Producer/composer/arranger David Axelrod graces the cover of our fall issue. Part 1 of the interview explores Axelrod’s years at Capitol Records, working with drummers Earl Palmer and Johnny Guerin. We also bring you features on Mulatu of Ethiopia, drummer James Gadson, Blowfly, and the classic hip-hop hangout Disco Fever.

  • re:Discovery Charles May and Annette May Thomas, Hugh Mundell, Charalambides, Captain Rapp, Class A Felony
  • Of Mice and Men The Best Laid Schemes of MF Doom and Danger Mouse
  • Purple Reign Purple Ribbon is the New Generation of Southern Soul
  • Your Brain on Edan Edan
  • Gilles Peterson DJ Finds Dance-Floor Fillers in All Things Vinyl
  • Record Fiend Jazzy Jay Manipulated the Old to Come with the New
  • Clancy Eccles: Reggae Originator He Gave the Music His Soul and its Name, But Few Recognize His Face
  • The Autofocus Run-Up Street Photographer Ricky Powell on the Frozen Beverage, the Perfect Tackle, and Why His Hometown of NYC is Turning into Middle America
  • Return to the East Brooklyn Reclaims the Black Art Form Known as Jazz
  • 12×12 12 Electro-Funk Picks by U.K. DJ Greg Wilson
  • Essential Beats ’82-83 100 biggeset tunes played at Legend in Manchester and Wigan Pier during ’82 and ’83
  • Mulatu of Ethiopia Ethiopia’s Most Famous Musician Left the Imperial Plateau Only to Return with a Musical Revolution
  • David Axelrod: Seriously Deep David Axelrod
  • When the Fever Was the Mecca The Fever
  • The Gospel According to Blowfly The World’s Nastiest Proto-Rapper is One of Soul Music’s Greatest Songwriters-
  • The Gentle Giant Drummer James Gadson Looms Large Over the Beat
  • Quantic Soul Orchestra Armed witih a Guitar, a Sequencer, and a Can of Rice, Will Holland Makes “Live” Funk
 
 
 

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  1. [...] piano with wah-wah is what really creates its unique rhythm. Read our Mulatu of Ethiopia article in Issue 14 of Wax Poetics.   [...]

    – Mulatu of Ethiopia « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

  2. [...] Issue 14, Jazzy Jay recalls New York record stores in the ’70s, places like Downstairs Records: [...]

    – Juice (Greedy Records) 1976 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pm

  3. [...] James Gadson claims, in Issue 14, that he just played the “disco stuff” and was scared of fellow players Jack [...]

    – Magical Shepard « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

  4. [...] wasn’t until our own Issue 14 that people associated David Axelrod with Arthur Lyman’s Taboo 2, which Axe produced. [...]

    – Arthur Lyman Taboo Vol. 2 (Hi-Fi) c. 1960 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

  5. [...] always African music,” Mulatu says in Issue 14, but what makes it Latin is the montuno,” the syncopated piano vamp. Mulatu’s later [...]

    – Mulatu Afro-Latin Soul (Worthy) 1966 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

  6. [...] the second single off of Wright’s debut, Alston songwriting duo Clarence “Blowfly” Reid and Willie Clarke slyly forced a swinging 3/4 Miracles riff into a boxier 4/4, introducing the [...]

    – Betty Wright (Alston 4571) 1968 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

  7. [...] is back with a Christmas treat. Continuing our David Axelrod theme, we bring out the Lou Rawls classic. While J. W. Alexander’s “Good Time [...]

    – Lou Rawls Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! (Capitol) « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

  8. [...] enlisted a few members of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, including inimitable sticks man James Gadson, to light a fire under this funk classic. Dyke and his band continued to cut ridiculously heavy, [...]

    – Dyke and the Blazers (Original Sound) 1969 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

  9. [...] songwriter/drum maestro James Gadson if the arrangement of this 1968 single, taken from the Rhythm Band’s sophomore album, [...]

    – Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.) 1968 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

  10. [...] “Castles in Spain and a ski lodge in Maine” over a relaxed proto-disco groove on this Clarence Reid-written and -produced Glades B-side. While Latimore’s lascivious tone may lead one to call [...]

    – Latimore (Glades) 1973 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

  11. [...] success, Preston recorded some sides for Capitol, with the help from Sly Stone, who co-wrote this Axelrod-produced tune and arranged an album’s worth of material for him.   [...]

    – Billy Preston (Capitol) c. 1967 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

  12. [...] Lou Rawls, who passed away on Friday, January 6, 2006. His amazing baritone can be heard on this David Axelrod-produced soul masterpiece, aided with funky drums and bass, sparse piano, and a sly vibraphone [...]

    – Lou Rawls Your Good Thing (Capitol) 1969 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

  13. [...] McCrae returned to Miami, where Alston founder Henry Stone paired her with producer/ songwriter Clarence Reid to record a series of career-making sides for Alston subsidiary Cat Records. For [...]

    – Gwen McCrae (Cat) 1975 « Wax Poetics September 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm

  14. [...] in Addis Ababa with Soundway’s Miles Cleret and photographer/filmmaker B+ (as featured in Wax Poetics Issue 14). Five years later, they were reunited at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles for the [...]

    – Quantic’s “Addis to Axum” Mix « Wax Poetics March 30th, 2010 at 8:30 pm

  15. [...] about Mulatu Astatke in Issue 14 of Wax [...]

    – Timeless Box Set « Wax Poetics May 4th, 2010 at 3:19 pm

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