Soul And Funk Music Album Reviews, Reissues and New Releases Of Various Labels
Johnny Gill The veteran R&B singer returns with a new album.
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It’s been 16 years since award winning, R&B legend Johnny Gill released a solo album but next month the wait is over as Gill will release his new single, “In The Mood” the first track from his forthcoming recording on independent powerhouse Notifi Records.
Written by Gill, Ralph Stacey and Dave Young who has composed hits for Faith Evans, Toni Braxton and Mary J. Blige, In The Mood keeps Gill sounding as contemporary as Usher, Ne-Yo and today’s other chart topping R&B stars. The smooth, laid back vibe of the song fits perfectly on all radio formats yet reminds his fans that he is still one of the best, most powerful vocalist around. |
Re-Issue Zoom's Saturday, Saturday Night
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Zoom is a funk group from Los Angeles. They formed the band in 1982 by the following eight band members: George Mitchell, drums; John Haynes. bass and vocals; Butch Bonner, lead and rhythm guitar; Marcus Robinson, keyboards; S. Todd Duncan, keyboards; Henry Prejean, sax; Darryl Williams, Trumpet and vocals; and Nolan Semien on lead vocals. For polydor records they recorded their debut album Saturday, Saturday night. This album debuted on januari, 30 in 1982 on the billboards R&B album chart and reached #44. The title song reached number 54 on billboards r&b single chart. Another single from this album reached also this chart #39. |
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Just Released the new Album by George Benson 'Guitar Man'
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George Benson just released his jazz album 'Guitar Man' on Concord records. This 12 track CD consist of mainly jazz and pop oriented tracks. On this album other great names are collaborating with Benson. Names like the Drummer Harvey Mason, pianist Joe Sample, keyboardist and musical director David Garfield, bassist Ben Williams are present on this album. This album is recorded with an old school approach the crew came together in the studio with a minimum of prior rehearsal time and lay down tracks in something very close to the live experience. |
Jazz Guitar player John Carey's album release 'New Beginnings'
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This week I received two albums from a man and wife named Carey hailed from Palm Springs, California. One of the albums is from John Carey and is called 'New Beginnings'. The other album that is called 'Melodic' is from Gina Carey, the wife of John. Both albums are released on their own label Gico Music. John is the guitarist for both albums and Gina give act of her vocal presence on both albums. This duo is phenomenal in making quality soul and smooth jazz. Buy This from CDBABY |
Gina Carey's hot new album Melodic
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John's wife Gina released her new album on their on own label Gico records. This album contains ten smooth songs written, produced, arranged and composed by Gina herself. Just like Gina is working on the cd of her husband John, John is playing the guitar on all the tracks. Gina's vocals are rougher on this album tracks than on John Carey's album. On Wednesday August 24, 2011, Gina Carey has climbed to the #1 spot of Starpoint Radios’ Top 30 UK Soul Charts with her new CD release “Melodic”. Buy This from CDBABY |
Debut album by Independent artist Dr. John E. Bell
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Last week I received a CD album from John E. Bell for a review. This is John E. Bell's debut album and is called 'Special Occasion Tribute: From Soul To Soul' and is released in 2010 on Excelsior Aliquippa Publishing Company Records. The album is recorded in the Royal Studios in Memphis. This ten track album has some really great soul tunes on it. The more you listen to this album the better songs get. On this album you can hear a mix of slow and mid-tempo soul/gospel songs. For the dutch visitors or foreign visitors, who are in the Netherlands on Tuesday 29th November 2011 at 11:00pm, Dr. John E. Bell is performing live in the WCC Muziekcafé. in de Pijp, Amsterdam. |
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Re-Issue of Willie Hutch his album The Mark Of The Beast of 1974
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Soul Brother Records recently re-issued three albums from the early seventies of the former Motown producer, writer, and arranger Willie Hutch. These albums are 'Fully Exposed', 'The Mark Of The Beast' and 'Ode To My Lady'.
This album 'The Mark Of The Beast' is from 1974 and was originally released on Motown Records (M6-815S1). This nine track album is funkier, rougher than his previous debut album 'Fully Exposed', recorded a year earlier. On this album Hutch exchanged the strike instruments Violins and Harps for the brass instruments like trumpet, sax. This album reached #41 on the R&B Billboard chart. |
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Re-Issue of Willie Hutch his album Ode To My Lady of 1975
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Another re-issue of Willie Hutch by Soul Brother Records is the third solo album 'Ode To My Lady' of 1975, originally released on Motown Records (M6-838S1). This album reached #24 on Billboards R&B chart. On this ten tracks album Hutch change his mind again and switched back to the strings but the brass stayed also present on many tracks. This album is full of strings that sounds like the Philly records of those days in the early seventies. If you don't know 'Willie Hutch' as a Motown artist you probably think of PIR. 'Ode To My Lady' has some funky tracks but it has predominantly melodious soul tunes. |
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Re-Issue of Willie Hutch his album Fully Exposed of 1973
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Willie McKinley Hutchinson aka Willie Hutch is born in Los Angeles in 1946. Hutch is a soul icon who wrote and produced many acts in the sixties and seventies such as 'The Fifth Dimension'. In 1970 he wrote 'I'll be there' for the Jackson 5. This was the basis for a long collaboration with Motown Records as writer, producer and Artist. His debut solo album was 'Fully Exposed' from 1973. This album is now available on CD. It is reissued by Soul Brother Records from the UK and re-mastered from the original master tapes. |
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