APRIL 2004 | Groove Digging

Ric Lee

British drummer, known for being a member of Ten Years After. He was also a member of Wizard’s Convention, the Jaybirds and Ric Lee’s Naural Born Swingers.

•(7”) Man On The Run/Free Fall (MAM MAM 141) 1976

*Produced by John Jones (ex-Jonesy)

Funky track:

Man On The Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHgNnqhv1gg

White Cloud

Band from New York, NY, with Donald Payne (bass), Kenny Kosek (fiddle), Teddy Wender (keyboards), Joanne Vent (vocals), Thomas Jefferson Kaye (guitar, vocals) and Richard Crooks (percussion)

Donald Payne released a soloalbum in 2001 and he was a member of the Bobby Scott Quartet, Mundell Lowe & his All Stars, the Group With No Name, the Patti Wicks Trio and the Paul Horn Quintet

Kenny Kosek released a soloalbum in 1997, an album with Matt Glaser (1980) and he was a member of Breakfast Special, Country Cooking, the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, the Klezmer Mountain Boys and Doug Sahm & Band.

Joanne Vent released a soloalbum in 1969 and she was a member of the Persuaders and Alice & the Wonderland Band

Thomas Jefferson Kaye released several soloalbums, a single as T.J. Black and he was a member of Laramie and T.J.K. & his P.S. 13 Blues Band

Richard Crooks was a member of Cuda Crooks & Fradley, Eric Weissberg & Deliverance, the Scullville Rhythm Section, Slow Train and Colours

(LP) White Cloud (Good Medicine GM-LP-3500) 1972

Funky track:

Hound Dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwp4jgz-fVc

The Wright Brothers Flying Machine

USA band with Arthur Wright (vocals, guitar), Larry Wright (vocals) and Bonita Wilson (vocals).

Arthur Wright released four solosingles as Little Arthur, three singles as Sir Arthur and he was a member of Afrique, Arthur Wright & his Orchestra, the Arthur Wright Combo and the Googie Rene Combo.

Larry Wright released a single with the Bob Dempsey Band.

(LP) Wright Brothers Flying Machine (Casablanca NBLP 7112) 1978

Funky track:

I’ve Got Love In My Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Q5mA9AXnc

Hiroki Inui & Tao

Band of the Japanese keyboardist Hiroki Inui from Tokyo, who died in 2003 with Masami Mato (guitar), Toshiyuki Honda (saxophone), Akihiro Tanaka (bass), Shuichi Murakami (drums), Yutaka Haraga (drums), Tsuyoshi Kon (guitar), Pecker (percussion), Hiroki Inui (piano, synthesizer)

Toshiyuki Honda released several soloalbums and he was a member of 7 Seven, the Masao Nakajima Quartet, the Masaru Imada NOWIN, the Ryojiro Furusawa Group, Sunburst, the Super Quartet and the Toshiyuki Honda Radio Club.

Akihiro Tanaka was a member of Shigeru Suzuki & Huckleback and Original The Dylan

Shuichi Murakami released several soloalbums and he was a member of 7 Seven, Akai Tori, the Electro Keyboard Orchestra, the JOQR DJ Girls, Loser, Mash, the Miro Takebi Trio, the Mobo Band, Nobu Caine, Nobu-Zans, Ponta Box, the Shuko Muzino Combo and State Of The Rhythm

Yutaka Haraga was a member of Coconut Bank, the Exotics, Ruffy Tuffy, Sugar Babe, the Cosmic Suite Ensemble and Muharachibu.

Tsuyoshi Kon released a soloalbum in 1980 and he was a member of Aragon, Manx, Nobu Caine, Parachute and the 桃姫Band.

Pecker released three soloalbums and he was a member of Cuatro Locos, Mash, Orquesta Del Sol, Splaash and the Kidnaping Blues Band

(LP) The Illusion Of Sand Hills (Warner Bros. M-11002W) 1979

Funky track:

Moon Watcher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s012iT9Fzcs

Don Julian & the Larks

Vocal group from Los Angeles, CA, with Don Julian, Ronald Barrett, Earl Jones, Randy Jones, Charles Morrison and Ted Walters

Don Julian released a soloalbum in 1973 and he was a member of Don Julian & the Meadowlarks, the Larks and the Meadowlarks

Ronald Barrett released a single with the Duals and he was a member of the Larks and the Meadowlarks.

Earl Jones was a member of the Larks and the Meadowlarks

Randy Jones was a member of the Larks

(LP) Super Slick (Money MY 1110) 1974

Funky tracks:

Super Slick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3inr802Vo8I

Shorty The Pimp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T86-lkbcHhM

Schoolin’ And Foolin’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ8ydcgNdW0

Respect Yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFb4gvwehrE

A Woman Ain’t Nothin’...But A Stone Trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6uQDPqIEU

The Harold Johnson Sextet

The band from pianist Harold Johnson with Alfred Patterson (saxophone), Eddy Synigal (saxophone), Jimmy Nash (bass), Ronald Rutledge (drums), Leon “Ndugu” Chancler (drums), David Crawford (flute), Billy Jackson (percussion), Mike Shaw (saxophone) and Larry Nash (vibraphone)

Harold Johnson released a soloalbum in 1970 and he was a member of Finished Touch, the Devastating Affair and the Philosophers.

Alfred Patterson was a member of the David Murray Big Band, the Ebony Brass Quintet, the Leo Smith Creative Orchestra, the Nancie Banks Orchestra, the Oliver Lake Big Band, the Roscoe Mitchell Creative Orchestra, the Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra and the Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound.

Eddy Synigal was a member of Hank Deluxe & the Elbow Benders and Rob Rio & the Revolvers

Leon “Ndugu” Chancler released a soloalbum in 1988 and he was a member of Ndugu & the Chocolate Jam Co., the Curtis Amy Sextet, Fuse One, high TIME, the Mtume Umoja Ensemble, Prophetz Of Time And Space, the Rob Mullins Band, Santana, the Buddy Collette Big Band, the Chocolate Jam Co., the Crusaders, the Gathering, the George Duke Band, the Meeting, the Stanley Clarke Trio, Wayne Henderson & Next Crusade and Weather Report.

David Crawford released a solosingle in 2007

Billy Jackson was a member of the Ace Hill Trio, Mark Masters’ Jazz Orchestra and Mark Masters’ Jazz Composers Orchestra

Larry Nash released a soloalbum in 1974 and he was a member of Jazz Symphonics, the L.A. Express and the Love Affair

(LP) Everybody Loves A Winner (Revue RS 7204) 1968

Funky track:

We’re A Winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOWsVjjjkI

(7”) Think/Sorry ‘Bout That (Revue R-11036) 1968

Funky track:

Think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdf3yCi8lXM