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LP " A Taste Of Soul Bossa " Bomba Recordings 1994
bluesandsoul.info
credits:
Written-By – Gonzalez
Gonzalez Suzuki – drums, percussion; producer
Toshi / Toshiyuki Matsumoto – piano, electric piano, organ
Koichi Matsumoto – founding member
Sources describe Suzuki as having founded Soul Bossa Trio in 1993
with Toshiyuki and Koichi Matsumoto.
Important: Some later Soul Bossa Trio releases have different or
expanded personnel. For example, credits for later material list
Shingo Takeyama and other musicians, so those names should
not automatically be attributed to A Taste Of Soul Bossa.
Recording Date
1993–1994 period — exact recording date not reliably documented online.
The group was formed in Tokyo in 1993, and A Taste Of Soul Bossa
was released in 1994. Japanese discographical information gives
the album's release date as March 2, 1994.
Producer – Gonzalez Suzuki
LP " A Taste Of Soul Bossa " Bomba Recordings 1994
bluesandsoul.info
credits:
Written-By – Gonzalez
Gonzalez Suzuki – drums, percussion; producer
Toshi / Toshiyuki Matsumoto – piano, electric piano, organ
Koichi Matsumoto – founding member
Sources describe Suzuki as having founded Soul Bossa Trio in 1993
with Toshiyuki and Koichi Matsumoto.
Important: Some later Soul Bossa Trio releases have different or
expanded personnel. For example, credits for later material list
Shingo Takeyama and other musicians, so those names should
not automatically be attributed to A Taste Of Soul Bossa.
Recording Date
1993–1994 period — exact recording date not reliably documented online.
The group was formed in Tokyo in 1993, and A Taste Of Soul Bossa
was released in 1994. Japanese discographical information gives
the album's release date as March 2, 1994.
Producer – Gonzalez Suzuki





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CD The Godfathers Of Groove – 3 18th & Vine records
www.bluesandsoul.info
credits:
Written-By – Grant Green Jr.
Performer – Bernard Purdie, Grant Green Jr., Reuben Wilson
Performer, Featuring – Bill Easley
Recorded March 3-4, 2008.
Showplace Studios Dover, NJ, USA
Engineer [Assistant] – Ben Sampson
Engineer, Mixed By, Mastered By – Ben Elliott
Executive-Producer – Stephen Schiff
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![The Granville Williams Orchestra Youve Lost That Loving Feeling
LP Hi-Life G.W.O Records – 101 1967
www.bluesandsoul.info
credits:
written by: P. Spector, B. Mann, C. Well
The Granville Williams Orchestra (formed c.1964) was a
14-piece big band built from top Kingston session players:
Confirmed / documented members
Granville Williams – leader; piano, organ, arranger
Ernest Ranglin – guitar, co-architect of the band’s sound
Roland Alphonso – tenor sax (from The Skatalites)
Sammy Ismay – tenor sax
Audley Williams – bass guitar
Freddie Campbell – drums
Lloyd Williams – featured vocals on some tracks
Derrick Harriott – guest vocals on parts of the LP
Likely / associated players (period evidence)
Cedric Brooks – associated with Granville’s band in early 1960s
Additional brass section (trumpets/trombones) and rhythm
players are implied (big-band format),
but individual names are largely undocumented.
Recording period
Circa 1964–1966, Kingston, Jamaica
Album issued in Jamaica (G.W.O. label) and later UK (Island, 1967
Recorded At – Federal Records Studio
or Studio One
Arranged By – Audley Williams, Ernest Ranglin
Engineer [Record Engineer] – Richard Khouri
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