Funky Beats

Various Artists

Prestige

This compilation includes a Melvin Sparks track with Leon Spencer on organ and Leon Spencer, Idris Muhhamad and Sonny Stitt tracks with Melvin Sparks on guitar. Sonny Phillips plays organ on the Gene Ammons track and Leon Spencer plays organ on the Sonny Stitt track. Also includes a Joe Jones track with Charles Earland on organ and Rusty Bryant on saxophone, a Bernard Purdie track with Lloyd Davis on guitar, a Bernard Purdie track with Ted Dunbar on guitar, a Johnny "Hammond" Smith track with Rusty Bryant on saxophone and Wally Richardson on guitar, and two Joe Dukes tracks with the Jack McDuff quartet.

Tracks / Musicians

• Theme from Shaft - Bernard Purdie
• Spark Plug - Melvin Sparks
• Soul Talk - Johnny "Hammond" Smith
• First Gravy - Leon Spencer
• Super Bad - Idris Muhammad
• Purdie Good - Bernard Prudie
• Moohah the D.J. - Joe Dukes
• Jungle Strut - Gene Ammons
• Soulful Drums - Joe Dukes
• Brown Bag - Joe Jones
• The Bar-B-Que Man - Sonny Stitt

Spark Plug was originally released on;

• Spark Plug, Melvin Sparks, 1971

• Turn It On, Sonny Stitt, 1971

• Sneak Preview!, Leon Spencer Jr., 1970

• Black Rhythm Revolution, Idris Muhammad, 1970

• Brother Jug!, Gene Ammons, 1970

• Right On Brother, Boogaloo Joe Jones, 1970

• Soul Talk, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, 1969

• The Soulful Drums Of Joe Dukes, Joe Dukes with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet, 1964

• Shaft, Bernard Purdie, 1973

• Purdie Good, Bernard Purdie, 1971