Sunshine Days: Jazz Funk & Latin Grooves
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Leon Huff is known as one half of legendary songwriters duo Gamble & Huff, but he’s a brilliant organist as well. You can hear him play on Do It Anyway You Wanna by People’s Choice, for instance. The song was a mess at first and was on the shelves for quite some time, according to the king of disco mixes, Tom Moulton. After he had laid his hands on it, the track became what it is today, a disco classic.
Uno Esta by American R&B flautist Bobbi Humphrey is from her 5th studio album Fancy Dancer. It was recorded in 1975, produced by the wonderful Mizell Brothers and released on the legendary Blue Note label. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating:
"There isn't anything approaching a middling moment here -- this is all killer, no filler. Jazz critics may have had their troubles with this set, but no one cared; Humphrey and the Mizells were creating a new kind of largely instrumental funk that was inclusive of everything they could weave in from world music to soul-jazz to club music to pop -- and the public responded.”
Next up is a new episode of Mellow Mellow FM!
Tracklist:
Roy Ayers – Everytime I See You (1978)
Blackbyrds – Soft And Easy (1977)
Aura – Yesterday's Love (1979)
Paulinho Da Costa – Seeing Is Believing (1979)
Eddie Henderson – Inside You (1976)
Three Ounces Of Love – In The Middle Of The Feeling (1978)
George Duke – Summer Breezin' (1979)
Leon Huff – Tight Money (1980)
El Chicano – Tell Her She's Lovely (1973)
Bobbi Humphrey – Uno Esta (1975)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Sunshine (1975)
Harvey Mason – Never Give You Up (1979)
Janette Renee – What’s On Your Mind (1979)
Tony Silvester & The New Ingredient – Magic Touch (1976)
Banda Black Rio – Expresso Madureira (1978)
Earl Klugh – I’ll See You Again (1979)
Painel De Controle – Relax (1979)
Azymuth – Jazz Carnival (1979)
Patrice Rushen – Let Your Heart Be Free (1977)
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