Bill Cosby - Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (Uni Records 1971)

dusty groove says:

A funky masterpiece from Bill Cosby -- hardly the sort of record you might expect from all of his years on mainstream TV! This set was cut back when Bill was a much hipper cat on the LA scene -- and it was the start of a brief all-instrumental run with his Badfoot Brown ensemble -- a group who's not named in the notes on the record, but who offer up some seriously funky grooves! Bill supposedly plays keyboards himself -- some really mad electric piano that's often repetitive, cyclical, and really hypnotic -- a tripped-out style that's more funk than jazz, and which is easily one of the best parts of the record. But the rhythms are great too -- equally hypnotic, and build up from bass, organ, guitar, and this whomping sort of drum part -- echoing strongly in the background and really bringing a spooky feel to the set. Side one includes the amazing "Martin's Funeral" -- sampled famously by Tribe Called Quest, and a 15 minute jam that's inspired by the funeral of Martin Luther King. Side two features "Hybish Shybish", an even longer track that's sort of an improvised jazz game -- and which features tripped-out instrumental trading that's simply amazing. The whole record is really mindblowing -- a messed-up jam session that's well worth the legend that's been built up around it over the years -- and we're hard-pressed to think of another album like it! And as a special bonus, the package features these really long notes written by Bill Cosby himself -- words that are as unusual as the music, and a side of him that's hardly been shown again

this album is nice, no doubt about it. a couple weeks ago i passed over a bill cosby music album by bill cosby and this band because i thought i had it. now, i know that 1. i dont have it, 2. apparently its rare as hell cus i cant find anything about it online and its not up on ebay. i cant even remember the title of the album but it WASNT silver throat, sings hooray, jam sessions with quincy jones, disco bill, or this one. the cover had a lot of blue on it, but thats all i remember. damn. anyway, bill cosby plays the electric piano on this. dont sleep.



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