Musick that Needed Work - R: Randy Jacobs

 

Randy Jacobs was born in San Francisco & raised in Detroit. He started playing a music at the age of 13. After graduating from high school, Jacobs worked with former Miles Davis bassist/singer Michael Henderson. He co-authored the Top-Five R&B hit, "Wide Receiver." After a number of years working in the Motown scene Jacobs became one of the core members of Was (Not Was). While with the band, Jacobs co-authored the Top-Ten hit "Walk the Dinosaur" (here).

 

After Was (Not Was) disbanded he became a member of Soul Mission, a gospel R&B project featuring Tata Vega, Mavis Staples, Booker T Jones & Steve Cropper. In 1994 he formed his own outfit The Boneshakers, finally realizing his vision of funk, blues, R&B, rock  soul. He released two CDs, Book of Spells (here) & Shake the Planet both featuring his longtime Was (Not Was) band mate Sweetpea Atkinson on vocals for Pointblank/Virgin Records.

In 2005 Randy released From Me to You, his first jazz influenced solo instrumental CD on his Bad Monkey Recordings label. With appearances from Mindy Abair, Andre Berry, Rick Braun, Euge Groove, Wendy Moten, Bob Sheppard, Wayman Tisdale & co-producer Jon Gilutin.

Sit back & enjoy some sweet Soul musick... 

 

Randy Jacobs - From Me to You, Bad Monkey Recordings BMR003-2, 2005.
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From Me to You
Mi Corazón, Mi Amor
Trixie, Get Down Off the Table!
Kisses for Miss Faye
Ooo What She Does yo Me
Tell Me Why
Extraordinary Lover
No More Rainy Days
Never Over You
Dobro Jones
Emotional Moment

 

 

 

For this next one you probably will want to get out of that seat & on your funky feet. Jacobs' next outing was another instrumental release but more varied than his jazz-flavored debut. For this one he revisited songs he had written fresh out of high school. He included five of those tune & wrote five new ones to flush out the CD.

 

Randy Jacobs - The Return of Randy Dynamite, Bad Monkey Recordings BMR005-2, 2010.

For All Your Funky Needs    
Love You Back    
Rumpulator    
Melodius    
Troublefunk    
Sweet Distant Lover    
Fish in the Snack Bowl    
Big Star Church    
Someone for Me    
Mucho Mas

 

 

 

This 2013 release is an instrumental funk-fest, teaming up with Was (not Was) & Boneshakers friends: keyboardist Jamie Muhoberac; Sweet Pea Atkinson; Sir Harry Bowens; Mindi Adair; & Dave Hooper.

 

Randy Jacobs - Rhythm & the Beat, Bad Monkey Recordings BMR006-2, 2013.

Funkolina Brown
Secret Plot Deep
Groovellephacus
(Let's) Get Funky Tonight
Love Lessons
No Brag, Just Fact
Omazing
Wake up Baby
McStinkum
Free the Man
Que Sera Sera

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ