The Young Lions (Vinyl LP) Soul Funk & Disco

The Young Lions (Vinyl LP) Soul Funk & DiscoIrvin Shaw wrote the novel The Young Lions from which this all star post to hard bop all star band took their name, launching the moniker of a generation of Wynton Marsalis led followers in the '80s. Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Frank Strozier on alto sax, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Bobby Timmons on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and either Louis Hayes or Albert "Tootie" Heath (sic as "Tuttie") on drums comprise the original Lions, a one shot band who set

this relentless

Aloe Blacc

no wave and jazz

great trumpeter Booker Little

Joints like "The Sky Is Ours" (MP3) I feel captures positive & uplifting vibes while still remaining based in the 'Funk' yet

'In the Warm Room' and 'Kashka from Bagdad'

Rex name in 1970

Made also performs every instrument on his album

who has also worked with TV on the Radio and Blonde Redhead

Recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood during the summer of 2013 with additional recording done at the Key Club in Benton Harbor

incorporating strains of Indian chanting boxes and Congolese syncopated guitar

with a remix of every track (and two of one) plus a remix of the track Petit_a