Frankie Ortega - Smokin' - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After forming in the mid '60s and gradually finding their sound, A Bolha carved out a unique spot in Brazil's underground scene with their mix of fuzzed-out riffs and a hard-hitting, soulful rhythm section. Sem Nada was released in 1971 during the era when Arnaldo Brandão was on bass, and when the band was at it's heaviest and most trippy.

Eddie Harris in peak creative form. Drawn from his early Vee-Jay period, this set captures the soul-jazz warmth, hard-bop bite, and boundary-pushing ideas that defined his rise to the forefront of the jazz scene of the 1970s.

An innovative tenor saxophonist and composer who was also proficient on the electric piano and organ, Chicago based musician Eddie Harris was best known for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone and for his composition InchFreedom Jazz Dance,Inch recorded and popularized by Miles Davis in 1966. In 1961, his own jazz arrangement of Ernest Gold's theme from the movie Exodus became the first jazz record ever to be certified gold. One of the first musicians to successfully blend funk and jazz, Harris' 1967 album, InchThe Electrifying Eddie Harris,Inch reached the number 2 spot on the R&B charts. Presented here is Eddie's vintage 1970 album InchSmokin,'Inch a classic collection of mostly original compositions that once again blurred the lines between funk and jazz. All selections have been newly remastered.