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recorded nearly 40 years ago on a rainy Friday evening, Bill Withers released Live At Carnegie Hall, and it is still regarded as one of the best live performances in the history of soul music. With beautiful renditions of his classics "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Grandma's Hands" and of course his biggest hit "Lean On Me", this shouldn't come as a surprise. Withers' brand of melancholy Soul plucks at your heartstrings and creates a wistful yearning, but it is still one of the most uplifting pieces of music you will ever find. Learn More

Fresh is one of Sly & The Family Stone's masterpieces. Recorded in 1973 it's steeped in the narcotic haze of political and social protest, but it is also an undeniably funky album. Elastic basslines, foot-stomping beats, eccentricity lurking around every note. Learn More

HUGE jazz/funk record from Idris Muhammad with hip-hop samples galore! Learn More

Originally released in 1970, This is Mwandishi by Herbie Hancock .There was plenty of improvisation going here. The departure from jazz was most obvious in the use of electronic devices and the choice of a forward thinking group of musicians to back him. Learn More