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Funky Solar Voyage (Ramsey Lewis Tribute)
Funky Solar Voyage
BendingCorner's kozmigroov tribute to the funky pianist - Ramsey Lewis. This set explores the funky blues and cosmic grooves of Lewis's 1970s period.
68 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. Ramsey Lewis - Bold and Black
    (from: Another Voyage | 1969)
  2. Ramsey Lewis - Whatever Set You Free
    (from: Them Changes | 1970)
  3. Ramsey Lewis - Up In Yonder
    (from: Back To The Root | 1971)
  4. Ramsey Lewis - Slipping Into Darkness
    (from: Upendo Ni Pamoja | 1972)
  5. Ramsey Lewis - If Loving You Is Wrong
    (from: Funky Serenity | 1973)
  6. Ramsey Lewis - Collage
    (from: Upendo Ni Pamoja | 1972)
  7. Ramsey Lewis - Dreams
    (from: Funky Serenity | 1973)
  8. Ramsey Lewis - Hummingbird
    (from: Solar Wind | 1974)
  9. Ramsey Lewis - Thats The Way of The World
    (from: Don't It Feel Good | 1970)
  10. Ramsey Lewis - Jungle Strut
    (from: Sungoddess | 1974)
  11. Ramsey Lewis - Slick
    (from: Salongo | 1976)
  12. Ramsey Lewis - My Angel's Smile
    (from: Tequila Mockingbird | 1977)
Wayne's Weather (Wayne Shorter Tribute)
Wayne's Weather
BendingCorner's kozmigroov tribute to the renowned saxman - Wayne Shorter. This set explores the slightly bent and cosmic grooves of Wayne as a leader, sideman, and composer. All songs were composed by Wayne Shorter with Wayne as a playing member of the band.
58 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. Miles Davis - Water Babies
    (from: Water Babies | 1967)
  2. Miles Davis - Sanctuary
    (from: Bitches Brew | 1970)
  3. Wayne Shorter - Joy
    (from: Odyssey of Iska | 1970)
  4. Wayne Shorter - Montezuma
    (from: Moto Grosso Feio | 1970)
  5. Weather Report - Umbrellas
    (from: Weather Report | 1971)
  6. Weather Report - Non-Stop Home
    (from: Sweetnighter | 1973)
  7. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
    (from: Mysterious Traveller | 1974)
  8. Weather Report - Freezing Fire
    (from: Tale Spinnin' | 1975)
  9. Weather Report - Elegant People
    (from: Black Market | 1976)
  10. Weather Report - Palladium
    (from: Heavy Weather | 1977)
Pharoah Ascends (Pharoah Sanders Tribute)
Pharoah Ascends
BendingCorner's kozmigroov tribute to the legendary phlying pharoah - Pharoah Sanders. This set explores the spiritually cosmic side of Pharoah as a leader and sideman, with a special BC remix on the end.
72 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. Pharoah Sanders - Lower Egypt
    (from: Tauhid | 1967)
  2. Pharoah Sanders - The Creator Has A Master Plan
    (from: Karma | 1969)
  3. Pharoah Sanders - Hum-Allah Hum-Allah Hum-Allah
    (from: Jewels Of Thought | 1969)
  4. Alice Coltrane - Blue Nile
    (from: Ptah, The El Daoud | 1970)
  5. Alice Contrane - Shiva-Loka
    (from: Journey In Satchidananda | 1970)
  6. Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling
    (from: Thembi | 1971)
  7. Pharoah Sanders - Thembi
    (from: Thembi | 1971)
  8. Pharoah Sanders - Greetings To Saud
    (from: Elevation | 1973)
  9. Pharoah Sanders - Naima
    (from: Africa | 1987)
  10. Pharoah Sanders / Boozoo Bajou - Astral Traveling remix (Boozoo Bajou)
    (from: Impulsive | 2005)
Chick To Forever (Chick Corea Tribute)
Chick To Forever
BendingCorner's kozmigroov tribute to master jazz pianist - Chick Corea. This set explores the cosmic and bent side of Corea as a leader and sideman.
86 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. Chick Corea - Sundance
    (from: Sundance | 1969)
  2. Miles Davis - Early Minor
    (from: Complete In A Silent Way (box) | 1969)
  3. Chick Corea - Sometime Ago / L Fiesta
    (from: Return To Forever | 1972)
  4. Chick Corea - Light As A Feather
    (from: Light As A Feather | 1973)
  5. Airto - Return To Forever
    (from: Free | 1972)
  6. Stan Getz - 500 Miles High
    (from: Captin Marvel | 1974)
  7. Stanley Clarke - Bass Folk Song
    (from: Children Of Forever | 1973)
  8. Return To Forever - After The Cosmic Rain
    (from: Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy | 1973)
  9. Return To Forever - Sorceress
    (from: Romantic Warrior | 1976)
  10. Chick Corea - Fickle Funk
    (from: Secret Agent | 1978)
Coryell At Eleven (Larry Coryell Tribute)
Coryell At Eleven
BendingCorner's kozmigroov tribute to jazz guitar master - Larry Coryell. This set explores the heavier (to 11) side of Coryell as a leader and sideman.
64 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. Gary Burton Quartet - One, Two, 1,2,3,4
    (from: Duster | 1967)
  2. Larry Coryell - Stiff Neck
    (from: Lady Coryell | 1968)
  3. Larry Coryell - Spaces (Infinite)
    (from: Spaces | 1970)
  4. Larry Coryell - Call To The Higher Consciousness
    (from: Barefoot Bou | 1972)
  5. Larry Coryell - Scottland 1
    (from: Offering | 1972)
  6. The Eleventh House - Low-Lee Tah
    (from: The Eleventh House | 1974)
  7. Wolfgang Dauner - Yin
    (from: Knirsch | 1972)
  8. The Eleventh House - The Funky Waltz
    (from: The Eleventh House | 1974)
  9. Larry Coryell - Cover Girl
    (from: Planet End | 1975)
  10. The Eleventh House - Kowloon Jag
    (from: Aspects | 1976)
  11. The Eleventh House - Level One
    (from: Level One | 1975)
Deep Rods (David Axelrod Tribute)
Deep Rods
BendingCorner's kozmigroov tribute to production wizard - David Axelrod. This set explore the "deeper" side of Axelrod as a musician and producer.
55 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. David Axelrod - The Human Abstract
    (from: Songs of Experience | 1969)
  2. Cannonball Adderley - Tensity
    (from: Experience in E | 1970)
  3. David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
    (from: Songs of Innocence | 1968)
  4. David Axelrod - Mucho Chupar
    (from: Heavy Axe | 1974)
  5. Nat Adderley - Space Spiritual
    (from: Sour of The Bible | 1972)
  6. David Axelrod - Ken Russell
    (from: Seriously Deep | 1975)
  7. David Axelrod - Everything Counts
    (from: Heavy Axe | 1974)
  8. Cannonball Adderley - The Black Messiah
    (from: The Black Messiah | 1971)
  9. David Axelrod - Reverie
    (from: Seriously Deep | 1975)
Bent Black Jazz
Bent Black Jazz
This set explores the more "bent" side of the incredible Black Jazz label.
67 minutes | download-n-play | comments
  1. Roland Haynes - Eglise
    (from: 2nd Wave | 1975)
  2. Henry Franklin - Beauty and The Electic Tub
    (from: The Skipper | 1972)
  3. Cleveland Eaton - Hamburg
    (from: Plenty Good Eaton | 1974)
  4. Calvin Keys - B.K.
    (from: Shawn-Neeq | 1972)
  5. Roland Haynes - Second Wave
    (from: 2nd Wave | 1975)
  6. Henry Franklin - Blue Lights
    (from: album | 1974)
  7. The Awakening - Mode for D.D.
    (from: Mirage | 1974)
  8. Rudolph Johnson - The Highest Pleasure
    (from: The Second Coming | 1974)
  9. Calvin Keys - Renasissance
    (from: Proceed With Caution | 1974)

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