Description
THE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER JAPANESE ‘IMAGINERY’ DISCO FUNK SOUNDTRACK FROM 1977 FEATURING THE CREAM OF THE TOKYO SCENE Billy Brooks’ cult Jazz-Funk album officialy released. Featuring “Fourty Days”, sampled by A Trible Called Quest for their “Luck Of Lucien”.
Billy Brooks’ much sought-after album “Windows Of The Mind,” released in 1974 on Ray Charles’ Crossover Records. The album, co-produced by Charles and featuring such heavy players as Herman Riley, Calvin Keys and Larry Gales, includes one of the most famous samples in hip hop history in the form of ‘Fourty Days’ which forms the backbone of A Tribe Called Quest’s 1990 anthemic ‘Luck of Lucien.’ Newly remastered, the reissue comes with original artwork.
There’s not a huge amount of information to be found about trumpet player Billy Brooks. A solid session musician who’d been around since the 50s, he played with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Cal Tjader and of course Ray Charles, who signed him to his sub label Crossover Records in the early 70s to release “Windows of the Mind.” Interestingly Brooks also appears on Bea Benjamin’s 1976 cult classic African Songbird produced by Dollard Brand. “Windows of the Mind” released in 1974 remains Brooks’ only solo album.
“Windows of the Mind” was recorded in Los Angeles and co-produced by Ray Charles. It is a skilful brass-led mix of jazz and funk performed by such cult players as bassist Larry Gales (Thelonious Monk), drummer Clarence Johnston (Freddie Roach, James Moody), Saxophonist Herman Riley (Side Effect, Pleasure, Earth Wind & Fire, Letta Mbulu), guitarists Jef Lee (Roy Ayers, Sylvia Striplin) and cult player Calvin Keys of Black Jazz Records fame.
Tracklist:
1. Rockin Julius
2. Cooling It
3. The Jagged Edge
4. The Speech Maker
5. Black Flag
1. Good News Blues
2. Shetter Cheeze
3. C.P. Time
4. Fourty Days
