Listening to Herbie Hancock's album Thrust Holy Crap!!!!!
Insane groove and Mike Clark has got to be one of my favorite drummers.
Insane groove and Mike Clark has got to be one of my favorite drummers.
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Paul Jackson
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Oh yeah...Thrust is incredible. It is definitely one of my desert island albums. If you can find it, Flood is the live equivalent...but I think it is only an import. Paul Jackson also plays on the Herbie albums Man-Child and Secrets. Definitely check those out.
Jackson also played on the seminal 'Headhunters'--as in the first recording of that whole project, featuring 'Chameleon'. It woke a lot of us up back in '73--74! The drummer was Harvey Mason, another monster, and the grooves were a little different, but just as interesting as the Jackson/Mike Clark team.
All required listening for would-be funksters.
All required listening for would-be funksters.
Paul Jackson! Fingerstyle funk at it's finest!! There is an instructional video with Paul and Mike Clark called "Rhythm Combination". It's worth checking out but it might be out of circulation by now.
If you really want to see Paul Jackson burn, get the old instructional tape that he and Mike Clark did on rythmn sections. It has great performance clips, and Paul Jackson shows that he is also a greater singer too!
Paul Jackson it the fonkyest. There is a recent video interview with him on the BassPlayer TV site. He's plays of cool stuff in that interview.
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JimK said:
YUP! Thats a funktastic album, stripped down and pretty raw sounding, and Paul Jacksons playing is on point as always.
His other album, funk on a stick is pretty slick too.
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yeah, paul jackson is a huge inspiration for me too, first headhunters, then thrust! man, that album is great. i also have a manchild, (some of that is louis johnson, secrets, flood, black octopus and the headhunters album without herbie, survival of the fittest. that album is a bit mixed but the track god made me funky is paul jackson, mike clarke, wah wah watson and bennie maupin at its best. bennie maupin has to be one of the most underated sax players, really soulful, really bluesy but can really stretch out too. oh and return of the headhunters is cool, jackson has a more 'active soapbar' tone than the old P tone he used.
harmolodic said:
+10000. I just found a copy of this and the energy to the grooves and solos far surpasses the studio versions, but thats usually the case anyways. Paul's slammin on this outing!!!!!
harmolodic said:
Paul Jackson's playing on that album is incredible. The transition from Maiden Voyage into Actual Proof gives me goosebumps.
does anyone have the herbie album "Death Wish"?
I just ordered it. It's got the headhunters on it. im looking forward to it.
I just ordered it. It's got the headhunters on it. im looking forward to it.
they tabbed watermelon man on a recent magazine guess what I've been working on for the last few weeks 
