Muhammad Spencer

Leon Spencer - Louisiana Slim (1971) {2014 Japan Rare Groove Funk Best Collection 1000 UCCO-90346}
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Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 179 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1971, 2014 Prestige / Concord / Fantasy / Universal Music Japan | UCCO-90346
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz / Organ Hammond B-3

Sublime Hammond from the amazing Leon Spencer – heard here at the height of his younger years, when he was cooking up as much magic in the studio as Johnny Hammond or Charles Earland – and really stretching things out, in ways that take the jazz organ format much farther than the giants of a decade before! The date's an all-out great one in the Prestige funky jazz mode – with Spencer on organ, Melvin Sparks on guitar, Grover Washington Jr on tenor, and Idris Muhammad on drums – a bit more subtle than before, but still plenty darn funky! Tracks are nice and long – and the record includes the originals "Louisiana Slim", "Our Love Will Never Die", "The Trouble With Love", and a cover of "Mercy Mercy Me".

Leon Spencer - Bad Walking Woman (1972) {2014 Japan Rare Groove Funk Best Collection 1000 UCCO-90347}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 234 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 88 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 179 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1972, 2014 Prestige / Concord / Universal Music Japan | UCCO-90347
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz / Organ Hammond B-3

Supremely heavy work from organist Leon Spencer – one of his classic jazz funk sessions for Prestige Records, and a record that shows him opening up his sound a bit more than before! The album has Spencer working in a few different lineups – some with small groups that feature Melvin Sparks on guitar and Idris Muhammad on drums – others with some slightly larger instrumentation and even a bit of strings, used in a sophisticatedly soulful style that reminds us a bit of CTI or Kudu backings of the time!