Melvin Jackson
Melvin Jackson: Funky Skull (Verve By Request Series) LP
Limelight, 1969
On his sole album as a leader, bassist Melvin Jackson - a veteran of the Eddie Harris band (this album includes two Harris originals) - plays with a bow, plucks and plugs his upright bass into a Maestro G-2 filter box, a Boomerang, an Echoplex, and an Ampeg amp. The result is soulful, psychedelic, and of course, funky - at once one of the grooviest and most avant-garde albums you'll ever hear.
Tracklist
Side A
- Funky Skull Parts 1 & 2
- Ma, She's Makin' Eyes At Me
- Bold And Black
- Dance Of The Dervish
- Everybody Loves My Baby
Side B
- Cold Duck Time Parts 1 & 2
- Say What
- Funky Doo
- Silver Cycles
The Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.