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"Nice Blue Note jazz funk from drummer Alphonse Mouzon – featuring spacey tracks in a choppy style that reminds us a bit of some of the best European fusion albums from the period – not exactly what you might expect from Blue Note, which makes us appreciate it all the more! Lee Ritenour's on guitar, and he gets a lot of play on the record – but the main groove is Alphonse's heavy funky snakefoot! His drums and percussion are furiously frenetic, yet danceable – and he also plays a lot of synths. Other players include Tom Scott on tenor, Dave Grusin on clavinet, Victor Feldman on bongos and congas, Charles Meeks on bass and others. A couple tracks have vocals by Marty McCall, Jackie Ward and Caroline Willis as well as Alphonse himself, and it's also got two very nice break-oriented tracks – "Snake Walk" and "New York City" – both with nice hard drums! Also includes a number of other good fusion groovers, like "Without A Reason", "Just Like the Sun", "Before You Leave", "Just Like The Sun", "Mouzon Moves On" and more. "
With
George Duke (listed as Dawilli Gonga) on Moogs and Arps
Tim DeHuff on Electric Guitar
Lee Ritenour on Electric Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
David T. Walker Guitar Solo on "New York City"
Alphonse on his Fibes Kit
and with his Exclusive
Voice Choir Keyboard.
Top Production from Skip Drinkwater
Top Engineers - Al Schmitt and Don Murray
Recorded Dec 1975 and Jan 1976
10 Outta 10
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Outtasight
Colin.
"Nice Blue Note jazz funk from drummer Alphonse Mouzon – featuring spacey tracks in a choppy style that reminds us a bit of some of the best European fusion albums from the period – not exactly what you might expect from Blue Note, which makes us appreciate it all the more! Lee Ritenour's on guitar, and he gets a lot of play on the record – but the main groove is Alphonse's heavy funky snakefoot! His drums and percussion are furiously frenetic, yet danceable – and he also plays a lot of synths. Other players include Tom Scott on tenor, Dave Grusin on clavinet, Victor Feldman on bongos and congas, Charles Meeks on bass and others. A couple tracks have vocals by Marty McCall, Jackie Ward and Caroline Willis as well as Alphonse himself, and it's also got two very nice break-oriented tracks – "Snake Walk" and "New York City" – both with nice hard drums! Also includes a number of other good fusion groovers, like "Without A Reason", "Just Like the Sun", "Before You Leave", "Just Like The Sun", "Mouzon Moves On" and more. "
With
George Duke (listed as Dawilli Gonga) on Moogs and Arps
Tim DeHuff on Electric Guitar
Lee Ritenour on Electric Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
David T. Walker Guitar Solo on "New York City"
Alphonse on his Fibes Kit
and with his Exclusive
Voice Choir Keyboard.
Top Production from Skip Drinkwater
Top Engineers - Al Schmitt and Don Murray
Recorded Dec 1975 and Jan 1976
10 Outta 10
__________________________________________________________________________
Outtasight
Colin.
