1. cannonball adderly -- love, sex and the zodiac
a breakus nerdus classic. the seventies saw alot of suspect shit from good players. this album is example A.
2. j.j. jones -- saxually romantic
don't you hate it when you go out with a girl, take her to a nice restaurant, set a romantic mood, candles, incense, all that good stuff. you're being your usual suave self. then, at the end of the night, she doesn't want to get saxual.
j.j. jones never has that problem.
3. the women of blue note
blue note always kept it classy. two personal favorites.
4. anything by eliane elias
the brazilian singer/pianist steams up anything she appears on. she can actually sing and play really, really well too. diana krall eat your heart out.
5. peter brotzmann -- nipples
really, what else is there to say?
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6a. jimi hendrix -- electric ladyland (original cover)
6b. fela kuti -- shakara
even though we like jazz, its better to be a rock star. this original cover for electric ladyland was killed by the label. jimi was a little too far ahead for 1968. fela let his girlfriends out of the compound long enough to strip and spell out his band name (africa '70). both are killer albums to boot.
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have you heard about that painting jimi commissioned for the wall of electric lady studios? ridiculous.
this was hot, thx
I haven't heard about the Jimi thing (Benni?). A quick google search doesn't turn up much. Z. Mexico, you got a link or quick story?
Your account of the Jimi cover isn't accurate, as I understand it. The cover with the naked ladies was knocked out by someone for the UK release, and Jimi never liked it at all. Wikipedia backs me up on its page on Electric Ladyland, FWIW.
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