Turn This Mutha Out is an album by Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad is a jazz drummer. He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. He is known for his funky playing style. He has released a number of albums as leader, and has played with a number of jazz legends including Lou Donaldson, Johnny Griffin, Pharoah Sanders and Grover...

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Track listing

1. "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" (David Matthews, Tony Sarafino) – 8:37
2. "Camby Bolongo" (David Matthews) – 3:50
3. "Turn This Mutha Out" (David Matthews, Tony Sarafino) – 6:50
4. "Tasty Cakes" (David Matthews, Tony Sarafino) – 4:23
5. "Crab Apple" (David Matthews) – 5:07
6. "Moon Hymn" (David Matthews) – 4:22
7. "Say What" (David Matthews) – 4:05

Track credits

1. Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb — bass
• Hiram Bullock
  Hiram Bullock
  Hiram Law Bullock was an American jazz funk and jazz fusion guitarist.He was born in Osaka, Japan to African American parents serving in the U.S. Military. At the age of two he returned to Baltimore, Maryland with his parents, and quickly showed a prodigious musical talent...
  
  — guitar solo
• Charlie Brown — guitar
• Rubens Bassini — percussion
• Sue Evans
  Sue Evans
  Sue Evans is an American jazz percussionist.Evans played piano before switching to drums. She studied under Warren Smith and Sonny Igoe, and graduated in 1969 from the High School of Music and Art. She was Judy Collins's touring drummer from 1969 to 1973, and worked with Gil Evans from 1969 to 1982...
  
   — percussion
• Michael Brecker
  Michael Brecker
  Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
  
  — tenor saxophone solo
• Ronnie Cuber
  Ronnie Cuber
  Ronnie Cuber is a jazz saxophonist. He has also played in Latin, pop, rock and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he has also played tenor sax, soprano sax and flute, the latter on an album by Eddie Palmieri. As a leader, Cuber is known for hard bop and Latin jazz...
  
   — baritone saxophone
• David Tofani — soprano saxophone
• Cliff Carter — synthesizer solo
• Randy Brecker
  Randy Brecker
  Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
  
   — trumpet
• Jon Faddis
  Jon Faddis
  Jon Faddis is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator renowned for both his highly virtuosic command of the instrument and for his expertise in the field of music education...
  
   — trumpet
• Margaret Ross — harp
• Frank Floyd — vocal solo
• Bill Eaton — background vocals
• Zachary Sanders — background vocals
• Ray Simpson — background vocals

2. Camby Bolongo

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb — bass
• Charlie Brown — guitar
• Hugh McCracken
  Hugh McCracken
  Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and session musician, arranger and producer based in New York.Especially in demand in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he appears on many recordings by Steely Dan, as well as albums by Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B...
  
   — guitar
• Sue Evans — percussion
• Randy Brecker — trumpet solo
• Jeremy Steig — flute solo

3. Turn This Mutha Out

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb — bass
• Cliff Carter — keyboards
• Hiram Bullock — guitar solo
• Sue Evans — percussion
• Bill Eaton — background vocals
• Zachary Sanders — background vocals
• Ray Simpson — background vocals

4. Tasty Cakes

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb — bass
• Cliff Carter — keyboards
• Hiram Bullock — guitar solo
• Sue Evans — percussion
• Bill Eaton — background vocals
• Zachary Sanders — background vocals
• Ray Simpson — background vocals

5. Crab Apple

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb — bass
• Charlie Brown — guitar
• Hiram Bullock — guitar solo
• Sue Evans — percussion
• Ronnie Cuber — baritone saxophone
• David Tofani — soprano saxophone
• Cliff Carter — synthesizer solo
• Michael Brecker — tenor saxophone solo

6. Moon Hymn

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb —bass
• Charlie Brown —guitar
• Sue Evans —percussion
• Ronnie Cuber —baritone saxophone
• David Tofani —soprano saxophone
• Cliff Carter — synthesizer

7. Say What

• Idris Muhammad — drums, tom tom
• Wilbur Bascomb — bass
• Charlie Brown — guitar
• Hugh McCracken — guitar
• Eric Gale — guitar solo
• Jeremy Steig — flute solo

Later Samples

• "Crab Apple"
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• "Say What"
  • "Dr. Knockboots" by Nas
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    Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...
    
     from the album I Am...
• "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This"
  • "Rise (Bini & Martini Mix)" by Soul Providers

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MC Hammer

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 had a popular rap

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 song also called "Turn This Mutha Out" from his 1988 album Let's Get It Started

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which was accompanied by a music video

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. The rap single

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 peaked at #3 on the US Rap

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