A great collection of rare and unreleased New Orleans funk – from the golden days of the genre – and with work by some of the best producers in the Crescent City! Very hard and heavy funk, with choppy riffs and hard drums – plus, there's even a few cuts with nice electronics. Legendary cuts by Eddie Bo, The Gaturs, Louisiana Homegrown, Chuck Cornish, Sonny James and more. Includes the tracks "Chiller" by Louisiana Homegrown, "Soul Power" by Walter Washington and the Soul Powers, "Ali, Funky Thing" by Chuck Cornish, "Lighten Up" by Sonny Jones, and "I'm Mr. Big Stuff" by Jimmy Hicks. Plus, the LP also features two different mixes of Eddie Bo classics "Hook & Sling" (a much longer version) and "If It's Good To Ya, It's Good For Ya" (done here in a 5 minute version.) LP, Vinyl record album

An incredible follow up to the first New Orleans Funk compilation on Soul Jazz – even harder-hitting than the first, and filled with funky rare gems! This set took nearly a decade to follow the first, but it's been well worth the wait – and the crew at Soul Jazz have clearly used all that time to dig way past the obvious on the New Orleans scene, and come up with a really incredible batch of all-funky cuts all the way through! Even if you've got a dozen other New Orleans funk collections in your collection, you'll find plenty here to win you over – as the package goes out of its way to pull cuts from rare singles and under-reissued material – then wraps the whole thing up with the usual extra-thorough Soul Jazz approach to liner notes and details. And while some of the names are familiar here, they're nicely interspersed with lesser-known folks who keep things fresh – making for a winning lineup that really sets a new standard for this sort of set. Titles include "The Twitch" by Danny White, "Street Parade" by Earl King, "Four Corners" by Lee Dorsey, "Hot Tamales" by The Prime Mates, "Tequila" by Allen Toussaint, "Right Place Wrong Time" by Ray J, "Gossip" by Cyril Neville, "Hold On Help Is On The Way" by G Davis & R Tyler, "Funky Belly" by Warren Lee, "I'm Mr Big Stuff" by Jimmy Hicks, "The Rubber Band" by Eddie Bo, "12 Red Roses" by Betty Harris, "What Do You See In Her" by Inell Young, "You Keep Me Hanging On" by Bonnie & Sheila, "Yeah You're Right You Know You're Right" by The Gaturs, "The Tap" by Porgy Jones, and "Bo Diddley" by Art Neville. LP, Vinyl record album

An excellent collection of funky tunes! The compilation is a no-nonsense collection of hard jammers by some of the heavyweights of the funky 60s scene, packaged wonderfully, with a non-stop groove that well earns the "party" tag in the title! There's a surprising amount of great tracks here that haven't been reissued on CD before, plus a few favorites we're very happy to have on board – and the set's a hard grooving one that will replace some of your worn-out tapes of funky 45s! Titles include "Four Corners (part 1)" by Lee Dorsey, "Make Your Move" by Bill Doggett, "I'm Mr Big Stuff" by Jimmy Hicks, "Chitlins & Chuchifritos" by Joe Thomas, "I Got It Made In The Shade" by James Duncan, "Soul Brother, Soul Sister" by The Capitols, "Fat Gal" by Mickey Murray, "Right On Brother" by The P & J Review Band, "Do What You Wanna Do" by Frank Howard & The Continentals, and "Barkin Up The Wrong Tree" by James Young & The House Wreckers. CD

A great collection of rare and unreleased New Orleans funk – from the golden days of the genre – and with work by some of the best producers in the Crescent City! Very hard and heavy funk, with choppy riffs and hard drums – plus, there's even a few cuts with nice electronics. Legendary cuts by Eddie Bo, The Gaturs, Louisiana Homegrown, Chuck Cornish, Sonny James and more. Includes the tracks "Chiller" by Louisian Homegrown, "Soul Power" by Walter Washington and the Soul Powers, "Ali, Funky Thing" by Chuck Cornish, "Lighten Up" by Sonny Jones, and "I'm Mr. Big Stuff" by Jimmy Hicks. Plus, the LP also features two different mixes of Eddie Bo classics "Hook & Sling" (a much longer version) and "If It's Good To Ya, It's Good For Ya" (done here in a 5 minute version.) 13 cuts on the CD. CD

With Don Braden on tenor saxophone, John Hicks on piano, Dwayne Dolphin on bass, and Cecil Brooks III on drums. CD

With Cole and Woods on alto, Walter Booker on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums, John Hicks on piano, and Eddie Lockjaw Davis on tenor. LP, Vinyl record album

Harold Ashby on tenor saxophone with John Hicks on piano, Keter Betts on bass & Jimmy Cobb on drums. CD