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7 | Cannonball Adderley Presents Love, Sex, & the Zodiac; Fantasy F-9445; 1972 (spoken) |
7 | Cannonball Adderley Presents Soul Zodiac; Capitol SVBB-11025; 1972 (spoken) |
7 | Mose Allison Sings; Prestige PR-7279; 1963 |
7 | Mose Allison: Transfiguration of Hiram Brown; Columbia CS/CL-1444 |
7 | Mose Allison: I Love the Life I Live; Columbia CS-8365/CL-1565 (partly piano instrumental) |
8 | Mose Allison Takes to the Hills; Columbia/Epic Jazz Series LA-16031 |
7 | Mose Allison: Retrospective; Columbia/CBS C-30564 (compilation) |
7 | Mose Allison: I Don't Worry About a Thing; Atlantic SD-1389; 1962 |
| Mose Allison: Swingin' Machine; Atlantic SD-1398 |
8 | Mose Allison: The Word from Mose; Atlantic SD-1424; 1965 |
7 | Mose Allison: Mose Alive!; Atlantic SD-1450; 1965 |
| Mose Allison: Wild Man on the Loose; Atlantic SD-1456 |
8 | Mose Allison: I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'; Atlantic SD-1511; 1968 |
8 | Mose Allison: The Best of; Atlantic SD-1542; 1970 |
6 | Mose Allison: Hello There, Universe; Atlantic SD-1550; 1970 |
6 | Mose Allison: Mose in Your Ear; Atlantic SD-1627; 1972 (live) |
6 | Mose Allison: Your Mind is on Vacation; Warner/Atlantic SD-1691; 1976 (several remakes) |
7 | Mose Allison: Middle Class White Boy; Warner/Elektra Musician E1-60125; 1982 |
7 | Mose Allison: Lessons in Living; Warner/Elektra Musician 60237; 1983/1982 (live) |
8 | Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader: Time for 2; Verve V6-8472; 1962 |
7 | Dee Dee Bridgewater: Afro Blue; Trio PAP-9258; 1974 (Japan) |
7 | Bob Dorough: Yardbird Suite; Bethlehem; 1956 (BCP-6023 1976) |
6 | Eddie Gale: Black Rhythm Happening; Liberty/Blue Note BST-84320 (trumpet-led but mainly vocal) |
7 | Herb Geller: Rhyme & Reason; Atlantic SD-1681; 1975 |
8 | Norman Habel/Richard Koehneke: For Mature Adults Only..; Fortress Records/MosAnn Enterprises/Bob Mosley BM-768; 1968 (spoken w/music; w/Corky Hale--harp & voice, Joe Newman, Eric Gale, Chuck Rainey, Martin Luther High School Choir..; soul-jazz vocal, funky gospel, harp, kid funk, sex ed, strange religion) |
8 | J.J. Jackson's Dilemma; Perception PLP-3; 1970 |
7 | Ahmad Jamal with Voices: Cry Young; Chess/Cadet LPS-792; 1967 |
6 | Ahmad Jamal with Voices: The Bright, the Blue, & the Beautiful; Chess/Cadet LPS-807; 1968 |
6 | The Jankowski Singers: For Night People Only; MPS/BASF 20824; 1972 (not really soul jazz but mod chorus; "Light My Fire" cover) |
8 | Eddie Jefferson: Body & Soul; Prestige PRST-7619; 1968 |
6 | The Monn-Keys, arranged & conducted by Allyn Ferguson: Dreamsville; Omega OSL-56 (soul-jazz vocal/beatnik/odd pop) |
9 | Novi Singers: Rien ne va plus; Polskie Nagrania Warszaw/Muza SXL-1009 |
9 | Eddie Palmieri: Harlem River Drive; Roulette SR-3004; 1971 (Jimmy Norman, vocal) |
7 | Kellee Patterson: Maiden Voyage; Black Jazz BJ-12 |
8 | Billy Paul: Going East; CBS/Philadelphia International Z-30580 |
8 | Duke Pearson: How Insensitive; Blue Note BST-84344 (mod vocal/bossa/gospel) |
8 | Aldemaro Romero & his Onda Nueva; Columbia/CBS KC-31253; 1972 (uptempo Venezuelan bossa w/mod chorus) |
8 | The Third Wave: Here & Now; MPS 14.263; 1970/1969-70 (George Duke; w/poster as Crippled Dick 44141; 1999) |
| Leon Thomas: [n/a]; RCA Victor; unreleased/1958 |
7 | Leon Thomas: Spirits Known & Unknown--New Vocal Frontiers; Flying Dutchman FD-10115; 1969 (partly live) |
8 | The Leon Thomas Album; Mainstream/Flying Dutchman FDS-132; 1970 (RCA/Flying Dutchman FD-10132) |
5 | H. Rap Brown/Leon Thomas: SNCC'S Rap; Mainstream/Flying Dutchman FDS-136; 1970/1969-70 (live; 3 Leon Thomas parts) |
6 | Leon Thomas: Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain; Mega Flying Dutchman Series M51-5003; 1971 (live) |
8 | Leon Thomas in Berlin; Atco/Flying Dutchman FD-10132; 1971 (live, with Oliver Nelson) |
8 | Leon Thomas: Blues & the Soulful Truth; Flying Dutchman FD-10155; 1972 |
4 | Leon Thomas: Full Circle; Flying Dutchman FD-10167; 1973 |
8 | Leon Thomas: Facets--The Legend of Leon Thomas; Flying Dutchman FD-10167; 1974 (compilation, w/poster) |
9 | Somethin' Cool: Voices in Latin; Mercury/Pulsar AR-10601 (mod, like Novi Singers, more bossa than Latin) |
7 | Heidelinde Weis: So sing ich; Intercord 26486-1-U; 1975 (Germany) |
6 | Pascal von Wroblewski: Swinging Pool; Amiga 8-56-215; 1986 (Germany) |
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7 | Clifford Coulter: East Side San Jose; ABC/Impulse AS-9197; 1970 |
8 | Clifford Coulter: Do it Now, Worry About it Later; ABC/Impulse AS-9216; 1971 |
7 | George Duke: I Love the Blues She Heard My Cry; MPS MC-25671; 1975 ("Chariot") |
7 | Johnny Hodges w/Leon Thomas & Oliver Nelson: 3 Shades of Blue; Flying Dutchman FD-10120; 1970 |
7 | Phil Moore III & the Afro Latin Soultet: Afro Brazil Oba!; Capitol/Tower ST-5085 |
8 | Shades of Joy; Mercury/Fontana SRF-67592; 1969 (Martin Fierro, Millie Foster-vocalist, Jackie King, Edward Adams, Jymm Young, Jose Rodriguez) |
7 | The Voices of East Harlem; Right On Be Free; Elektra EKS-74080 |
6 | The Voices of East Harlem; Just Sunshine JSS-7; 1973 |
8 | Kenny Smith Quartet/Mauricio Smith Quintet/Mike Abeni Trio: Drum Star; Music Minus One MMO-4074; 1972/1971 (deluxe box w/book; features Dee Dee Bridgewater) |
8 | Kenny Smith Quartet/Mauricio Smith Quintet/Mike Abeni Trio: Drumpadstickskin; Music Minus One MMO-4075; 1972/1971 (deluxe box w/book; features Dee Dee Bridgewater) |
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8 | Count Basie: Sing Along with Basie; Roulette SR-52018 (w/Joe Williams, Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross; Emus ES-12004) |
8 | Oscar Brown, Jr.: Sin & Soul; Columbia CS-8377; 1960 |
7 | Oscar Brown, Jr.: Between Heaven & Hell; Columbia CS-8574; 1962 |
5 | Oscar Brown, Jr./Jean Pace/Sivuca: Joy OC; RCA Victor LSO-1166; 1970 |
6 | Oscar Brown, Jr.: Movin' On; Atlantic SD-1629; 1972 (arr. & cond. William Eaton) |
4 | Oscar Brown, Jr.: Fresh; Atlantic SD-18106; 1974 |
6 | Christy Minstrels: East Meets West; Karan AW-14304; 1979 ("South American Getaway") |
7 | Sammy Davis, Jr. & Count Basie: Our Shining Hour; Verve V6-8605 (arr. cond. Quincy Jones) |
7 | Jon Hendricks Recorded in Person at the Trident; Mercury/Smash SRS-67069; 1965 |
7 | Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross: Sing a Song of Basie; ABC-Paramount; 1957 (MCA/Impulse AS-83) |
7 | Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross: The Swingers; World Pacific WP-1264 (w/Zoot Sims; EMI/Affinity AFF-131; 1984) |
8 | Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross: The Hottest New Group in Jazz; Columbia CS-8198 (w/Ike Isaacs Trio; reissued as Best of; Columbia C-32911) |
7 | Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross Sing Ellington; Columbia CS-8310 (w/Ike Isaacs Trio) |
8 | Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross: High Flying With; Columbia CS-8475; 1961 (w/Ike Isaacs Trio) |
8 | Annie Ross: Fill My Heart with Song; Decca DL-74922 (prod. John Barry; Annie Ross Sings a Handful of Songs; Everest 1227) |
8 | Various: The Bebop Singers--Eddie Jefferson, Joe Carroll, & Annie Ross; Prestige PRT-7828; 1972/1952-53 (original "Twisted") |