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School Me Vol 1 – High School & Collegiate Jazz, Funk, Soul & Psychedelia 1968 to 1975

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Freaked-out funky school band work – a wonderful collection put together by some diggers who really know their stuff! As you might guess from the title, the set features a range of rare tracks recorded by college and high school bands of the late 60s and early 70s – a time when music was changing heavily in the US, even right down to the level of local student ensembles! Many of the tracks here are covers of well-known rock and soul cuts of the time – but they're often done with really odd, inventive arrangements – and recorded with instrumentation that's surprisingly tripped-out for any sort of high school setting – surprising use of guitar, keyboards, and other electric elements – mixed in with more familiar horns, and driven home by some massively funky drumming. Production is also surprisingly great too – usually a bit rough, in the best funky 45 mode – and sometimes showing a penchant for echo and other effects that really help augment the grooves. Titles include "Funky Soup" by Sir Winston Churchill Stage Band, "Fat Mama" by Sam Houston HS Stage Band, "Come Together" by Cerritos Jazz-Rock Ensemble, "The Bucket" by Ambassador College Band, "Hummin" by Moorehouse College Jazz Laboratory Band, "Compared To What" by TSU Jazz Ensemble, "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In" by Sacramento Senior High, "Rock Bass Fishin" by The Orrville High School Jazz Band, and "Frankenstein" by SM Dorsey HS Jazz Workshop.  © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc.