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Labelle The finest of Labelle's original albums, Nightbirds was recorded in New Orleans with funkmeister Allen Toussaint behind the production desk and members of the Meters (later known as the Neville Brothers) playing the instruments. Lady Marmalade ( Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir ) was their well-deserved number one from the album. Deniece Williams spent the first half of the 1970s establishing herself as a background vocalist for an impressive line of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Minnie Riperton, Roberta Flack, and Esther Phillips. Though she'd continue to do session work throughout her career, she also became accomplished as a solo artist. Unfortunately, a lot of people think she came out of nowhere for 1984's Let's Hear It for the Boy on the Footloose soundtrack, a number one pop hit, but she was making excellent albums as early as 1976. The songs that would eventually make up her debut, This Is Niecy , were sent to Earth, Wind & Fire. W...

Kandace Springs Enjoy the funky Blue Note (and affiliated) Grooves From The Crates ! The legendary jazz label was founded by German immigrants Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff in 1939. It derives its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. On one of the tracks José James joins voices with Lalah Hathaway, Donny's daughter. Their fresh new duet is a version of Bill Withers’ classic Lovely Day . James’ forthcoming album is a tribute to the man who celebrated his 80th birthday on the Fourth of July.  Lean On Me  is out next week. In 1972 Larry and Fonce Mizell started their production company ‘Sky high’ and began to work for artists like Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey and Johnny Hammond. The Mizell Brothers created a unique multi-layered sound that shimmers somewhere between funk, jazz, soul and disco. After having huge commercial success with A Taste of Honey, they stopped producing and playing on records. Larry only shortly appeared on Play With The Changes from 4Hero in...

Théo Gosselin The summer of 2018 is slowly closing its curtains, so it’s time to drive into the sunset one more time with some slow disco coming out of the speakers… I want to thank German music journalist Thomas Splett for the inspiration. This is what Charlee Remitz tells about her new single: “To Tell You the Truth is “What if?” in musical form. A brilliant shade of curiosity. A mystical world you frequent when someone enchants you. A love/hate moment you must cherish before, all too quickly, that enchanting “What if?” becomes “What now?” Tracklist: Camino 84 – Yacht Rock Breaks Side B (2018) Aaron Tesser & The New Jazz Affair – Ride Like The Wind (2010) Michael Franks – Down In Brazil (1977) Wayne Henderson – Hot Stuff (1978) Barrabas – On The Road Again (1981) Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy [Soft Rocks Edit] (1983/2006) Freeway – Get The Feelin’ (1980) The Dells – No Way Back (1976) Eddie Kendricks – I Won't Take No (1976) The Four Seasons – Who Love...

Joan Smalls Instagram Liner notes: Johnny Bristol – Love Takes Tears (1975) This Johnny Bristol track was covered by British jazz-funk band The Real Thing in 1982. Johnny Bristol wrote songs for the Motown factory for many years before he went solo in 1974. Norman Connors – Captain Connors (1978) Jazz drummer Norman Connors crossed over to the R&B market with his superb album T his is your life. The track Captain Connors can be found on it. Demis Roussos – I Dig You (1977) Originally called Who and done by Odyssey, a ‘one single only’ disco project from synthesizer player and movie composer Vangelis Papathanassiou ( Chariots of fire ). Greek singer Demis Roussos did a cover version a couple of years later and called it I dig you . He did it with more self-confidence which gave the song something extra. Stanley Turrentine – Evil Ways (1976) Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine played with many legendary jazz musicians, like Ray Charles and John Coltrane. He die...

Enjoy these soulful, chilled and jazzy lounge takes on classics from the 1980s! One of the tracks is Don't You (Forget About Me) from the movie The Breakfast Club. Producer Keith Forsey, who used to be Giorgio Moroder’s right hand, asked subsequently Cy Curnin from The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record the song, but all three turned it down. Bryan would regret his decision later on in his career, because it would have been a good opportunity to crack the US market. Forsey then asked Simple Minds who, after refusing as well, agreed after some pushing from their label, A&M. According to frontman Jim Kerr, the band was reluctant to record the song as they felt they should only record their own material, relenting after persuasion from Kerr's wife at the time, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, and a phone call from Forsey in which he expressed his admiration for the band. The band rearranged and recorded Don't You (Forget About Me) in three hours in a north Lon...