V/A: MAINSTREAM FUNK – FUNK SOUL SPIRITUAL JAZZ ’71-75

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Founded by legendary label man BOB SHAD, MAINSTREAM RECORDS (despite the name!)concentrated on Psychedelia in the 60s before switching back to Shad’s jazz roots in the early 70s, signing a new crop of jazzmen fed on John Coltrane and Miles’ electric experiments, recording some of the most exciting jazz of the early 70s, mixing spiritual influences with funk and soul. It is interesting to note the Mainstream sessions included many of the hottest session players of that time such as Ron Carter, Eddie Henderson, Airto etc.
Shad also had a long-standing association with jazz divas showcased here with the opening track by Sarah Vaughan, a funked up version of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Inner City Blues’ recorded the same year as the original in 1971. ​Mainstream Funk also includes a selection of superb tracks by young turks who’d cut their teeth as sidemen for Blue Note and Prestige in the late 60s and were given a chance to record their own music on Mainstream. Including Johnny Coles, who’d played with Gil Evans (he’s on a few Evans-produced Miles albums including ‘Sketches of Spain’), Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock. Mainstream Records has a lot more exciting music in the vaults and Mainstream Funk is just the tip of the iceberg serving as a timely reminder that Bob Shad’s taste as a producer and A&R man was one of the finest on the scene.