Hank Crawford Heart And Soul [the Hank Crawford Anthology] (2cd) (1994)

2CD compilation album from EMI featuring 39 tracks. Includes Sinead O'Connor, Dinah Washington, George Michael, Dianne Reeves & other artists from EMI associated labels.

William Parker - I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield (2010) [2CD] {AUM Fidelity}
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© 2010 AUM Fidelity | AUM062/63
Jazz / Progressive Jazz / Modern Creative / Soul Jazz / Bass

Released by AUM Fidelity as a double CD in 2010, I Plan to Stay a Believer is bassist William Parker's heart and soul tribute to vocalist and songwriter Curtis Mayfield. Parker, an extraordinarily resourceful improviser and internationally respected leader of creative ensembles, joyously celebrates the interwoven traditions of African-American musical culture by saluting an artist whose best works still define an entire mode of positive, uplifting musical expression. Mayfield rose to prominence with Jerry Butler and the Impressions in the late ‘50s, helped that group to become mainstays of Chicago soul throughout the ‘60s, and achieved superstar status in his own right during the early ‘70s.

Soft Rock Forever is a 40 track collection of the biggest classics of all time. 10CC, Chicago, Bon Jovi, Cat Stevens are just a few of the names which feature on this epic album. Soft Rock IS Forever. Wear the badge with pride.

Jimmy Smith - Sit On It + Unfinished Business (2012) {Soul Brother Records CDSBPJ44 rec 1976, 1978}
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© 1976-78, 2012 Soul Brother Records / Passion Music | CD SBPJ 44
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Hammond B-3 Organ

Great late 70s work from Jimmy Smith – two albums back to back on a single CD! One of our favorite later albums from organist Jimmy Smith – and a set that cooks heavily in a wicked blend of jazz, funk, and soul! The style's a bit like the groove that Johnny Hammond hit during his Gears period – arranged by Eugene McDaniels and Alan Silvestri, with an approach that's somewhere between Larry Mizell and Skip Scarborough – tight grooves, bits of vocals, yet plenty of room for Smith's keyboard solos to take off over the top! Players include Herbie Hancock on piano, Alan Silvestri on guitar, and Lenny White on drums – but the main star is Jimmy – who's grooving massively over the top of the album, with soaring solos that are some of his best work from the late 70s.

"This Is Electro" combines the most essential tracks of the last eight years produced in the studio by Anthony Rother, the best-selling producer from Offenbach. Like no other, Rother shaped the aesthetics of the electro-music genre for years and years with his international ground-breaking releases, precisely because he never stood still; instead he was the pioneer of stylish motorbeats. This landmark development of electro-music will be obvious in the two CD versions of the DVD sets "This Is Electro", which, with 28 tracks and over two hours playtime, combine the most important points of Rother's career in completely remixed and digitally remastered versions…