Saxophone | Ryan Porter - Trombone | Dontae Winslow - Trumpet | Cameron Graves - Piano | Miles Mosely -...

Patches Stewart “Tell Me A Bedtime Story”

Patches Stewart “Tell Me A Bedtime Story”

Tell Me A Bedtime Story by Michael Patches Stewart from the album "BLOW" released in 2005 by Entertainment One Music...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL : Patches Stewart - Trumpet, Flugelhorn | Jim Walker - Flute | Steve Baxter - Trombone | Roger Byam - Tenor Saxophone |...

Roy Hargrove “Blues For Booty Green’s”

Roy Hargrove “Blues For Booty Green’s”

Blues For Booty Green's by Roy Hargrove from the album "THE VIBE" released in 1992 by Novus label...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Roy Hargrove - Trumpet | Antonio Maurice Hart - Alto Saxophone | Jack McDuff - Organ | Rodney Thomas Whitaker - Bass | Marc Anthony Cary...

Chick Corea “Love Castle”

Chick Corea “Love Castle”

Love Castle by Chick Corea from the album "MY SPANISH HEART" released in 1976 by Polydor Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Chick Corea - Acoustic Piano, Moog & ARP Synthesizers | Steve Gadd - Drums | Gayle Moran - Vocals, Choir | Don Alias - Percussion |...

Kenny Barron “Sunshower”

Kenny Barron “Sunshower”

Sunshower by Kenny Barron from the album “INNOCENCE” released in 1978 by Wolf Records... MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Buster Williams - Bass | Ben Riley - Drums | Kenny Barron - Electric Piano | Rafael Cruz - Percussion | Sonny Fortune - Saxophone | Jimmy Owens - Trumpet |...

Miles Davis “Right Off”

Miles Davis “Right Off”

Right Off by Miles Davis, from the album "A TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON" released in 1971 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Michael Henderson - Bass | Billy Cobham - Drums | John McLaughlin - Guitar | Steve Grossman - Saxophone | Herbie Hancock -...

Miles Davis “Pharaoh’s Dance”

Miles Davis “Pharaoh’s Dance”

Pharaoh's Dance by Miles Davis from the album "BITCHES BREW" released in 1970 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Miles Davis - Trumpet | Wayne Shorter - Soprano Saxophone | Bennie Maupin - Bass Clarinet | Joe Zawinul - Electric Piano - Left | Larry...

Herbie Hancock “Hidden Shadows”

Herbie Hancock “Hidden Shadows”

Hidden Shadows by Herbie Hancock from the album "SEXTANT" released in 1973 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Herbie Hancock - Steinway Grand Piano,  Fender Rhodes Electric Piano,  Hohner D-6 Clavinet with Fender Fuzz-Wah and Echoplex, Mellotron |...

Jaco Pastorius “(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha”

Jaco Pastorius “(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha”

(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha by Jaco Pastorius, from the album “JACO PASTORIUS” released in 1976 by Epic Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Jaco Pastorius - Fretless Bass | Hubert Laws - Piccolo Flute | Herbie Hancock - Piano | Lenny White - Drums | Don Alias - Congas...

Weather Report “A Remark You Made”

Weather Report “A Remark You Made”

A Remark You Made by Weather Report from the album “HEAVY WEATHER” released in 1977 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Alex Acuna - Drums | Jaco Pastorius - Bass | Joe Zawinul - ARP & Oberheim Synthesizers | Wayne Shorter - Saxophones | Manolo...

Dizzy Gillespie “Fiesta Mojo”

Dizzy Gillespie “Fiesta Mojo”

Fiesta Mojo by Dizzy Gillespie from the album “NEW FACES” released in 1985 by GRP Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet | Branford Marsalis - Tenor Saxophone | Kenny Kirkland - Piano | Lonnie Plaxico - Bass | Robert Ameen - Drums | Steve...

Paquito D’Rivera “Gdansk”

Paquito D’Rivera “Gdansk”

Gdansk by Paquito D'Rivera from the album "WHY NOT" released in 1984 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Paquito D'Rivera - Alto Saxophone | Dave Weckl - Drums | Michel Camilo - Piano, Keyboards | Claudio Roditi - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone | Sammy...

Ahmad Jamal “Biencavo”

Ahmad Jamal “Biencavo”

Biencavo by Ahmad Jamal  from the album "DIGITAL WORKS" released in 1985 by Atlantic Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Larry Ball - Bass| Herlin Riley - Drums | Iraj Lashkary - Percussion | Ahmad Jamal - Piano | Jimmy Johnson - Engineer | James Snyder, Ahmad...

Chicago “I’ve Been Searchin’ So Long”

Chicago “I’ve Been Searchin’ So Long”

I've Been Searchin' So Long by Chicago from the album CHICAGO VII released in 1974 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Peter Cetera - Bass, Lead Vocals | Robert Lamm - Piano, Vocals | Terry Kath - Guitar, Vocals | Danny Seraphine - Drums | Lee...

Blood Sweat & Tears “Maiden Voyage”

Blood Sweat & Tears “Maiden Voyage”

Maiden Voyage bt Blood, Sweat & Tears from the album "NEW BLOOD" released in 1972 by Columbia Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Lew Soloff - Trumpet, Flugelhorn | Chuck Winfield - Trumpet, Flugelhorn | Dave Bargeron - Trombone | Lou Marini Jr. - Alto and...

Earl Klugh “Twinkle”

Earl Klugh “Twinkle”

Twinkle by Earl Klugh from the album "CRAZY FOR YOU" released in 1981 by Liberty Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Greg Phillinganes - Electric Piano, Synthesizers | Louis Johnson - Bass | Raymond Pounds - Drums | Earl Klugh - Acoustic Nylon String Guitar |...

The Brothers Johnson “Streetwave”

The Brothers Johnson “Streetwave”

Streetwave by The Brothers Johnson from the album "BLAM!!" released in 1978 by A&M Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Louis Johnson - Bass | George Johnson - Guitar | Harvey Mason - Drums | Wayne Vaughn - Electric Piano | Eddie Brown - Percussion | Steve...

Ronnie Laws  “Always There”

Ronnie Laws “Always There”

Always There by Ronnie Laws from the album "PRESSURE SENSITIVE" released in 1975 by Blue Note Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Ronnie Laws - Saxophones | Roland Bautista - Guitar | Jerry Peters - Electric Piano | Joe Sample - Electric Piano | Mike Cavanaugh -...

The Crusaders “It’s Just Gotta Be That Way”

The Crusaders “It’s Just Gotta Be That Way”

It's Just Gotta Be That Way by The Crusaders from the album “CRUSADERS 1” released in 1972 by Blue Thumb Records...   MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL : Wayne Henderson - Trombone | Wilton Felder - Tenor Sax | Joe Sample - Electric Piano | Stix Hooper - Drums | Larry...

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As the name suggests, SomehowJazz offers to our listeners an assortment of most jazz genres. We also share our favorites in the blog categories shown below. Categories are Jazz Funk, Jazz Fusion, Soul Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Rock, Smooth Jazz and Latin Jazz.

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