Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue Charles Kynard"s 1972 cult classic Woga, recorded in Los Angeles for Mainstream Records and featuring top-tier musicians Chuck Rainey, Paul Humphrey, Arthur Adams, and George Bohanon. Produced by Bob Shad, the album stands as one of the label"s funkiest releases, showcasing Kynard"s signature Hammond organ grooves. Woga is reissued here on vinyl for the first time since its original release, complete with its original gatefold artwork using first-generation session photos. This edition also includes the bonus track "Smiling Faces Sometimes" and comes with newly remastered audio plus a two-page insert featuring new liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre.
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- A1: Dick Morrissey Quartet - Bang!
- A2: Emcee Five - Mike's Dilemma
- A3: Michael Garrick Quintet - Vishnu
- A4: Vic Lewis & His Bossa Nova All Stars - Last Minute Bossa Nova
- A5: Johnny Burch Octet - Early In The Morning
- B1: Pony Poindexter - 4-11-44
- B2: Terrell Prude - Princess
- B3: Johnny Hartsman - Soppin
- B4: Eddie Kochak & Hakki Obadia - Jazz In Port Said
- B5: Charles Kynard With Clifford Scott - Where's It At
- B6: Gene Ammons - Jungle Soul
Compare the best of British jazz circa 1963 with American sounds from labels such as Prestige, Tangerine and World Pacific. This album captures the period when rhythm and blues is emerging as the dominant club sound, forcing Soho jazz clubs to change their music policy in order to survive. On the British side, you’ve got Ronnie Scott’s arrangement of Last Minute Bossa Nova; Bang!, taken from Dick Morrissey Quartet’s first session for the BBC’s World Service, recorded around the time of the release of their first album Have You Heard? The version here is take two. You can hear take one along with the rest of the eleven-track session on R&B18 Jazz For Moderns.
Early In The Morning is a Ginger Baker/Jack Bruce arrangement of the traditional work song realized as a repeated blues riff, and is the first ever recording that is recognizably British Blues. Graham Bond features on alto sax along with Bruce and Baker together as members of the Johnny Burch Octet heard playing live at a BBC staff party from March 1963. Side Two features Jazz Stateside, such as West Coast guitarist Johnny Hartsman, Gene Ammons veering into proto jazz-funk on Jungle Soul, aka Ca' Purange plus a couple of top notch Hammond workouts from Terrell Prude and Charles Kynard.
- Hörprobe Track 8: Black Talk
- Thank You
- Hörprobe Track 9: Thank You
- Listen Here
- Hörprobe Track 15: Listen Here
- A1: Rusty Bryant - Fire Eater
- A2: Melvin Sparks - (Jazz) Who's Gonna Take The Weight
- A3: Idris Muhammad - Super Bad
- A4: Funk Inc Sister Janie
- B1: Idris Muhammad - Don't Knock My Love
- B2: Gene Ammons - Jungle Strut
- B3: Ivan - 'Boogaloo Joe' Jones Right On
- B4: Charles Earland - Black Talk
- B5: Melvin Sparks - (Jazz) Thank You
- C1: Idris Muhammad - Express Yourself
- C2: Leon Spencer - Message From The Meters
- C3: Gene Ammons - Son Of A Preacher Man
- C4: Charles Kynard - Reelin' With The Feeling
- D1: Charles Earland - Sing A Simple Song
- D2: Freddie Mccoy - Listen Here
- D3: Charles Earland - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
- D4: Harold Mabern - I Want You Back
- D5: Houston Person - Son Of Man
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[xn] Hörprobe Track 8: Black talk [Part 1]
[xr] Thank you [Part 1]
[xs] Hörprobe Track 9: Thank you [Part 1]
[yv] Listen here [Part 1]
[yw] Hörprobe Track 15: Listen here [Part 1]
[h] B4 | Charles Earland - Black talk [Part 1]
[i] B5 | Melvin Sparks - (Jazz) Thank you [Part 1]
[o] D2 | Freddie McCoy - Listen here [Part 1]
- A1: Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Dig On It
- A2: Sonny Philips - Sure 'Nuff Sure 'Nuff
- A3: Houston Person - Soul Dance
- B1: Billy Butler - The Twang Thang
- B2: Boogaloo Joe Jones - What It Is
- B3: Charles Earland - Spinky
- C1: Idris Muhammad - Super Bad
- C2: Ivan "Boogaloo" Joe Jones - Hoochie Coo Chickie
- C3: Charles Kynard - Reelin' With The Feelin
- D1: Cal Tjader & Bernard Purdie - Mamblues
- D2: Funk Inc - Bowlegs
- D3: Bernard Purdie - Cold Sweat
- D4: The Round Robin Monopoly - Life Is Funky
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Cal Green is a soul guitarist from Houston, Texas who isn't afraid to get as emotional as can be. Here is one of his standout cuts which was made with R&B organist Charles Kynard plus jazz heavyweights Tracy Wright and Billy Moore gets a long overdue repress. 'Tripping' and the reverse side opener 'Sieda' are Cal Green originals that come with hooky melodies that makes perfect jazz-funk listening. The infectious groover will carry you away in no time and this limited edition reuse, the first ever, is sure to fly out so do not sleep.
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