T. HONDA - WHAT'S GOING ON

JAZZ ROOM RECORDS

£27.43

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: JAZZR022
Barcode: 5050580793514
Release Date: 27 Jan 2023
Genre: Jazz / Hip Hop

TRACKS
01 Aint Tell You A Good Way But
02 Check Out Your Mind
03 Aint Funky Now
04 Whats Going On
05 Sham Time
06 Greasy Spoon
07 Dock Of The Bay

The impossibly cool 1973 album What's Going On from Late, Great Japanese Funk & Jazz Don Takehiro Honda which swings through jazz orchestral renditions of American R&B and Funk Classics like Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On,"

Otis Redding's "Sitting On The Dock of the Bay," and James Brown's "Ain't It Funky Now" turning them into the most Down Home, Grits 'N' Gravy Grooviest Versions and sounding like they were recorded at the studio of the band that taught the Memphis Rhythm Sections all they ever were gonna need to to know.

As well as the aforementioned tracks the album also iconic funk/soul gems from the Impressions (Check-Out Your Mind) & Soul Jazz covers from Eddie Harris (Sham Time), The Crusaders (Greasy Spoon) and a Pacific Soul Jazz Classic in "Ain't Tell You A Good Way But" which was composed by Takehiro Honda.