KTUH The Cookbook: Recipes of Sound 3/13/12 Ray Charles / Abbey Lincoln / The Silvertons

Ray Charles - I Dont Need No Doctor / Please Say Your Fooling - 45 RPM (ABC Records) 1966

-"I Don't Need No Doctor" was a hit song written by Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Jo Armstead, and first recorded by Ray Charles in 1966. Over the years, it has been covered by bands such as garage rock band The Chocolate Watch Band in 1969, Humble Pie in 1971, New Riders of the Purple Sage in 1972, metal band W.A.S.P. in 1986 and by the garage punk band The Nomads in 1989. Styx also covered this song. Humble Pie's version became an FM radio hit and peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. - Wikipedia

1st hour - Blue Organs and Beats - Jive Talkin! Tittyshakin'

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Abby Lincoln - Abbey is Blue (Riverside) 1959

-Abbey Lincoln recorded three albums for the Riverside label in the late '50s, the last of which was ABBEY IS BLUE. On four cuts, including the album opener, Lincoln is backed by a three-piece horn section and a propulsive rhythm section (including her then-husband, Max Roach). The opening cut features the first vocal presentation of Herbie Mann's "Afro-Blue." Two pieces by Kurt Weill stand nicely alongside numbers by Ellington, Lincoln herself, and other jazz composers of the day. The entire album has the feel of a chamber piece, with its quietly propulsive arrangements and Lincoln's elegant simplicity and emotional depth. ABBEY IS BLUE is yet another highly recommended title from Abbey Lincoln's rich catalog.

Personnel: Abbey Lincoln (vocals); Les Spann (guitar, flute); Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Kenny Dorham, Tommy Turrentine (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Phil Wright, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton (piano); Bobby Boswell (double bass); Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones (drums).

2nd hour - Vocal Jazz Carib Breaks

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The Silvertons - Make it Funky - West Indies Funk Vol. 3 (Trans Air) 70's / 2011

- San Juan's Trans Air imprint set a high standard with the previous two volumes in their West Indies Funk series. They rounded up obscure 45s and album tracks from numerous obscure Caribbean outfits, from proto reggae and instrumental funk groups to steel bands that played the cruise ship circuit and fantastically original arrangements of well-known jams dictated, no doubt, by economic necessities of the tourist trade -- but who cares? Those two offerings were solid through and through. That said, one can't be blamed for wondering just how deep the well goes before it hits sand. It might, but West Indies Funk, Vol. 3 is every bit as fine as its predecessors. Go no further than album opener "Funky Abbey Road," by the Original Tropicana Steel Band. The sound quality is quite high on this number, and while the title certainly hints at the Beatles, this jam is actually a completely insane percussion and guitar orgy based on "I'm a Man" by Chicago (off their debut album). Later on the same group nails -- with muddier sound -- an equally twisted version of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine," with stellar snare breaks. It gets wilder still with the Trinidad & Tobago Steel All Stars laying out a tough and spliffed-out version of Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's "Do Your Thing." While there isn't a weak tune in the bunch, there are some other clear standouts: the pure hand-drum, jazz-funk glory of Earl Rodney's "Midnight Man"; the primitive "The Devil's Out Tonight" by Carl McKnight's Sweat & Steel Drum Band; and the Trinidad Steel Drummers' completely narcoticized reading of "Cissy Strut" to close the package. You can't go wrong with this series thus far, and these three volumes are a summer party soundtrack all on their own. No matter what time of year it is, it's always summer in these grooves. ~ Thom Jurek (CD Universe)

3rd hour - FUNKY funk funk JAZZ JAZZ!!!

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