RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, Ballads & Love Songs…

This is part 2 of our 3-part Michael Jackson tribute mix here on RIBS. Even tough all 3 mixes are going to end up with different names, I like to think of them collectively as “Memories of Michael”.

In part 1 of the mix, Michael Jackson, R.I.P., I listed several “memories” I’ve thought about over the past week after Michael’s death. However, late last night I realized I missed a couple of very important ones…

Memories Of Michael (addendum)

• Breaking the “color barrier” on MTV. It’s no secret that black artists and R&B music were virtually non-existent on MTV during the first couple of years after it’s debut. Michael and the “Thriller” video changed all of that… forever.
• Speaking of music videos, MJ was one of the first to produce a music video as a “mini-movie” with a storyline/plot (so to speak) as opposed to the glorified “concert footage” of the majority of pre-Thriller videos.

O.K., let’s get to the music. OBTW, remember to check out this post: Remembering The Time. Michael Jackson (1958-2009) [Audio, Video Links] over on HoneySoul.com for links to the best MJ tributes on the ‘Net.

RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, Ballads & Love Songs

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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])

1. Music & Me – Michael Jackson – Music & Me [2:38]
2. Dear Michael – Michael – Forever, Michael [2:38]
3. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You (Spanish) – Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett – Bad [2:09]
4. Good Times – Jacksons – The Jacksons [4:58]
5. Liberian Girl – Michael Jackson – Bad [3:53]
6. The Way You Love Me – Michael Jackson – Diverse [4:30]
7. Touch – Jackson 5 – Skywriter [3:01]
8. Break Of Dawn – Michael Jackson - Invincible[5:32]
9. Destiny - Jacksons – Destiny [4:53]
10. I’ll Be There – Jackson 5 – Third Album [3:59]
11. To Know – Jackson 5 - Lookin’ Through The Windows [3:22]
12. With A Child’s Heart – Michael Jackson - Music & Me [3:30]
13. Don’t Say Goodbye - Jackson 5 – G.I.T: Get It Together [3:40]
14. Find Me A Girl - Jacksons – Goin’ Places [4:32]
15. Maria (You Were The Only One) – Michael Jackson – Got To Be There [3:43]
16. All I Do Is Think Of You - Jackson 5 – Moving Violation [3:09]
17. I’ll Come Home to You – Michael Jackson – One Day In Your Life [3:02]
18. If I Don’t Love You This Way – Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine [3:28]
19. 2300 Jackson Street – Jacksons – 2300 Jackson Street [5:06]
20. Gone Too Soon – Michael Jackson – Dangerous [3:23]

Remember, don’t forget to check back here for part 3 of the Rhythms In Black Satin “Memories of Michael” mixes!

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Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: “The Gospel Of Soul”…

Hey Everybody!

Sorry for the silence around here the past few weeks. Things have been quite busy/crazy over here for a while and I didn’t get much time to play in the kitchen as a result.

Basically, it’s one of those times when all you can say is, “I’ve been going through some thangs, lately.” You know what I’m talking about, we all go through some “thangs” from time to time. As a matter of fact, I have a few friends that are going through some thangs themselves right now. I won’t name names (this is not that kind of a site) but I do wish them well and they stay in my prayers.

Speaking of prayers, that is a perfect lead-in to the mix today. Things have been swirling around me so fast lately that I’ve losing track of which way is up. It’s at times like that that you need something to hold on to, something solid that can steady you and calm you in a time of turmoil. And that something is our faith… our belief in God.

So, in trying to navigate the craziness of the past few weeks, I decided to put together a Gospel themed mix, some sounds of inspiration and praise by some of our contemporary Gospel artists and some R&B/Soul artists that we know and love.

Remember, God won’t ever give you more than you can handle. Or, like they say in one of this week’s songs, “Maybe God is trying to tell you something”…

RIBS TPTD: "The Gospel Of Soul"

RIBS TPTD: The Gospel Of Soul

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Playlist: (song - artist [time])

Get Up - Mary Mary [3:05]
Mighty High - Mighty Clouds Of Joy [3:34]
Lean On Me - Al Green [2:09]
You Brought The Sunshine – The Clark Sisters [4:18]
Do You Know Him - Marvin Sapp [3:52]
Peace Of Mind - Rance Allen [5:06]
Be Ever Wonderful - Earth, Wind & Fire [5:10]
Someday (ft. Mavis Staples) - Los Lobos [4:39]
Mary - Take 6 [3:33]
Mary Don’t You Weep - Aretha Franklin [7:07]
God Bless The Child - CTI All Stars [6:57]
Jesus Is Love – Commodores [4:59]
God Is Trying To Tell You Something - Tata Vega [4:38]
What A Friend - Mary Mary [3:11]
Have A Talk With God - Stevie Wonder [2:42]
Open Our Eyes - Earth, Wind & Fire [5:06]
When You’ve Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven) - Patti LaBelle [3:58]
Jesus Is Waiting - Al Green [5:42]
Amazing Grace - Al Green [3:30]

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Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: ‘Sax Appeal’ 5 – Great Sax 2…

Wow, here we are at the end of April already. This month sure went fast. Well, that means that today the RIBS kitchen is serving up the last of it’s ‘Sax Appeal’ entrees that we’ve been cooking up all month long. We hope that you have enjoyed this look at the many different players of this instrument both past and present.

Since most of the sax-a-teers we’ve heard from this month have been culled from the 50s, 60s and 70s, I thought this time around I’d feature some of the "newer" sax players on the scene today. That means that today’s mix will feature:

Eric Marienthal
George Howard
Dave Koz
Kirk Whalum
Kim Waters
Najee
Pamela Williams
Euge Groove
Richard Elliot
Kenny G
Ronnie Laws
Maceo Parker

I have to admit, I’ve really enjoyed focusing on a particular instrument like this and exploring the various artists who play it. I think there will be more explorations like this in the months ahead here on RIBS.

OK! Another round of "great sax" for ya to close out ‘Sax Appeal’ month as we present to you…

"Sax Appeal 5 – Great Sax 2"

RIBS TPTD: ‘Sax Appeal’ 5 – Great Sax 2

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1. Compared To What – Eric Marienthal – Got You Covered [3:42]
2. Grazin’ In The Grass – George Howard – When Summer Comes [4:45]
3. Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - Pamela Williams - The Look Of Love [4:48]
4. All I Do – Kirk Whalum - For You [5:02]
5. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Kim Waters – All Because Of You [4:12]
6. Can’t Hide Love - Najee – Najee’s Theme [5:09]
7. Going In Circles – Maceo Parker - Funkoverload [6:55]
8. Pink Panther Theme – Dave Koz – At The Movies [3:38]
9. Sax Attack – Kenny G - Gravity [5:02]
10. New Jack Saturday - Eric Marienthal – Easy Street [5:09]
11. Get ‘em Goin’ – Euge Groove – Just Feels Right [5:44]
12. That’s The Way Love Goes – Kirk Whalum – For You [4:41]
13. In The Groove – Richard Elliot – Jumpin’ Off [4:16]
14. Just Be My Lady – Kim Waters – All Because Of You [4:49]
15. Chillaxin – Euge Groove – Just Feels Right [6:06]
16. You Don’t Know – Pamela Williams – Sweet Saxsations [4:56]
17. Why Do You Laugh At Me – Ronnie Laws – Pressure Sensitive [3:59]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: ‘Sax Appeal’ 4 – The Ladies of Sax: Candy, Mindi and Pamela…

Playing “catch-up” this week on the site since I got “overcome by events” and did not get the mix posted last week. A late drop this week (been happening a lot lately {sigh}) BUT… we’ll get back on track on our regular Thursday release schedule soon. Let’s go…

In this, installment #4 in our month long ‘Sax Appeal’ series (installment/mix #3 is here), we take a look at the Ladies of the saxophone. I originally thought that female sax players were few and far between, but my research has uncovered more than quite a few ladies who have mastered the instrument. I’ve come to the conclusion that it is not so much that women musicians aren’t playing the instrument as much as they may experience great difficulty in getting recorded, especially as solo artists. Sounds like a subject well worth investigating further at some point in the future here on RIBS.

Fortunately, our trio today have not had any problems getting recorded, and we get to enjoy all the benefits of THAT fact. These three are probably the most prominent and well known women on the scene playing the sax today (of course there may be some out there who disagree with that statement):

1. Candy Dulfer
2. Mindi Abair
3. Pamela Williams

Candy Dulfer: She started playing saxophone at age six, was leading her own band Funky Stuff at age fourteen, became an international recording star at age nineteen, started touring the world at age twenty. Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1969, she’s probably the reigning queen of the current crop of female sax players.

Mindi Abair: American born saxophonist with a strong Top-40 pop music background, Mindi also plays keyboards and the flute (and occasionally sings a little too!). She started out as a backing musician for such acts as Mandy Moore and the Backstreet Boys but switched to jazz in 2003 and has never looked back.

Pamela Williams: A Philadelphia native, Pamela sites Grover Washington, Jr. as one of her early influences. A former member of Patti LaBelle’s backup band she released her first album, “Saxtress” in 1996. Multi-talented (she also writes, produces and paints) Pamela is also known for her incredible visual art. She earned a degree in Fine Art and continues to paint when not on tour.

Let’s get busy wit it and let the Ladies of Sax show us what they can do as we present to you…

“Sax Appeal 4 - Candy, Mindi & Pamela”

RIBS TPTD: ‘Sax Appeal’ 4 – The Ladies of Sax: Candy, Mindi & Pamela
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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])

1. Once You Get Started - Candy Dulfer - For The Love Of You [4:55]
2. F.L.A. Swing - Mindi Abair – Stars [4:34]
3. Sexy MF - Pamela Williams - The Perfect Love [4:50]
4. Gititon - Candy Dulfer - For The Love Of You [4:32]
5. Sticks And Stones - Mindi Abair - Come As You Are 4:41]
6. Saxtress - Pamela Williams – Saxtress [4:59]
7. Valdez In The Country - Candy Dulfer - Right In My Soul [3:45]
8. The Joint - Mindi Abair - Life Less Ordinary [5:13]
9. Walk On By - Pamela Williams - The Look of Love [4:00]
10. Bird - Candy Dulfer - For The Love Of You [6:22]
11. Smile - Mindi Abair – Stars [4:29]
12. Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like) - Pamela Williams – Saxtress [3:52]
13. Saxy Mood - Candy Dulfer - For The Love Of You [4:19]
14. Right On - Mindi Abair - It Just Happens That Way [4:11]
15. I Am Love - Pamela Williams – Evolution [5:16]
16. Jazz It’s Me - Candy Dulfer - Big Girl [4:38]
17. High Five - Mindi Abair - Come As You Are [4:02]
18. Lifeline - Pamela Williams – Evolution [3:19]

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Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: ‘Sax Appeal’ 3 – Coltrane, Turrentine & Grover, part 2

A couple of weeks ago I featured these three as a part of the RIBS ‘Sax Appeal’ theme going on during this month of April. At the time I had planned to do a second mix because there were too many songs I wanted to use but they would not fit into just one mix. So here is some more from the sax masters that I consider the “Big 3” of the instrument:

1. John Coltrane
2. Stanley Turrentine
3. Grover Washington, Jr.

John Coltrane: Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in Jazz history.

Stanley Turrentine: Stanley William Turrentine was one of the most distinctive tenor saxophonists in jazz. Known for his big, warm, sound, “The Sugar Man” or the original “Mr. T” found inspiration in the blues and turned it into a hugely successful career with a #1 hit and four Grammy nominations — first in R&B and then in Jazz.

Grover Washington, Jr.: Considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of Smooth Jazz, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Grover made some of this genre’s most memorable hits, including “Mr. Magic”, “Black Frost”, and “The Best Is Yet To Come”.

So… a second helping of C, T & G as we present to you…

“Sax Appeal 3 - Coltrane, Turrentine & Grover, part 2″

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1. Afro Blue - John Coltrane – Afro Blue Impressions [10:50]
2. Vera Cruz - Stanley Turrentine – The Sugar Man [4:58]
3. No Tears In The End - Grover Washington, Jr. – All The King’s Horses [3:48]
4. Giant Steps - John Coltrane - The Last Giant-The John Coltrane Anthology [4:45]
5. Sara’s Dance - Stanley Turrentine – Never Let Me Go [6:14]
6. It Feels So Good - Grover Washington, Jr. – Feels So Good [8:15]
7. Blue Train - John Coltrane - Blue Train [10:44]
8. I Could Never (Repay Your Love) - Stanley Turrentine – Don’t Mess With Mister T [8:22]
9. Just The Way You Are - Grover Washington, Jr. – Reed Seed [4:46]
10. Autumn Serenade - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman [4:20]
11. Impressions – Stanley Turrentine – Sugar [14:14]

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Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: “Jazz 101″ - An Introduction To Jazz, Lesson #1…

Hey Good People!

Surprise! A rare weekend treat from the RIBS kitchen today. First, before we get to our classroom session, let me give you a little bit of background on what this is all about…

As I hope you are aware, April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) and all month long the great American art form known as jazz is being celebrated with a variety of events all over the country. Additionally, many online music enthusiasts are writing and talking about jazz a lot on their sites this month. One post that caught my eye was from my home girl, Vivrant Thang, over on her excellent site, Songs In The Key Of Life. In a post entitled, “All That Jazz: In Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month”, she wrote:

I don’t talk about my love for jazz enough on this blog so I figure jazz appreciation month is the perfect time to do so. I have to admit that my knowledge is lacking. Mama Vivrant Thang was never really into jazz so it wasn’t played much around the house.
The number of jazz albums in my collection is unusually slim. Time for my collection to reflect it. Question is - where to start?
Jazz lovers, help me out. What do you consider the essential albums any jazz lover should have in their collection?

Now, when a person bares their soul like this and feels compelled to publicly share such an awful secret with the world well… how can you not reach out and help them? Hmmmm? {smile}

Seriously though, in addition to putting in my 2 cents as a comment on the site, Vivrant Thang’s post got me to thinking…

What artists and what songs WOULD a person choose to initially introduce someone to jazz???

I mean I know what I like and several songs came immediately to mind, but I continued to wonder what combinations other jazz fans would choose as an introduction to jazz. Well, since my curiosity had gotten the best of me, there was only one thing to do…

Twitter to the rescue.

Yep. I decided to post the question on Twitter and see what kind of responses “the crew” would come up with. To make a long story short we had a very interesting couple of days of conversation with a boatload of great suggestions for a playlist of songs that would be perfect for an “Introduction to Jazz” playlist. AAMOF, we started calling the tweets “Jazz 101″ and used the #jazz101 hashtag on most of the repsponses/replies so it would be easy to search for parts of the conversation you may have missed. (click the link to open a new window showing you the “Jazz 101″ conversation via Twitter Search)

And… that’s the backstory of today’s playlist.

Now, let’s talk about the “frontstory”, the music itself and some suggestions for “getting into jazz” and becoming a bonafide jazz aficionado.

When I was thinking about writing this “introduction to jazz” post I originally considered trying to answer the question” “What is jazz?” After a little research and careful consideration I quickly abandoned THAT idea. Ha! Even the folks who play and/or make their livelihood from this music have not definitively defined it yet after all these years, what made me think I could? {smile} However, researching the answer to the “What is jazz?” question IS fascinating in and of itself. The Wikipedia entry for Jazz is a good starting point, IMO.

Basically, the best way to get into jazz is to listen to it (no real earth shattering revelation there, eh? {smile}) The question is, of course, “where to start?” For my money, and the suggestion I always make, is to start with what many folks consider (even to this day, 50 years after it was first recorded) to be the finest jazz album ever made:

Miles Davis’ “Kind Of Blue” (and, fittingly, the first song on the playlist comes from this gem; more on that later)

AAMOF, it’s probably a very good idea to start one’s appreciation of jazz with the recordings produced during the 50s (Cool Jazz and Modal Jazz) and the early-to-mid 60s (Soul Jazz and Latin Jazz) as this is a period in which many of the finest and most listenable (IMHO) jazz recordings were made. From there you can go back to the Bebop jazz era (1940s) or the Swing jazz era (1930s) or push forward into the Fusion jazz era of the late 60s/70s or the Smooth jazz era of the 1980’s and beyond.

Also, let me repeat something I wrote in the post comment on Vivrant Thang’s website which some of you may find works well as a springboard into the genre. Begin your jazz education by starting on an instrument by instrument basis: pick an instrument and then pick the most prominent artist (opinions vary greatly here, of course) on that instrument and collect several of their works first. My own personal instrument/artist list suggestions:

1. Trumpet - Miles Davis
2. Saxophone - John Coltrane
3. Guitar - Wes Montgomery
4. Vibes - Lionel Hampton
5. Big Band - Count Basie (I know that’s not an instrument, but the Count is essential!)
6. Drums - Max Roach
7. Keyboards - Duke Ellington or Herbie Hancock

Let me make one more point that I think is essential to appreciating jazz before we get into the playlist. In addition to the sound of the music, true fans of jazz also pay particular attention to the personnel that are involved in the performance/recording session of a jazz concert or album. It’s one of those little things that, while not exclusive to jazz, is something that has greater importance to fans of jazz as opposed to other musical genres. For example, not only is it important to know that Miles’ “Kind Of Blue” is perhaps the best jazz album of all time, but to fans of jazz it is equally important to note of the fact that this was Miles’ sextet ensemble with, in addition to Davis on trumpet, pianist Bill Evans, pianist Wynton Kelly (on track #2, Freddie Freeloader only), drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley.

Also, before I let you go, I wanted to say a few things about the songs that make up this first playlist. The first thing is… “Yes!” there will, at the very least, be a Lesson #2  “Jazz 101″ mix here on RIBS. Although when I came up with the idea for this ‘jazz intro’ playlist I was originally thinking of it in singular terms, there have so many great suggestions from the crew on Twitter and some other folks I’ve discussed this with that I just have to make more than one mix in order to do the subject justice.

As for this initial selection of songs the goal was to present a cross section of songs, instruments and styles that were some of the best (subjective, I know!) examples of the beauty and variety of that thing called jazz.

As I’ve already mentioned, for me it doesn’t get any better than Miles’ “Kind Of Blue”, and the first track from that album, So What, gets us started. That leads us quite smoothly into Stolen Moments (my second favorite jazz composition behind So What) by saxophonist, composer and arranger Oliver Nelson from his 1961 breakthrough album “The Blues And The Abstract Truth”. These two are fine examples of the softer, melodic sound of jazz that is so pleasing to ones ears.

Duke Ellington and Count Basie give us two familiar jazz standards, Take The ‘A’ Train and April In Paris respectively, that are prime examples of the Swing style of jazz popular in the late 1930s through the 1940s . You may also hear Swing jazz referred to as “Big Band” jazz so named as much for the size of the bands that played it (approximately 12 to 25 musicians) as for the big, uptempo sound it had. Swing was THE dance music back in its heyday and was broadcast nightly coast-to-coast across America for years.

Sometimes when you think about jazz music much of the thought process centers around instrumental music, however jazz is as much a medium for vocalists as it is for instrumentalists. In order to provide a taste of the lyrical side of jazz our playlist includes three of the best, Nina Simone with My Baby Just Cares For Me; Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan with the melancholy, bluesy Black Coffee and one of my all time favorite singers (ooooh, I just luv this woman’s voice!) Ms. Nancy Wilson and her version of In The Heat Of The Night.

If you are going to introduce someone to the jazz guitar and the jazz saxophone there are few better to start with than Wes Montgomery (guitar) who gives us Four On Six and John Coltrane (saxophone, often referred to as just “Trane” by jazz fans) with his classic rendition of My Favorite Things. Far from the first ones to play these instruments, each man is considered one of the most innovative artists in jazz and has been a major influence on all who have come after them.

To round out and finish up our first lesson we take you home with three more jazz standards (and personal favs)… Red Clay from trumpet extraordinaire Freddie Hubbard, Maiden Voyage from the versatile master of all things keyboards Herbie Hancock, and Take Five from pianist and jazz icon Dave Brubeck.

Whew! OK, I hope I haven’t worn you out with all that “talk”. Time for our “Jazz 101″ class to begin. Face forward, eyes up front and make sure to take extensive notes as we present to you…

“Jazz 101 - An Introduction to Jazz, Lesson #1″

RIBS TPTD: Jazz 101 - An Introduction To Jazz 1

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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])

1. So What - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue [9:25]
2. Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth [8:47]
3. Take The ‘A’ Train - Duke Ellington - Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band [2:52]
4. April In Paris - Count Basie and His Orchestra - April in Paris [3:51]
5. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue [3:38]
6. Four On Six - Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery [6:17]
7. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane - The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology [13:40]
8. In The Heat Of The Night - Nancy Wilson - Welcome to My Love [2:34]
9. Black Coffee - Sarah Vaughan - The Divine Sarah Vaughan: The Columbia Years 1949 - 1953) [3:18]
10. Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay [12:11]
11. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage [7:57]
12. Take Five - Dave Brubeck - Time Out [5:26]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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RIBS TPTD: ‘Sax Appeal’ 2 - Coltrane, Turrentine & Grover…

A little late again this week, mucho problems with the ol’ Internet service on the home front this week {sigh}…

BUT, here (finally) is Part II of our month long look at the saxophone (we call it ‘Sax Appeal’ Month) and the many artists that have mastered this sweet sounding instrument.

Now in last week’s initial ‘Sax Appeal’ playlist, we gave you a wide variety of players from past to present, from Jazz to Funky Soul. Today however, we focus exclusively on the Jazz side of things with three of the best to ever blow the horn:

1. John Coltrane
2. Stanley Turrentine
3. Grover Washington, Jr.

John Coltrane: Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in Jazz history.

Stanley Turrentine: Stanley William Turrentine was one of the most distinctive tenor saxophonists in jazz. Known for his big, warm, sound, “The Sugar Man” or the original “Mr. T” found inspiration in the blues and turned it into a hugely successful career with a #1 hit and four Grammy nominations — first in R&B and then in Jazz.

Grover Washington, Jr.: Considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of Smooth Jazz, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Grover made some of this genre’s most memorable hits, including “Mr. Magic”, “Black Frost”, and “The Best Is Yet To Come”.

Time to let these three sweep you up on a sax-i-fied cloud of sound as we present to you…

“Sax Appeal 2 - Coltrane, Turrentine & Grover”

RIBS TPTD: Sax Appeal 2 - Coltrane, Turrentine & Grover

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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])

1. My One And Only Love - John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman [4:57]
2. Don’t Mess With Mister T - Stanley Turrentine - Don’t Mess With Mister T [9:51]
3. Trouble Man - Grover Washington, Jr. - Soul Box [15:45]
4. In A Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane [4:17]
5. Sugar - Stanley Turrentine - Sugar [10:03]
6. Masterpiece - Grover Washington, Jr. - Soul Box [13:15]
7. A Love Supreme (Part One Acknowledgment) - John Coltrane [7:52]
8. Love Hangover - Stanley Turrentine - The Man With The Sad Face [3:49]
9. Time Out Of Mind - Grover Washington, Jr. - Time Out Of Mind [5:05]
10. Cousin Mary - John Coltrane - The Last Giant [5:48]

Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.

Enjoy!

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