Yeaahh. Go ahead, take a look at who plays on this; the album’s contents are as fresh as they look. See if this doesn’t warm you up. A long time staple around here, I just dusted off “Hikky Burr” for a new mix. The savvy will note this was the original Bill Cosby Show theme song back in the early seventies—long before Lisa Bonet and the gang.
Oddly, while eMusic does offer The Original Jam Sessions 1969 for sale, it is not available for purchase in the United States.
MP3: Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby :: Hikky Burr
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i found this jem a few years ago – highly recommend it!
1 | lisa January 6th, 2010 at 6:08 pmhell yes.very funky.
2 | perrata2000 January 6th, 2010 at 6:20 pmmilt jackson & joe sample w/ quincy & cosby?? WHAAAAAT
3 | theMike January 6th, 2010 at 8:05 pmAND jimmy smith!
4 | theMike January 6th, 2010 at 8:25 pmThe album is available on iTunes, however. Thank you SO much this album is awesome!
5 | champaignofblogs January 6th, 2010 at 9:33 pmJust downloaded the rest from eMusic. It was -8.5ºF this morning. So, yeah, I was looking for something to warm me up!
6 | SadSackSuperman January 7th, 2010 at 11:55 amJust so, so heavy… so, so deep
7 | Hamsterfunk January 29th, 2010 at 4:12 pm[...] Jones – “Hikky-Burr” You may recognize this as the theme song from The Cosby Show, and that may be 20% of why I love it. The other 80% is because it’s damn [...]
8 | 2010 Spring Playlist | joshua paul premuda February 8th, 2010 at 10:02 am