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Harvey Mason - Chameleon (2014) {Concord Records}

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Harvey Mason - Chameleon (2014) {Concord Records}

Harvey Mason - Chameleon (2014) {Concord Records}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Digital Booklet | 333MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 124MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, R&B

Harvey Mason's 2014 effort, Chameleon, is an expansive and funky album that finds the journeyman jazz drummer exploring the space between the '70s post-bop/fusion albums that marked his early career and the contemporary smooth jazz work that has defined the latter half of his career. Having started out playing with the masterful pianist Erroll Garner, Mason eventually join Herbie Hancock's legendary Headhunters ensemble, with whom he recorded the original version of this album's title track. And while he went on to a successful career working with a bevy of artists including Lee Ritenour, George Benson, and others, it is primarily his work with Hancock that is Mason's focus here.

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Just Family (1978) {Warner}

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Dee Dee Bridgewater - Just Family (1978) {Warner}

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Just Family (1978) {Warner}
EAC 0.95b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 263MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 113MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Soul, Jazz-Funk

Even though Just Family was produced by Stanley Clarke and employs a lot of musicians who had jazz backgrounds – including Chick Corea, George Duke, Airto Moreira, and Bobby Lyle – this is an R&B album first and foremost. Dee Dee Bridgewater would return to jazz in a major way in the 1980s, but in the late 1970s, she was emphasizing adult-oriented R&B and going after fans of artists like Phyllis Hyman and Minnie Riperton.

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) [Analogue Productions, Remastered 2016]

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Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) [Analogue Productions, Remastered 2016]

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) APO Remastered 2016
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Ryan Smith
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 231 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included
Jazz-Funk, Fusion | Label: Analogue Productions | # CAPJ 084 SA | 00:41:53

Head Hunters is the twelfth studio album by the American pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, released October 13, 1973, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during evening at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California. Head Hunters is a key release in Hancock's career and a defining moment in the genre of jazz. In 2003, the album was ranked number 498 in the book version of Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2007, the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry, which collects "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" sound recordings from the 20th century.

Stanley Turrentine - Everybody Come On Out (1976) {Fantasy}

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Stanley Turrentine - Everybody Come On Out (1976) {Fantasy}

Stanley Turrentine - Everybody Come On Out (1976) {Fantasy}
EAC 0.95b4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 238MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 96MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Fusion

A very large group session recorded in March 1976 for Fantasy, Everybody Come on Out features Turrentine with Joe Sample, Lee Ritenour, Craig McMullen, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, Bill Summers, and Dawilli Gonga.

Harvey Mason - Earthmover (1976) [Japanese Reissue 2000]

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Harvey Mason - Earthmover (1976) [Japanese Reissue 2000]

Harvey Mason - Earthmover (1976) [Japanese Reissue 2000]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 269 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included
Jazz-Funk | Label: Arista/BMG | # BVCJ-37112, 74321-74948-2 | Time: 00:40:47

In the 1970s, Harvey Mason was one of those busy L.A.-based sessions players who had one foot in jazz and the other in R&B. The drummer backed his share of soul heavyweights (including Earth, Wind & Fire, Aretha Franklin, James Brown and the Brothers Johnson), but he never lost his jazz chops. Recorded in 1976, Earthmover is among the mostly instrumental albums that Mason provided during his stay at Arista. This self-produced LP, which finds him trying to balance commercial and creative considerations, is a mixed bag. Some of the material is strong, especially the cerebral fusion item "No Lands Man" (which boasts Jan Hammer on keyboards) and the funky "Bertha Baptist." And the contemplative "First Summer" is an enjoyable track that reminds the listener of the underrated Hawaiian funk/fusion outfit Seawind, which isn't surprising because it was co-written and arranged by Seawind's Bob Wilson.