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Artist:
FOSTER, RONNIE
Title:
Cheshire Cat
Label:
BLUE NOTE
Format:
LP
Price:
$11.50
Catalog #:
BNLA 425LP
Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1975. Finely-honed, post-
Freap
organ jazz funk, featuring Joe Beck (guitar), George Benson (guitar, background vocals), William Allen (bass), Gary King (bass), Dennis Davis (drums) and James Mtume (percussion). Tracks include "Like A Child," "Tuesday Heartbreak," "Fly Away," Heartless" and "Funky Motion."
Artist:
FOSTER, RONNIE
Title:
Two Headed Freap
Label:
BLUE NOTE
Format:
LP
Price:
$11.50
Catalog #:
BST 84382LP
Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1972. "Ronnie Foster's debut album
Two Headed Freap
is a set of contemporary funky soul-jazz from the early '70s, which means it sounds closer to the soundtrack of a lost blaxploitation flick than
Back at the Chicken Shack, Pt. 2
. Foster certainly does display a debt to Jimmy Smith, but his playing is busier than Smith's and a bit wilder. Ironic, then, that his playing is in service to the groove and blends into the mix of wah-wah guitars, funk rhythms, electric bass, harps, and percolating percussion. Everything on
Two Headed Freap
is about glitzy groove -- it sounds cinematic, colorful, and funky." -- All Music
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