VA - The Mod Jazz Series [1996-2018] (8 x CD's)

MOD JAZZ

VA - The Mod Jazz Series [1996-2018] (8 x CD's)

The Ace/Kent label's ongoing, Mod Jazz series is a fine example of how to construct an intelligent and highly enjoyable batch of anthologies spotlighting rather obscure tracks (and usually rather obscure performers) in a genre that doesn't get a great deal of attention from history books. Showcasing jazz from the 1960s with a good measure of soul (and sometimes some rock, pop, and funk influence), this is the kind of jazz (or at least jazzy material) that's usually more accessible than most to non-jazz specialists, though it doesn't mean jazz-heads of a certain taste can't find it to their liking too. Overall, this is kind of like being able to listen to a crate-digging DJ on a soul-jazz theme night without having to go out to a loud club, and it's unlikely any DJ would have all of this, as many tracks are previously unreleased. (Allmusic)

This is a great primer for newbies to "acid jazz" or anyone who likes jazz influences soul music in this highly successful and critically acclaimed Mod Jazz series that created it's own genre. The Mod Jazz Series that has not only invented and codified a sound, it has made it popular. Jazz that is accessible, touching on its blues, soul and Latin influences while always having a dance-able beat. It includes the super-rare, the well known and the previously unreleased.

The Mod Jazz series has inspired many imitators, but the original is still the best, expertly compiled, it captures the top crossover points between jazz, Latin and R&B.  (Amazon)

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Track Lists

VA - Mod Jazz [1996]

01    Shirley Scott    Soul Shoutin'    3:24
02    Freddie Mccoy    Collard Greens    2:33
03    Cannonball Adderley Sextet    Tengo Tango    2:22
04    Mark Murphy    Why Don't You Do Right?    2:30
05    Jimmy Witherspoon    Money's Gettin' Cheaper    2:50
06    Nomos    Step Out And Get It    2:19
07    Brother Jack Mc Duff    Theme From 'the Carpetbaggers'    2:50
08    Johnny Hammond    Theme From 'N.Y.P.D' (The Abc    2:18
09    Billy Hawks    Whip It On Me    3:19
10    Cal Tjader    Evil Ways    3:06
11    Mongo Santamaria    Yeh! Yeh!    2:05
12    Mongo Santamaria    Watermelon Man    2:30
13    Mose Allison    The Seventh Son    2:40
14    Otis Spann    I'm Ready    3:07
15    Willis Jackson    Pool Shark    2:29
16    Sonny Stitt    Soul Shack    2:58
17    Eddie Jefferson    Filthy McNasty    3:33
18    Jimmy Witherspoon    Love Me Right    2:20
19    Pat Bowie    I've Got Your Number    2:50
20    Charles Earland    Black Talk    3:36
21    Merced Blue Notes    Mama Rufus    1:57
22    Rusty Bryant    Soul Liberation    3:44
23    Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones    Games    4:26
24    Kenny Burrell    Kenny's Theme    2:47
25    Brother Jack McDuff    Theme From 'The Pink Panther'    5:18

VA - Mo' Mod Jazz [1998]

01    Johnny Griffin Orchestra    Wade In The Water    3:49
02    Johnny Gilliam    Mission Impossible    2:16
03    Freddie Roach    Money (That's What I Want)    4:20
04    Booker T. & The MG's    Soul Jam    3:05
05    Billy Hawks    Got My Mojo Working    2:46
06    Junior Wells    (I Got A) Stomach Ache    3:24
07    Lightnin' Hopkins    Got To Move Your Baby    3:18
08    Mose Allison    Evesight To The Blind    1:44
09    Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers    Georgia On My Mind    3:49
10    Mongo Santamaria Orchestra    Get The Money    2:13
11    Brown Brothers Of Soul    Cholo    2:53
12    Johnny Lytle Trio    Blue Vibes    5:39
13    Googie Rene Combo    Smokey Joe's La La    2:56
14    Freddie Mccoy    Spider Man    2:53
15    Richard 'groove' Holmes    Livin' Soul    4:35
16    Boogaloo Joe Jones    Right On    3:04
17    Merl Saunders    My Train    2:40
18    Chris Columbo    You Can't Sit Down    2:25
19    B.B. King    Bad Luck Soul    2:22
20    Little Johnny Taylor    You Win, I Lose    2:32
21    Willis Jackson    Brother Ray    4:13
22    Mark Murphy    Senor Blues    2:25

VA - Even Mo' Mod Jazz [1999]

01    Cals    Another Plan For School Mix Up    2:47
02    Woody Herman    Hush    4:15
03    Jackie Wilson And Count Basie    Uptight (Everything's Alright)    2:49
04    Ella Fitzgerald    Get Ready    2:34
05    Count Basie    Hang On Sloopy    2:35
06    Bobby Bland    Honey Child    2:28
07    Young-Holt    Ain't There Something That Money Can't Buy    3:06
08    Lou Donaldson    Musty Rusty    2:45
09    Frank Frost    My Back Scratcher    2:32
10    Toussaint Mccall    Shimmy    2:19
11    Erma Franklin    Light My Fire    2:41
12    Sharon Cash    Fever    2:38
13    Karen Hernandez    I Heard It Through The Grapevine    3:17
14    Billy Stewart    Secret Love    2:59
15    Trini Lopez    Unchain My Heart    3:00
16    Googie Rene And Orchestra    Caesar's Pad    3:08
17    Andy Williams    House Of Bamboo    2:07
18    Jean Dushow    Feeling Good    2:52
19    Eddie Jefferson    Psychedelic Sally    2:48
20    Aaron (Chico) Bailey & The Family Affair Band    The Point (Part 1)    3:40
21    Aaron (Chico) Bailey And The Family Affair Band    The Point (Part 2) (Eclipse 5-24-75)    2:29
22    Lee Jones And The Unforgotten Two    I Got To See My Baby (Part 2)    2:53
23    Dave Hamilton    Ain't It A Groove    2:54

VA - Yet Mo' Mod Jazz [2000]

01    King Curtis    Memphis Soul Stew    2:58
02    Tamiko Jones With Herbie Mann    The Sidewinder    2:20
03    Mel Torme    Right Now    2:15
04    Eddie Harris    Listen Here    3:07
05    Herbie Mann    Memphis Underground    2:54
06    Johnny Griffin    Twist City    3:07
07    Ray Charles    Heartbreaker    2:53
08    Mose Allison    Wild Man On The Loose    2:06
09    Les Mccann    Burnin' Coal    2:42
10    Les Mccann & Eddie Harris    Compared To What    3:16
11    Jackie Ivory    Do It To Death    3:30
12    Dave Pike    Jet Set    2:20
13    Charles Lloyd Quartet    Love-In    2:39
14    Mark Iii Trio    Tres Lobos    2:41
15    Esther Phillips    Fever    2:49
16    LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks    You're The Boss    2:19
17    Ray Charles    Get On The Right Track Baby    2:19
18    Tommy Ridgley    Jam Up Twist    2:47
19    Byron Lee & The Ska Kings    Watermelon Man Ska    2:33
20    Gene Ludwig    Sticks & Stones (Part1)    2:16
21    Mose Allison    The Foolkiller    2:26
22    Hubert Laws    Bloodshot    2:36
23    Herbie Mann    It's A Funky Thing-Right On (Part 1)    3:04
24    Charles Lloyd Quartet    Sombrero Sam    2:30
25    Modern Jazz Quartet    One Note Samba (Part 2)    2:38
26    Eddie Harris    When A Man Loves A Woman    3:03

VA - The Return Of Mod Jazz [2005]

01    Ray Bryant Combo    Sack O' Woe    2:54
02    Gene Mcdaniels    Sweet Lover No More    2:14
03    Billie Poole With The Junior Mance Trio    Them Blues    2:09
04    Joe Swift's Internationals    Bell Bottoms    2:14
05    Kenny Rice And Leo's Five    Hold It    3:08
06    Timmy Thomas    Have Some Boogaloo    2:17
07    Hank Jacobs    East Side    2:58
08    Geoge Benson Quartet    Summertime    2:25
09    Mongo Santamaria    El Pussy Cat    2:43
10    Afro Blues Quintet Plus One    Liberation    4:32
11    Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers    Canteloupe Island    3:46
12    Googie Rene Combo    Wild Bird    2:36
13    Clarence Armstong    Beaver    3:11
14    Bill Doggett    Twenty Five Miles    3:10
15    Johnny Otis    Banana Peel    2:29
16    Leon Haywood    Ray's Theme    3:38
17    Mose Allison Trio    I Love The Life I Live    2:23
18    Red Holloway    Mnkey Sho'can Talk    2:11
19    Dave Davani Four    Top Of The Pops    2:14
20    Swingin' Tomatoes    Get It    2:48
21    Buddy Mcknight    Everytime Pt 2    2:38
22    Tko's    Getting Into Something    2:39
23    Oscar Brown Jr.    Humdrum Blues    2:00
24    Hideaways    Hide Out    1:51

VA - Further Adventures Of Mod Jazz [2008]

01    Mac Rebennack & The Soul Orchestra    The Point    2:14
02    Kenny Rice With Leo's Five    Frederick's Dream    4:34
03    Jack Mcduff    Hot Barbeque    2:56
04    Albert King    C.O.D.    2:05
05    Hank Jacobs    Tam-A-Rind    2:30
06    Michelle Harris-Spivey    Walk Tall    2:50
07    Chuck Higgins    All Around The World    3:48
08    Kings Of Rhythm    Daddy's Blues    3:34
09    Bobby Donaldson    Bash Dance    2:42
10    Miles Grayson Trio    Sweet Bread    2:39
11    Richie & The Ps 54 School Yard    Listen To Louie    2:29
12    Afro Blues Quintet    La La La    2:06
13    Dee Clark    Senor Blues    3:05
14    Jerry Butler    Motherless Child    3:08
15    Billy Larkin & The Jivers    Play It Cool    1:23
16    Merced Blue Notes    Whole Lotta Something    2:34
17    Dale Cunningham    Too Young    2:55
18    Merits    Arabian Jerk    2:10
19    George Braith    Cantelope Woman    4:05
20    Googie Rene Combo    Soul Zone '65    2:41
21    Ikettes , Ike Turner    Camel Walk (Jazz)    3:57
22    Booker T Averhart    Take Your Shoes    3:10
23    Richard Berry    Crazy Lover    2:52
24    Martini's    Hung Over    2:04

VA - Mod Jazz Forever [2012]

01    Troy Dodds    The Real Thing    2:36
02    Floyd White    Finders Keepers    2:14
03    Nightbeats    Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf Pt 2    3:13
04    Ruben Wilson Quartet    Rod Run    3:05
05    Jesse Davis    Night Bloomin' Jasmin'    2:43
06    Byrdie Green    Return Of The Prodigal Son    3:18
07    Little Bob    Look Out, Heartaches    2:12
08    Tobi Lark    Talking 'Bout Love    2:30
09    Dave Hamilton Set    D.H. Boogaloo    3:04
10    Jack McDuff    Screamin'    3:14
11    Dave Hamilton Voices    Because I Love You    3:25
12    Billy Larkin & His Orchestra    Looking    2:02
13    Cals    Double Love    2:37
14    Bocking, Robinson, Morais    Sunshine Superman    4:03
15    Hank Jacobs    A Message To Regina    2:41
16    Gus Jenkins    Tricky Too    2:24
17    Buddy Guy    Fever    4:26
18    Bobby Jenkins & His Quartet    John Henry    3:13
19    Cliint Stacy    Work Song    2:31
20    George Stone    My Beat    2:34
21    Johnny ''Hammond'' Smith    The In Crowd    3:17
22    John Hart With Lil' Bob & The Lollipops    Burgher's Beat    2:21
23    Johnny Lytle Trio    The Village Caller    4:25
24    Mark Murphy    It's Like Love    2:09

VA - Mod Jazz Rides Again [2018]

01    Tempo Rhythms    Poppa Nickel    3:33
02    Jimmy Witherspoon    Hey Mrs Jones    2:21
03    Russell Evans & The Nite Hawks    The Bold    2:26
04    Ray Shanklin    Shanks & Grits    2:25
05    Harold Betters    Hot Tamale Man    3:28
06    Ray Johnson    Sherry's Party    2:22
07    Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich    I Know A Place    2:26
08    Rhoda Scott Trio    Sha-Bazz [Parts I & 2 Edit]    4:36
09    Montego Joe    Fat Man    4:01
10    Jimmy Mayes & The Soul Breed    Pluckin'    2:23
11    Otis Spann    I'm A Dues Payin' Man    3:11
12    Gate Wesley    Do The Thing    2:06
13    Billy Graham & the Escalators    East 24th Avenue    2:26
14    Nina Simone    Come On Back Jack    2:17
15    Johnny 'Hammond' Smith    Sticks And Stones    2:47
16    Jackie Ivory Trio    Hi Heel Sneakers    2:17
17    T-Bone Walker    Shake It Baby    3:07
18    Playboy Five    Spoonful    2:22
19    Gene Walker    Empire City    2:35
20    Clarence Daniels Orchestra, vocal Obie Jessie    I've Got My Walkin' Papers    3:20
21    Hank Jacobs    Pushin' The Button Of Soul    2:53
22    Candy Phillips    Timber [Part 2]    2:21
23    Eddie Bridges & His Lowriders    Out House    2:12
24    Bobby Jenkins Quartet    What Is Love    2:34
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