OK…Music Lovers from T.U.M.S., try to get a hold of this one: How about a taste of Soul, A sprinkle of R&B, A twist of Incognito, A squirt of Sade – add them all up…all the components, nuts & bolts, and you will get a modern soul group called Dreemtime. …
Continuing his style for some deep down hard soul-funk jazz, Dr. Lonnie smith returns to the spotlight with another project to add to his collection entitled, “Spiral”, from Palmetto Records. 8 Tracks of supreme showmanship orchestrating the sounds Dr. Smith has grown accustomed to playing on all of his discs. …
It’s right around nighttime…and we get another request from our contributing writer, George Strand:
…”I like what we got going here”….
…”When it came time to be truly thoughtful, sexy & romantic without getting too sensual, nor vulgar, some of our best slow songs carried real meaning and lasted a lifetime. Special sessions of intoxicating words of advice. Magnificent penmanship to poetry. I had to go back into my own personal collections and find something by example. One of those examples came shining through tonight from Ms. Alyson Williams. Put on “Just Call My Name” and feel the arrangement.”….
George Duke Revisits The Sounds Of The Golden Age Of Funk And Soul On Déjà Vu Features guest performances by trumpeter Nicholas Payton, flutist Hubert Laws and saxophonist Bob Sheppard When keyboardist-composer-producer George Duke made a return trip to the heyday of funk on his 2008 recording, Dukey Treats, he …