As a friend remarked earlier today " its been a rough year for music legends" I am saddened to have heard about the passing of Louie Bellson, drummer extraordinaire.Bellson was and still is one of the all time great drummers of our lifetime. Standing among the likes of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, Bellson played with them all........ from Dizzy and the Duke to Satchmo,.....Ella, Count Basie,. you name it Bellson played with them as well as leading his own groups, the most recent being the Louie Bellson Big Band Explosion.
So what does this have to do with the Funk Road you might ask.......In 1969 Louie Bellson and his 18 piece orchestra in conjuntion with producer /arranger Oliver Nelson teamed up with none other than the Godfather himself and sideman Maceo Parker to record a jazz,funk, big band album by the name of Soul on Top. The two tracks posted hear are done in ways you've never heard before ( unless you were lucky enough to have heard the original Soul on Top or the 2006 re-issue. )
Track one is a cover of the old Hank williams Sr. song "Your Cheating Heart" done only the way James Brown could do it..........and track 2 is the James Brown standard " Papa Got a Brand New Bag"only done (loosely) big band style
Your Cheatin' Heart- http://www.divshare.com/download/6592977-c9e
Papa Got a Brand New Bag - http://www.divshare.com/download/6592998-6e1
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