Skunk Work

Wayne Berry - Home at Last (1974) {2016 RCA Japan, SICP 4969}
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© 1974, 2016 RCA / Sony Music Japan | SICP 4969
Rock / Country Rock / Southern Rock / Country / Folk Rock

'Home at Last' is the solo debut album by Wayne Berry, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter and former member of the folk-rock group Timber. This is arguably one of the greatest "lost" singer-songwriter albums of the 1970s, featuring guest appearances by Johnny Gimble, Charlie McCoy, Ned Doheny, and none other than Jackson Browne. The style of this album can be described as laid-back country rock in the vein of bands like Cowboy or The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Berry is backed by an amazing all-star band of session musicians including, among others, Steely Dan's Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Gordon, David Briggs, Shane Keister, David Paich, Reggie Young, and most of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

Freddie Hubbard - Skagly (1979) {Columbia–Wounded Bird WOU6418 rel 2009}
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© 1979, 2009 Columbia Records / Wounded Bird Records | WOU 6418
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Jazz Funk / Trumpet

The title reads like a typo, but the album's a great set of smooth fusion from Freddie Hubbard – self-produced, and almost a summation of all the styles he'd mastered in the 70s! The session's never too over the top or too ambitious – just features Freddie working with a hip group in a laidback setting – blowing lean and mellow lines that almost take him back to his best CTI funk. The group features Billy Childs on keyboards, Hadley Caliman on tenor and flute, and some guest work by George Duke and Paulinho Da Costa – on titles that include "Skagly", "Rustic Celebration", "Happiness Is Now", and "Cascais".