Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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4323507 | Play | Inner City Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
4323508 | Play | Orange Peel | 00:00 Tools | |
4323510 | Play | Hot Rod | 00:00 Tools | |
4323509 | Play | Ronnie's Bonnie | 00:00 Tools | |
4323517 | Play | Bus Ride | 00:00 Tools | |
4323511 | Play | The Sweet Life | 00:00 Tools | |
4323514 | Play | Love Bug | 00:00 Tools | |
4323513 | Play | We're In Love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323515 | Play | Superfly | 00:00 Tools | |
4323512 | Play | Bambu | 00:00 Tools | |
4323519 | Play | Blue Mode | 00:00 Tools | |
4323516 | Play | Sho-Nuff Mellow | 00:00 Tools | |
86943450 | Play | Got To Get Your Own '98 | 06:02 Tools | |
4323520 | Play | Tight Money | 00:00 Tools | |
4323518 | Play | The Cisco kid | 00:00 Tools | |
4323521 | Play | Mr. Big Stuff | 00:00 Tools | |
4323531 | Play | After Hours | 00:00 Tools | |
4323535 | Play | Organ Donor | 00:00 Tools | |
4323525 | Play | Stormy | 00:00 Tools | |
4323527 | Play | I Say A Little Prayer | 00:00 Tools | |
4323523 | Play | Set Us Free | 05:09 Tools | |
4323524 | Play | Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323533 | Play | Got To Get Your Own | 00:00 Tools | |
4323569 | Play | Blue For McDuff | 00:00 Tools | |
4323536 | Play | Now's The Time | 00:00 Tools | |
4323547 | Play | Old Time Shuffle Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
4323528 | Play | Hold On, I'm Comin' | 00:00 Tools | |
4323530 | Play | Knock On Wood | 00:00 Tools | |
4323534 | Play | Right On With This Mess | 00:00 Tools | |
4323529 | Play | Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323577 | Play | Honey Dripper | 00:00 Tools | |
4323540 | Play | Twenty-Five Miles | 00:00 Tools | |
4323544 | Play | Hold On I'm Comin' | 00:00 Tools | |
4323542 | Play | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | 05:34 Tools | |
4323558 | Play | Sugar | 06:13 Tools | |
4323539 | Play | Trouble Man | 00:00 Tools | |
4323561 | Play | Back At The Chicken Shack | 00:00 Tools | |
4323543 | Play | Groovin' | 05:54 Tools | |
4323537 | Play | Sho' Nuff Melon | 00:00 Tools | |
4323573 | Play | Willow Weep For Me | 00:00 Tools | |
4323541 | Play | Tom's Thumb | 00:00 Tools | |
4323538 | Play | Stoned Out Of My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
4323545 | Play | Sho'Nuff Melon | 00:00 Tools | |
4323589 | Play | Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out | 03:00 Tools | |
4323568 | Play | Please Send Me Someone To Love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323522 | Play | Stormy - Digitally Remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
4323564 | Play | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me | 05:32 Tools | |
4323549 | Play | On Broadway | 00:00 Tools | |
4323563 | Play | Sabotage | 00:00 Tools | |
4323649 | Play | Hold on, I'm Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
4323656 | Play | Flipity Flop | 00:00 Tools | |
4323590 | Play | The last tango in Paris | 00:00 Tools | |
4323557 | Play | What The People Gon' Say | 00:00 Tools | |
4323553 | Play | Sho Nuff Mellow | 00:00 Tools | |
4323566 | Play | Back Out | 00:00 Tools | |
4323555 | Play | Never can say goodbye | 00:00 Tools | |
4323580 | Play | In The Booth, In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark | 00:00 Tools | |
48931752 | Play | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323570 | Play | Back Rub | 00:00 Tools | |
4323652 | Play | The Okie Dokie | 00:00 Tools | |
4323548 | Play | Hey Ladies | 00:00 Tools | |
4323552 | Play | Bambu - 1997 - Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
4323554 | Play | Yes Sir | 00:00 Tools | |
4323579 | Play | Brass Monkey | 07:13 Tools | |
4323556 | Play | I'll take you there | 00:00 Tools | |
4323532 | Play | Hold On, I'm Coming - 1997 Digital Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
4323559 | Play | Cream puff | 05:33 Tools | |
4323571 | Play | Baby I Love You | 02:48 Tools | |
4323550 | Play | Hold On! I'm Comin' | 00:00 Tools | |
4323581 | Play | Egg Raid on Mojo | 00:00 Tools | |
4323578 | Play | Intergalactic | 00:00 Tools | |
4323588 | Play | While the world lies waiting | 00:00 Tools | |
4323574 | Play | So What'cha Want | 00:00 Tools | |
4323592 | Play | Snaps | 00:00 Tools | |
4323567 | Play | Something's Got to Give | 00:00 Tools | |
48931753 | Play | Inner City Blues (Youthful Expressions) | 00:00 Tools | |
86943451 | Play | Together (You And Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323585 | Play | The look of love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323598 | Play | Namaste | 00:00 Tools | |
4323620 | Play | Sweet tooth | 00:00 Tools | |
4323565 | Play | Groove grease | 00:00 Tools | |
4323575 | Play | Stormy (Digitally Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931754 | Play | Everday I Have The Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
4323562 | Play | Stella By Starlight | 00:00 Tools | |
4323546 | Play | Cisco kid | 00:00 Tools | |
4323572 | Play | Shake Your Rump | 00:00 Tools | |
4323551 | Play | Still Grooving | 00:00 Tools | |
4323599 | Play | Stormy (Stormy) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931755 | Play | We_re_In_Love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323583 | Play | We've only just begun | 00:00 Tools | |
4323602 | Play | Loft Funk | 00:00 Tools | |
4323613 | Play | A groovy situation | 00:00 Tools | |
4323601 | Play | Happy together | 00:00 Tools | |
4323591 | Play | Poinciana | 00:00 Tools | |
4323612 | Play | Cooky Puss | 00:00 Tools | |
4323609 | Play | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323582 | Play | Scrapple From The Apple | 00:00 Tools | |
4323600 | Play | Inner City Blu | 00:00 Tools | |
4323714 | Play | Stormy (Love Bug) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323560 | Play | Blues For RW | 00:00 Tools | |
4323615 | Play | Blues For McDuff | 00:00 Tools | |
4323685 | Play | Sweet home Chicago | 00:00 Tools | |
4323731 | Play | Long Live New Orleans | 00:00 Tools | |
4323593 | Play | Ain't That Peculiar | 00:00 Tools | |
4323610 | Play | Hold On, I'm Comin | 00:00 Tools | |
48931757 | Play | My Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
4323623 | Play | Creampuff | 05:28 Tools | |
48931756 | Play | Summer Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
4323607 | Play | Got To Get Your Own - 7" Short Edit | 00:00 Tools | |
4323595 | Play | Summertime | 00:00 Tools | |
4323618 | Play | We're In Love ['Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)'] | 00:00 Tools | |
48931758 | Play | Whats Going On | 00:00 Tools | |
4323597 | Play | Watch Me Fly | 00:00 Tools | |
4323705 | Play | People Get Ready | 00:00 Tools | |
4323608 | Play | Slick Willie | 00:00 Tools | |
48931759 | Play | My Father's Song | 00:00 Tools | |
4323611 | Play | Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours | 00:00 Tools | |
4323634 | Play | Easy Talk | 00:00 Tools | |
4323604 | Play | Kitchen Fire Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
4323629 | Play | Nobody Knows You (When You're Down & Out) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323605 | Play | Streets of Laredo | 00:00 Tools | |
4323638 | Play | Hold On, I'm Coming (1997 Digital Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323584 | Play | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 1996 Digital Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
4323619 | Play | Once In A While | 00:00 Tools | |
4323630 | Play | Sweet Feet | 00:00 Tools | |
48931760 | Play | Autumn Leaves | 00:00 Tools | |
48931761 | Play | Down Hill | 00:00 Tools | |
4323596 | Play | The Honeydripper | 00:00 Tools | |
4323640 | Play | Movin' On | 00:00 Tools | |
48931762 | Play | Just My Imagination | 00:00 Tools | |
4323576 | Play | Moonlight In Vermont | 00:00 Tools | |
48931763 | Play | Light My Fire | 00:00 Tools | |
4323621 | Play | Azure Te | 00:00 Tools | |
4323654 | Play | We're In Love (Memory Lane) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931764 | Play | The Funkster | 00:00 Tools | |
4323658 | Play | Sexual Healing | 00:00 Tools | |
4323661 | Play | Why Can`t I Touch You | 00:00 Tools | |
4323625 | Play | Minor Yours | 00:00 Tools | |
4323635 | Play | If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You | 00:00 Tools | |
4323606 | Play | Feel Free | 00:00 Tools | |
4323657 | Play | I`m Yours | 00:00 Tools | |
4323631 | Play | Aint That Peculiar | 00:00 Tools | |
4323671 | Play | We Re In Love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323645 | Play | For the Love of You | 00:00 Tools | |
48931765 | Play | Groove On | 00:00 Tools | |
86943453 | Play | Bambu - 1997 Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
48931766 | Play | Monkey Milk | 00:00 Tools | |
4323617 | Play | Love Time | 00:00 Tools | |
4323626 | Play | Bambu (1997 - Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323668 | Play | Hold On! I'm Comin' [*] | 00:00 Tools | |
4323665 | Play | Waita Minute | 00:00 Tools | |
4323651 | Play | Together (You & Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931767 | Play | Bambu (Digitally Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323650 | Play | Got To Get Your Own (7" short edit) | 00:00 Tools | |
89034282 | Play | Bambu - Remastered 1997 | 00:00 Tools | |
4323712 | Play | Sho-Nuff Mellow (1996 Digital Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931768 | Play | You Send Me | 00:00 Tools | |
4323614 | Play | 01. Hot Rod | 00:00 Tools | |
4323697 | Play | Fun House | 00:00 Tools | |
4323636 | Play | Funk Farm | 00:00 Tools | |
48931769 | Play | Hold Come, I´m Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
48931770 | Play | We're In The Money | 00:00 Tools | |
4323693 | Play | Sho' Nuff Mellow | 00:00 Tools | |
4323624 | Play | Here We Go | 00:00 Tools | |
4323666 | Play | Shadrach | 00:00 Tools | |
4323667 | Play | Miss Mansfield | 00:00 Tools | |
4323662 | Play | What You Won't Do For Love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323688 | Play | Down With It | 00:00 Tools | |
89034283 | Play | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 1996 Digital Remaster; Digital Version | 00:00 Tools | |
4323644 | Play | 05. Stormy | 00:00 Tools | |
48931771 | Play | Inner City Blues ['Youthful Expression'] | 00:00 Tools | |
4323728 | Play | Tight Money [Album Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
48931772 | Play | Inner City Blues - Reuben Wilson | 00:00 Tools | |
4323713 | Play | Caught Up In The Rapture | 00:00 Tools | |
4323670 | Play | Stormy (Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323648 | Play | 04. Love Bug | 00:00 Tools | |
48931773 | Play | "Love Bug" | 00:00 Tools | |
4323715 | Play | At Last | 00:00 Tools | |
4323663 | Play | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1996 Digital Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323655 | Play | Groove Ahead | 00:00 Tools | |
86943452 | Play | sho nuff melon | 00:00 Tools | |
4323710 | Play | Dr No Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
48931774 | Play | Speakin' With The Deacon | 00:00 Tools | |
4323709 | Play | Namasté | 00:00 Tools | |
4323643 | Play | Were in Love | 00:00 Tools | |
48931781 | Play | Ronnie´s Bonnie | 00:00 Tools | |
4323639 | Play | Hold On, I'm Comin' (bonus) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931784 | Play | Hold On, I'm Coming - 1997 Remastered Version | 00:00 Tools | |
48931780 | Play | One 2 Four | 00:00 Tools | |
4323694 | Play | Funhouse | 00:00 Tools | |
4323660 | Play | Please Send Someone To Love | 00:00 Tools | |
4323594 | Play | Inner City Blues (Youthful Expression) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323586 | Play | Stormy (Remaster) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931775 | Play | Superfly - Reuben Wilson | 00:00 Tools | |
48931787 | Play | If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You (From the musical production ''Salvation'') | 00:00 Tools | |
4323674 | Play | Rod'S Tune | 00:00 Tools | |
89034284 | Play | Meet Dr No - Iii Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
48931776 | Play | We're In Love (NAS-Memory Lane) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931777 | Play | Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931778 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Hold On I'm Comin' | 00:00 Tools | |
4323647 | Play | What the People Gon Say | 00:00 Tools | |
4323687 | Play | I Say Little Prayer | 00:00 Tools | |
48931785 | Play | Inner City Blues (High Quality) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931779 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Sho'Nuff Melon | 00:00 Tools | |
48931792 | Play | Mercy, Mercy, Me (The Ecology) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931782 | Play | Meet Dr No - Under The Mango Tree | 00:00 Tools | |
48931786 | Play | I'm yours | 00:00 Tools | |
48931796 | Play | 06 mercy mercy me (the ecology) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323627 | Play | Tight Money (Album Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323672 | Play | Hold On I'm Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
4323700 | Play | Last Tango in Paris | 00:00 Tools | |
4323726 | Play | Ronnieґs Bonnie | 00:00 Tools | |
48931791 | Play | Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | 00:00 Tools | |
48931783 | Play | inner city blues' | 00:00 Tools | |
48931805 | Play | 02 we're in love | 00:00 Tools | |
48931788 | Play | Why Can't I Touch You | 00:00 Tools | |
48931789 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Dr No Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
48931797 | Play | Mercy Mercy Me | 00:00 Tools | |
4323690 | Play | Easy Talk - Reuben Wilson, Marr, H. | 00:00 Tools | |
48931817 | Play | 04 mr big stuff | 00:00 Tools | |
48931790 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Mr. Big Stuff | 00:00 Tools | |
48931821 | Play | 05 right on with this mess | 00:00 Tools | |
4323664 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Inner City Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
48931822 | Play | 07 tom's thumb | 00:00 Tools | |
4323695 | Play | Under The Mango Tree | 00:00 Tools | |
48931801 | Play | Bamboo | 00:00 Tools | |
48931802 | Play | Hold On, I'm Coming (Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931793 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Meet Dr No - III Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
48931794 | Play | Reuben Wilson - back out | 00:00 Tools | |
48931799 | Play | (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? | 00:00 Tools | |
48931795 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Bus Ride | 00:00 Tools | |
86943454 | Play | Hold On, I'm Coming (1997 Remastered Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
4323721 | Play | Hold On Im Comin | 00:00 Tools | |
48931812 | Play | A 03 - Bus Ride | 00:00 Tools | |
48931798 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Meet Dr No - Under The Mango Tree | 00:00 Tools | |
48931807 | Play | “We’re in Love” | 00:00 Tools | |
48931800 | Play | Reuben Wilson / Superfly | 00:00 Tools | |
4323641 | Play | For the Love of You - Reuben Wilson, Isley Bros. | 00:00 Tools | |
4323717 | Play | Vinyl Junkie | 00:00 Tools | |
48931803 | Play | Got To Get Your Own (Short) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931804 | Play | 4.Reuben Wilson - Orange peel | 00:00 Tools | |
4323677 | Play | Twenty Five Miles | 00:00 Tools | |
4323682 | Play | Inner City Hard Times | 00:00 Tools | |
48931806 | Play | got to get your own (d.s. edit) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931808 | Play | 04 - Orange Peel | 00:00 Tools | |
48931809 | Play | Mercy, Mery Me (The Ecology) | 00:00 Tools | |
48931810 | Play | Creampuff [Mr. Lob] | 00:00 Tools | |
48931811 | Play | Sho-Nuf Mellow | 00:00 Tools | |
48931813 | Play | Inner City Bleus | 00:00 Tools | |
89034285 | Play | Cooking In Grease | 00:00 Tools | |
48931814 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) | 00:00 Tools | |
86943455 | Play | A 01 - Bambu | 00:00 Tools | |
48931815 | Play | Cooky Pussy | 00:00 Tools | |
86943456 | Play | Hold On I m Comin | 00:00 Tools | |
48931816 | Play | 1-1 What The People Gon' Say | 00:00 Tools | |
89034286 | Play | Reuben Wilson - Orange Peel | 00:00 Tools | |
48931818 | Play | Nobody Knows You W | 00:00 Tools | |
48931819 | Play | Groovy Situation | 00:00 Tools | |
4323716 | Play | First Come First Serve | 00:00 Tools | |
48931820 | Play | Weve Only Just Begun | 00:00 Tools | |
48931823 | Play | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna H | 00:00 Tools |
Reuben Wilson was one of many soul-jazz organists to emerge in the late '60s, but he was one of only a handful of new organists from that era to be signed to Blue Note. Between 1968 and 1971, he recorded five sessions for the label. None of his records received much acknowledgment at the time, but they were later rediscovered by a new generation of soul-jazz fans, becoming collector's items within acid jazz and soul-jazz circles. Wilson began performing professionally in 1962. A native of Mounds, OK, he moved to Pasadena, CA, as a child, where he attended school with such future jazz musicians as Bobby Hutcherson and Herb Lewis. As a teenager, Wilson began to teach himself to play piano, but his attention was diverted by boxing, which landed him a sparring gig with heavyweight Floyd Patterson, and perhaps more notably, landed him an acting spot in the landmark feature film, Carmen Jones. When he was 17, he moved to Los Angeles and married a nightclub singer, through whom he met a number of professional musicians. Associating with musicians convinced Wilson to return to music. Instead of pursuing the piano, he decided to take up the organ, and it wasn't long before he became a regular at the Caribbean club, where he played with drummer Eddie Williams, guitarist George Freeman, and, eventually, Clifford Scott (of Bill Doggett’s “Honky Tonk” fame). He played the L.A. circuit for several years before deciding to try his luck in Las Vegas. That venture proved unsuccessful, so he moved back to L.A., where he struck up a friendship with Richard "Groove" Holmes, an organist who would greatly influence his own style. In December 1966, Wilson relocated to New York, New York, where he formed a soul-jazz trio, the Wildare Express, with drummer Tommy Derrick. The Wildare Express lasted about six months, recording one album for Brunswick, and playing venues throughout the East Coast and Detroit, and then Wilson decided to concentrate on more complex variations of hard bop and soul-jazz. Eventually, such respected musicians as Grant Green, Roy Haynes, and Sam Rivers began playing with Wilson. Around the same time, Blue Note offered the organist a contract based on a demo he had sent the label. On Broadway, Wilson's first album for Blue Note, was a quartet session featuring his old bandmate Derrick and was recorded in October of 1968. It was followed in March of 1969 by Love Bug, which featured contributions from trumpeter Lee Morgan and guitarist Grant Green. His third album, Blue Mode, was cut in December, 1969 and offered some of his hottest playing. With his fourth album, 1970's A Groovy Situation, Wilson moved in a commercial direction, much like many of his Blue Note peers. In July of 1971, he recorded Set Us Free, his final album for the label. Wilson's contract with Blue Note expired after Set Us Free and he moved to Groove Merchant, where he released three albums – Cisco Kid, Cisco Kid, Bad Stuff, and The Sweet Life – during the mid-'70s. He then recorded a cult club classic for Cadet, And the Cost of Money. Throughout the decade, he also played on sessions by funk, soul, and jazz artists, including a record by the Fatback Band. During the late '70s, he recorded sporadically, eventually retiring from music in the early '80s. By the late '80s, Wilson's music had been rediscovered by a new generation, listeners who didn't dismiss his records as commercial fluff. Like several of his peers, his late-'60s and '70s records, through sampling, became cornerstones in the newly emerging acid jazz and jazz-rap genres. Soon, his out of print records became collector's items, and his sampled licks were appearing on dancefloors throughout England and parts of New York. Eventually, samples of his records were included on hit albums by A Tribe Called Quest, Us3, Brand New Heavies, and Nas. In light of all this new attention, Wilson decided to return to performing, and he toured with Guru's Jazzmatazz revue in 1995. He also began writing new material and performing in new groups, including combos he led himself. In 1996, he signed to Hip Bop and recorded Organic Grooves with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Doug Carn. Throughout the last decade he’s continued recording both solo albums as well as funk full-lengths with the group, Godfathers of Groove, which features Grant Green Jr. and Bernard Purdie. He continues to perform in clubs and festivals across the world, from the Montreux and Monterey Jazz festivals to the Jazz Standard and Great American Music Hall. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.