Aops Incorporated

The first of the EmArcy recordings of the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, this album features trumpeter Brown, drummer Max Roach, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell and bassist George Morrow in fine form. High points include "Stompin' at the Savoy," "I Get a Kick out of You" and Brown's ballad feature on "Ghost of a Chance." Near-classic music from a legendary group. [Originally released in 1954, Brown and Roach, Inc. was reissued on CD in 2004.] ~ AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

Individually, Kronos Quartet and Sun Ra are two of the most groundbreaking names in contemporary music. The former is the legendary San Francisco-based string quartet that laid a blueprint for what concert music could become, working with the likes of John Cage, Tanya Tagaq, and Astor Piazzolla.

Individually, Kronos Quartet and Sun Ra are two of the most groundbreaking names in contemporary music. The former is the legendary San Francisco-based string quartet that laid a blueprint for what concert music could become, working with the likes of John Cage, Tanya Tagaq, and Astor Piazzolla.

This funk album is a spinoff from the legendary P-Funk collective. Released in 1988 and produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, it features contributions from several key P-Funk members, including Lige Curry (lead vocals and bass) and Andre Foxxe Williams (vocals and guitar). The album blends funk and New Jack Swing styles with a heavy use of drum machines and synthesizers, characteristic of Clinton's productions during this period.

This funk album is a spinoff from the legendary P-Funk collective. Released in 1988 and produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, it features contributions from several key P-Funk members, including Lige Curry (lead vocals and bass) and Andre Foxxe Williams (vocals and guitar). The album blends funk and New Jack Swing styles with a heavy use of drum machines and synthesizers, characteristic of Clinton's productions during this period.

Its title notwithstanding, R&B from the Marquee was not a live album, nor was it cut at the Marquee: it was actually done at Decca Records' London studio, albeit in one long day's work and effectively live-in-the-studio. It was also the place where British blues began, at least as a recording proposition. Blues played by Britons had been part of the underground music scene since the mid-'50s, and Blues Incorporated had been a going concern in one form or another, initially guitarist Alexis Korner and harpist/singer Cyril Davies (actually, maybe the first two Britons to play blues); but by this time, the group also included Dick Heckstall-Smith (tenor sax, backing vocals), Keith Scott (piano), Spike Heatley (upright bass), and Graham Burbridge (drums), with Long John Baldry handling some lead vocals. For this record, Big Jim Sullivan also sang backup, and Teddy Wadmore provides a key cameo appearance for the electric bass guitar (then a new and alien instrument in this music).

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