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01. The Rongetz Foundation - The Tour Song
02. The Rongetz Foundation - Algonquin Eagle
03. The Rongetz Foundation - Clapping Your Soul
04. The Rongetz Foundation - Death Of A Music Box
05. The Rongetz Foundation - Success Success
06. The Rongetz Foundation - Funky Fancy NYC
07. The Rongetz Foundation - Murky Park
08. The Rongetz Foundation - Somehow Blues
09. The Rongetz Foundation - Funky Fancy NYC (Too Many Keys Mix)
ARTIST
TITLE
Alphabet City Music Club
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
BBS 009CD BBS 009CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/4/2019

It's ten years that The Rongetz Foundation is hanging around the five boroughs. Ten years of wonderful jazz-tainted recordings, with Gary Bartz, Gregory Porter, Corey Fonville, and Ronnie Cuber, to name a few, "stained" with the grit of soul and funk music that Rongetz (aka Stephane Ronget) likes to bring to the table. This album, Alphabet City Music Club is a marvelous example of that stylish balance established in between raw and sophisticated feel. The place of the recording first, Alphabet City, is a genuine inner town in Manhattan that was for long time defined like this: "Avenue A, you're Alright. Avenue B, you're Brave. Avenue C, you're Crazy. Avenue D, you're Dead". There are two sessions that are part of the album: one is very much jazz-funk oriented with Corey Fonville (drums), Corcoran Holt (bass), Mathis Picard (keys), Morgan Guerin (tenor sax/EWI), and Erena Terakubo (alto sax/flute). The other one spreads soul music all around with: Homer Steinweiss (drums), Jeremy Kay (bass), Kyle Koehler (organ), and Guerin (tenor sax). The two sessions, ultimately came together with the help of talented young vocalists Alina Engibaryan (Snarky Puppy), Vuyo Sotashe, Vanisha Gould, Lewis Parker, and Mr Day. Mix all those elements in a rusty blender and you will enjoy the bootleg Bourbon, hard shake that is Alphabet City Music Club.