Bernie Worrell: 1944-2016

P-funk pioneer Bernie Worrell us dead at 72, He succumbed to stage four lung cancer. The founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic was one of the first musicians to play the Moog synthesizer and the Minimoog.

He was an unofficial member of the Taking Heads throughout the Eighties. Late he joined Black Jack Johnson, Baby Elephant, and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains. His own bands Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors and Bernie Worrell Orchestra were festival favorites.

Watch him perform Sco-Mule with Gov't Mule in New Orleans on May 3, 2003.

» bernieworrell.com

HCTF review of Baby Elephant - Turn My Teeth Up!

Baby Elephant: Turn My Teeth Up!

Baby Elephant is a project started by three musicians having a hell of a good time in the studio and inviting their friends to join in. Keyboard legend Bernie Worrell got a call from producer and DJ Prince Paul and Don Newkirk makes it three. The result is an album called Turn My Teeth Up!

It's not hiphop played over jazz (and thank God for that), but an exploration of the members musical backgrounds. And if Worrel is playing, you will get David Byrne, George Clinton, Nona Hendryx and a host of other alumni to touch up the basic tracks. It's not a party record, but it will cheer you up. If you can handle funky soul rhythms with a easy going flow on top, add this to your albums to buy list pronto.

Turn My Teeth Up! is released through godforsakenmusic.com. Release date: September 11.

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