Birth of The Cool Funk: Vintage Jams & Serious Grooves, Vol. 3

Various Artists

Delta

This collection includes a Lonnie Smith track, a Reuben Wilson track with Lloyd Davis on guitar, an O'Donel Levy track, a Jimmy McGriff track with Larry Frazier on guitar, a Larry Willis track with Harold Vick on saxophone, and a Joe Thomas track with Jimmy Ponder on guitar.

Tracks / Musicians

• Like a Thief in the Night - Mike Longo
• It Feels So Nice - Jimmy McGriff
• Lean Meat - Lonnie Smith
• The Big Brawl - Jimmy Smith
• Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Joe Thomas
• Theme from Shaft - Jimmy McGriff
• Swamp Carol - Jan Hammer and Jeremy Steig
• The Sweet Life - Reuben Wilson
• Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky - O'Donel Levy
• Nice - Groove Merchants
• Tutu - Miles Davis
• Out on the Coast - Larry Willis
• I'm Gone and I'm Glad - Joe Thomas

Lean Meat was originally released on;

• Keep on Lovin', Lonnie Smith, 1976

• The Sweet Life, Reuben Wilson, 1972

• Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky, O'Donel Levy, 1974

• Inner Crisis, Larry Willis, 1973

• Let's Stay Together, Jimmy McGriff, 1972

• Joy Of Cookin', Joe Thomas, 1972

• The Cat Strikes Again, Jimmy Smith, 1980