Soul Jazz Horns
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"Horns" means the brass family as well as the extended family: woodwinds. Many horn players double on flute, clarinet, and even bagpipes, so it is pointless to draw severe lines. Part of the reason for this is the natural attraction of trumpets and saxophones, particularly, and the surplus of talented players. The instruments are relatively easy to buy, maintain, and transport, and they have no trouble making themselves heard. Another consideration is marching bands, from high school to the military, which tend to glorify the brass. In jazz the horns, like the bird elsewhere, represent freedom; freedom is the essence of jazz. While keyboards and stringed instruments tend to have greater ranges of expression (and more easily double as percussion), brass provides the blastoff, the soar, and the dive. The lead horn is a telegram for the artistic statement. Additionally, horns work ensemble (i.e., a horn "section") to provide mid-range ballast and melodic impact. 1960s dance music, the mod sound, depends on brass as its core. Finally, in either case, lead or chorus, the horns substitute for vocals. Most soul jazz is instrumental, after all. Jazz has long killed itself with internal squabbling and deification of one star at the expense of others. Miles Davis may have been the greatest trumpeter, but Blue Mitchell's funkier records are better for DJs. The Blackbyrds go over better than Ornette Coleman in a club. Then there is Yusef Lateef, whose oriental exoticism makes "out" not only palatable but beautiful. Somewhere in between soul jazz and straight-ahead jazz or bop lie Hank Mobley and others. Buying: Great soul jazz LPs with horn(s) as the lead are the opposite of soul-jazz organ LPs: difficult to find. Many of the most prolific, top names have been comped and reissued repeatedly, however. |
Soul-Jazz Horns LPs
| Rating | |
| 8 | The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Accent on Africa; Capitol ST-2987 |
| 7 | Cannonball Adderley Presents Love, Sex, & the Zodiac; Fantasy F-9445; 1972 (partly spoken) |
| 8 | Cannonball Adderley Presents Soul Zodiac, Written & Narrated by Rick Holmes, The Nat Adderley Sextet; Capitol SVBB-11025; 1972 (2-LP; partly spoken; red-label early pressings) |
| 8 | Cannonball Adderley Presents Soul of the Bible; Capitol SABB-11120; 1972 (2-LP; partly spoken) |
| 7 | The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Happy People; Capitol ST-11121; 1972 (free/out/Brasilian; prod. David Axelrod; w/Airto, Flora Purim, George Duke, King Errison, David T. Walker, Olga James..) |
| 8 | The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Pyramid; Fantasy F-79455; 1974 |
| 7 | Cannonball Adderley: Phoenix; Fantasy F-79004; 1975 (2-LP; hip updates of Capitol hits) |
| 6 | Gary Bartz Ntu Troop: Juju Street Songs; Prestige 10057; 1972 |
| 7 | Gary Bartz Ntu Troop: Follow, the Medicine Man; Prestige 10068; 1973/1972-3 |
| 7 | Randy Brecker: Score; Solid State SS-18051 (mod jazz/funky rock) |
| 8 | George Braith: Musart; Prestige PRST-7515; 1967 |
| 8 | Rusty Bryant Returns; Prestige PRST-7626; 1969 (alto sax; w/Sonny Phillips, Grant Green..) |
| 7 | Rusty Bryant: Night Train Now; Prestige PRST-7735; 1969 |
| 8 | Rusty Bryant: Fire Eater; Prestige PRST-10014; 1970 |
| 7 | Rusty Bryant: Soul Liberation; Prestige PRST-10028; 1970 (w/Charles Earland, Melvin Sparks..) |
| 7 | Rusty Bryant: Wildfire; Prestige PRST-10037; 1972 |
| 6 | Rusty Bryant: For the Good Times; Prestige PRST-10073; 1973 |
| 6 | Rusty Bryant: Until It's Time for You to Go; Prestige; 1974 (w/Horace Ott, Wilbur Bascomb, Bernard Purdie..) |
| 7 | Sonny Cox: The Wailer; Cadet LPS-765; 1966 (w/Cleveland Eaton) |
| Hank Crawford: More Soul; Atlantic SD-1372 | |
| Hank Crawford: The Soul Clinic; Atlantic SD-1372 | |
| Hank Crawford: From the Heart; Atlantic SD-1387 | |
| Hank Crawford: Soul of the Ballad; Atlantic SD-1405 | |
| Hank Crawford: True Blue; Atlantic SD-1423 | |
| Hank Crawford: Dig These Blues; Atlantic SD-1436 | |
| 5 | Hank Crawford: After Hours; Atlantic SD-1455; 1967 |
| 6 | Donald Byrd: Up; Verve V6-8609; 1964 (w/Claus Ogerman, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Turrentine |
| Donald Byrd: Profile; Blue Note BST-84022 | |
| Donald Byrd: Tender Feelin's; Blue Note BST-84035 | |
| 7 | Donald Byrd: A New Perspective; Blue Note BST-84124 (jazz gospel w/voices) |
| 8 | Donald Byrd: Ethiopian Knights; Blue Note BST-84380; 1972/1971 |
| 7 | Donald Byrd's Best; Blue Note BN-LA700-G; 1976 (compilation) |
| Lou Donaldson: Signifyin'; Cadet LP-724 | |
| Lou Donaldson: Possum Head; Cadet LP-734 | |
| 6 | Lou Donaldson: Cole Slaw; Cadet LP-747 |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Rough House Blues; Cadet LP-768; 1965/1964 (w/Oliver Nelson) |
| 6 | Lou Donaldson: Musty Rusty; Argo LP-759; 1965 (w/Grant Green) |
| 6 | Lou Donaldson: Blowin' in the Wind; Cadet LP-789; 1966 |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: At his Best; Cadet LP-815; 1966 |
| 6 | Lou Donaldson: Live--Fried Buzzard; GRT/Cadet LPS-842; 1965 (released later, live w/Bill Hardman) |
| Lou Donaldson: Swing & Soul; Blue Note BLP-1566 | |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Takes Off; Blue Note ST-81591 |
| 8 | Lou Donaldson: Blues Walk; Blue Note |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: LD+3; Blue Note BST-84012 |
| 8 | Lou Donaldson: The Time is Right; Blue Note BST-84025 |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Here 'Tis; Blue Note BST-84066 |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Gravy Train; Blue Note BST-84079 |
| 8 | Lou Donaldson: The Natural Soul; Blue Note BST-84108 |
| Lou Donaldson: Good Gracious; Blue Note BST-84125 | |
| 8 | Lou Donaldson: Alligator Boogaloo; Blue Note BST-84263 (w/Lonnie Smith) |
| 9 | Lou Donaldson: Mr. Shing-A-Ling; Blue Note BST-84271 (w/Blue Mitchell) |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Midnight Creeper; Blue Note BST-84280 (all down tempo) |
| 9 | Lou Donaldson: Say it Loud!; Blue Note BST-84299; 1969 (w/Blue Mitchell, Charles Earland) |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Hot Dog; Blue Note BST-84318; 1969 (w/Melvin Sparks, Charles Earland) |
| 8 | Lou Donaldson: Everything I Play is Funky; Liberty/Blue Note BST-84337; 1970 (w/Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith, Melvin Sparks, Charles Earland) |
| Lou Donaldson: Pretty Things; Blue Note BST-84359 | |
| 6 | Lou Donaldson: Cosmos; Blue Note BST-84370; 1971 |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Sassy Soul Strut; UA/Blue Note BN-LA-109-F; 1973 (w/Horace Ott) |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: Sweet Lou; UA/Blue Note BN-LA-259-G; 1974 (w/Horace Ott) |
| 7 | Lou Donaldson: The Scorpion--Live at the Cadillac Club; Capitol/Blue Note B1-7243-8-31876-1-4; 1995/1970 (w/Melvin Sparks; live version of "Alligator Boogaloo") |
| 6 | Lou Donaldson: Color as a Way of Life; Atlantic/Cotillion SD-9915; 1977 |
| 7 | Don Ellis: Electric Bath; Columbia CS-9585 (mod) |
| 7 | Don Ellis: Shock Treatment; Columbia CS-9668 (mod) |
| 8 | Booker Ervin: Exultation!; Prestige PRST-7293; 1963 (PRST-7844; 1970 reissue adds 2 alternates from a 45) |
| Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book; Prestige PRST-7295; 1963 | |
| 7 | Booker Ervin: The Space Book; Prestige PRST-7386; 1965 (out, not soul jazz) |
| 7 | Leonard Feather: The Night Blooming Jazzmen; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-348 (w/Blue Mitchell, Ernie Watts) |
| 7 | The Freedom Sounds Featuring Wayne Henderson: People Get Ready; Atlantic SD-1492; 1967 |
| 8 | The Freedom Sounds Featuring Wayne Henderson: Soul Sound System; Atlantic SD-1512; 1968 |
| 7 | Dizzy Gillespie & the Big Band w/Lalo Schifrin: New Continent; Limelight LM-82022; 1965 (w/Emil Richards, Francisco Aguabella, Frank Rololino..) |
| 6 | Dizzy Gillespie: Cornucopia; Solid State SS-18061; 1970 (mod) |
| 7 | Dizzy Gillespie Meets the Phil Woods Quintet; Timeless SJP-250; 1987 |
| 6 | Bunky Green: Transformations; Vanguard VSD-79387; 1977 (w/Billy Butler, Bad Bascomb, Clark Terry..) |
| 7 | Al Grey/Jimmy Forrest: O.D. (Out 'Dere); GreyForrest GF-1001; 1980 |
| -> | Rufus Harley |
| 7 | Eddie Harris: Mean Greens; Atlantic SD-1453; 1966 |
| 7 | Eddie Harris: Listen Here; Atlantic SD-1495; 1967 |
| 7 | Eddie Harris: Plug Me In; Atlantic SD-1506; 1968 |
| 7 | Woody Herman: The Raven Speaks; Fantasy 9416; 1972 (2 funky cuts) |
| 6 | Monk Higgins: Extra Soul Perception; Solid State SS-18046; 1969 (great except strings) |
| 7 | Monk Higgins: Little Mama; United Artists UA-LA005-F; 1972 |
| 7 | Johnny Houston: Makin' Bacon is a Family Affair; Passion LP-5001; 1973 (ex James Brown, etc. player; soul jazz/funk/funky rock) |
| 7 | Willis Jackson: Star Bag; Prestige PRST-7571; 1968 (w/Trudy Pitts, Wild Bill Jennings..) |
| 7 | Willis Jackson: Gator's Groove; Prestige PRST-7648; 1969 ("Brother Ray" [Barretto] the mod-soul boogaloo) |
| 7 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Color; Atlantic SD-1674; 1975 (2-LP but 3-sided; w/Pat Patrick) |
| 7 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Bright Moments; Atlantic SD-2-907; 1973 (2-LP; live) |
| 8 | Yusef Lateef: Eastern Sounds; Prestige PR-7319; 1961 (Bill Evans) |
| 8 | Yusef Lateef Quintet: Other Sounds; Prestige/New Jazz 8218 (Expressions; Prestige PR-7658) |
| 7 | Yusef Lateef: Cry! Tender; Prestige/New Jazz 8234 (Prestige PR-7748) |
| 6 | Yusef Lateef: Into Something; Prestige/New Jazz 8272 (Prestige PR-7637) |
| Yusef Lateef: Jazz Around the World; ABC/Impulse AS-56; 1963 | |
| Yusef Lateef: Live at Pep's; ABC/Impulse AS-69; 1964 | |
| Yusef Lateef: 1984; ABC/Impulse AS-84; 1965 | |
| Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus; ABC/Impulse AS-92; 1965 | |
| Yusef Lateef: A Flat, G Flat, & C; ABC/Impulse AS-9117; 1966 | |
| 6 | Yusef Lateef: The Golden Flute; ABC/Impulse AS-9125; 1966 |
| 8 | Yusef Lateef: The Blue Yusef Lateef; Atlantic SD-1508; 1968 |
| 6 | Yusef Lateef's Detroit--Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83°; Atlantic SD-1525; 1969 |
| 6 | Yusef Lateef: The Gentle Giant; Atlantic SD-1602; 1972 |
| 8 | Yusef Lateef; Prestige PR-24007 (2-LP compilation) |
| 8 | Yusef Lateef: Reevaluations--The Impulse Years; ABC/Impulse AS-9259-2 (2-LP compilation) |
| 4 | Yusef Lateef: In a Temple Garden; CTI 7088; 1979 |
| 7 | Arnie Lawrence, his Saxophone, & Strings: You're Gonna Hear from Me; Project 3 PR-5011-SD; 1966 (mod/exotic w/quica) |
| 8 | Arnie Lawrence: Look Toward a Dream; Project 3 PR-5028-SD; 1968 (w/Larry Coryell) |
| 8 | Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q; Kent KST-540 (w/Shuggie Otis) |
| 8 | Duke Lumumba: Jungle Funk; Capitol ST-284 (soul-jazz horns/Afro-jazz) |
| Hugh Masekela: Alive & Well at the Whisky; MCA/Uni 73015 | |
| 6 | Hugh Masekela: The Promise of a Future; MCA/Uni 73028 |
| 7 | Jackie McClean & Gary Bartz: Ode to Super; SteepleChase SCS-1009; 1973 (Denmark) |
| 6 | Charles McPherson; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-329; 1971 |
| 8 | Blue Mitchell: The Thing to Do; Blue Note BST-84178 |
| 7 | The Blue Mitchell Quintet: Down With It!; Blue Note BST-84214 |
| 7 | Blue Mitchell: Bring it Home to Me; Blue Note BST-84228 |
| 8 | Blue Mitchell: Collision in Black; Blue Note BST-84300; 1969 (arr. Monk Higgins) |
| 9 | Blue Mitchell: Bantu Village; Blue Note BST-84324; 1969 (comp./arr. Monk Higgins) |
| 8 | Blue Mitchell; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-315; 1971 |
| 8 | Blue Mitchell: Graffiti Blues; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-400; 1973 |
| 8 | Blue Mitchell: Many Shades of Blue; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-402; 1974 |
| 8 | Blue Mitchell/Charles Kynard/Roy Haynes/Charles Williams: Booty; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-413; 1974 |
| Hank Mobley Sextet; Blue Note BLP-1540 | |
| Hank Mobley All Stars [Reunion]; Blue Note BLP-1544 | |
| Hank Mobley Quintet [Funk in Deep Freeze]; Blue Note BLP-1550 | |
| Hank Mobley: Hank; Blue Note BLP-1560 | |
| Hank Mobley: Peckin' Time; Blue Note BST-81574; 1958 | |
| Hank Mobley: Soul Station; Blue Note BST-84031 | |
| Hank Mobley: Roll Call; Blue Note BST-84058 | |
| Hank Mobley: Workout; Blue Note BST-84080 | |
| 7 | Hank Mobley: No Room for Squares; Blue Note BST-84149 |
| 7 | Hank Mobley: The Turnaround!; Blue Note BST-84186 |
| 7 | Hank Mobley: Dippin'; Blue Note BST-84209 |
| Hank Mobley: A Caddy for Daddy; Blue Note BST-84230 | |
| 8 | Hank Mobley: Hi Voltage; Blue Note BST-84273 |
| 7 | Hank Mobley: The Flip; Blue Note BST-84329; 1969 |
| 7 | James Moody: Don't Look Away Now!; Prestige PRST-7625; 1969 (w/Eddie Jefferson) |
| 7 | James Moody: Sax & Flute Man; Paula LPS-4003; 1973 |
| Lee Morgan: Delightfullee; Blue Note BST-84243 | |
| 7 | Lee Morgan: The Gigolo; Blue Note BST-84212 |
| 8 | Oliver Nelson: Skull Session; Flying Dutchman BDL1-0825; 1975 (horns/Moog) |
| 8 | The NORAD Commanders: Ballads & Brass ("Hot Pants" cover & more!) |
| 7 | Houston Person: Underground Soul; Prestige PRST-7491; 1966 (tenor sax) |
| Houston Person: Chocomotive; Prestige PRST-7517; 1967 | |
| 7 | Houston Person: Trust in Me; Prestige PRST-7548; 1968 |
| 6 | Houston Person: Blue Odyssey; Prestige PRST-7566; 1968 |
| 7 | Houston Person: Soul Dance; Prestige PRST-7621; 1969 (w/Boogaloo Joe Jones) |
| 8 | Houston Person: Goodness!; Prestige PRST-7678; 1969 (w/Sonny Phillips, Billy Butler) |
| 7 | Houston Person: Truth!; Prestige PRST-7767; 1970 |
| 8 | Houston Person: The Best of Houston Person; Prestige PRST-7779 (compilation; 1 cut each from 1st 6 LPs!) |
| 5 | Houston Person: Broken Windows, Empty Hallways; Prestige PRT-10044; 1972 |
| 8 | Houston Person: Sweet Buns & Barbeque; Prestige PRT-10075; 1973/1972 |
| 8 | Houston Person: The Real Thing; Eastbound 2EB-9010; 1973 (2-LP; live) |
| 6 | Houston Person: Houston Person '75; Westbound WESTBW-205; 1975 |
| 5 | Houston Person: Get Outa My Way; Westbound WESTBW-213; 1975 |
| Pryde: Pipe Dreams; Polydor 2384-086; 1976 (bagpipes) | |
| 8 | Phil Ranelin: Vibes from the Tribe; Tribe TRCD-4008; 1976/1975 (soul-jazz horns/spiritual soul jazz/Indo-jazz;; Hefty; 2001) |
| 7 | Buddy Rich: The Roar of '74; Groove Merchant GM-528; 1974/1973 (12-piece horn section; NOT your typical Buddy Rich record) |
| 9 | Charles Rouse: Two is One; Strata-East SES-19746; 1974 |
| 8 | San Francisco Express: Getting It Together by; Reynolds PR-712; 1979 |
| 7 | Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes (King Curtis, Hank Crawford, David Newman; Atlantic SD-1532; 1969 (arr./cond. Marty Sheller) |
| 8 | Gene Shaw Sextet: Carnival Sketches; Argo LP-743; 1964 |
| 7 | Sonny Stitt: Shangri-La; Prestige PRST-7332; 1964 (w/Don Patterson) |
| 7 | Sonny Stitt: Stomp Off Let's Go; Flying Dutchman BDL1-1538; 1976 |
| 8 | Hal Singer: Paris Soul Food; Polydor [France] (King KSD-1075) |
| 6 | Buddy Terry: Electric Soul!; Prestige PRST-7525; 1967 |
| 6 | Buddy Terry: Natural Soul; Prestige PRST-7541; 1968 (w/Larry Young, Wally Richardson, Joe Thomas..) |
| 6 | Buddy Terry: Awareness; Mainstream/Red Lion MRL-336 |
| 8 | Fats Theus: Black Out; CTI 1005; 1970 (w/Grant Green; Eddie Moore plays saw on "Bed of Nails") |
| 7 | The Three Souls: Dangerous Dan Express; Cadet/Argo LPS-4036; 1964 (w/Sonny Cox) |
| 8 | The Three Souls: Soul Sounds; Cadet/Argo LP-4044 (w/Sonny Cox) |
| 8 | Chester Thompson: Powerhouse; Black Jazz |
| 5 | Stanley Turrentine: Always Something There; Blue Note BST-84298 |
| 8 | Stanley Turrentine: Common Touch; Blue Note BST-84315; 1969/1968 |
| 7 | Jiggs Whigham: Values; MPS 21-20883-4; 1971 |
| 5 | Tommy Wills: [Soulful Moods of] Man with a Horn; Airtown/Terry-Gregory TG-1005 |
| 7 | Gerald Wilson: Feelin' Kinda Blues; Pacific Jazz ST-20099 |
Partly Soul-Jazz Horns LPs
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| 8 | Felix Morton: Big & Brassy/Peter Gordon: Light & Easy; Bosworth BLP-140; 1975 (soul-jazz horns, mod funk, mexicali) |
| 6 | Roberto Leydi (rec.): African Rhythms & Instruments Vol. 3; Albatros; 1969 (live at Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algeria; Lyrichord LLST-7339; features the African bagpipe-equivalent) |
Soul-Jazz Horns 45s
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| 6 | Sonny Cox: Chocolate Candy/The Choking Kind; Bell B-790 |
| 8 | Monk Higgins & the Satellites: Mister Luckee/Ain't that Hateful; Satellite 2010 |
| 8 | Monk Higgins: What Fah/Ceatrix Did It; St. Lawrence 1022 (B-side earlier version of "Diggin' in the Dirt") |
| 8 | Monk Higgins: Arkansas Yard Bird/I'll Still Be There; Sundi 317 |
| 8 | Terumasa Hino Quintet: Snake Hip/Hakuchu No Shugeki Theme; Columbia LL-10111-J (Japan; picture sleeve) |
| 8 | Jesse Morrison: Loving You/Shakey Pudding; Abet 9462; 1975 (B-side w/synth) |
| 7 | Specialties Unltd: You Save'd Me (sic)/Hold on to Your Man; Sack 709 (Monk Higgins w/female vocalists) |
| 8 | The Three Souls featuring Sonny Cox: You're No Good/Chittlins Con Carne; Chess/Argo 5514 (from Soul Sounds; Argo LP-4044) |
| 6 | Lonnie Youngblood: All Platinum/Turbo 29; 1972 |
Soul-Jazz Bagpipes 45s
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| 8 | Ernie Fields, Jr.: Watch Your Step/Funky Pipes; Kent KS-4554 (flute/bagpipes) |
| 8 | Pryde: The Funky Beggarman/The Green Hills; Polydor 2058-793; 1976 (from "Pipe Dreams" LP) |
| 8 | Gary Sherman: The Journey/Wee Gary & his Piper Cubs: Bagpipe Bomp; London XAM-4501V (guitar/bagpipes) |
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