Melvin Sparks (Jazz): I'm Funky Now on CD
I'm Funky Now
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Label:
- Ace
- Year of recording ca.:
- 1976
- Item number:
- 7811230
- UPC/EAN:
- 0029667086820
- Release date:
- 8.12.2017
• A previously unreleased album by funky jazz hero Melvin Sparks.
• This would have been his third album for the Westbound group of labels, but after being mastered, and a limited number of acetates produced, it was pulled from the release schedules and apart from one track on a compilation (1999’s »Alright! Black American Dance Music From The Disco Era«) was never heard.
• Recorded in 1976 with the finest Detroit session musicians, it pays lip service to the then-current success of disco, but doesn’t pander. Instead what you get is a heavily funky, orchestrated version of his usual style, with some fine grooves and some beautiful mellow moments.
• The Texas-born guitarist cut his teeth in the organ-based groups of Jack McDuff, Lou Donaldson and Charles Earland before striking out on his own with a series of albums for Prestige, Eastbound and Westbound that are adored by fans of good funky jazz. This is a valuable addition to the collection.
Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 I'm funky now
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2 Disco booty
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3 Make it good
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4 Love tones
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5 The truth hurts
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6 You're gonna make it
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7 I'm gonna funk you up
