Night Grooves (Vinyl LP) Folk & Americana

Night Grooves (Vinyl LP) Folk & AmericanaCall the dance doctor there's an outbreak of fever in the funkhouse! And here's the reason why after more than two decades of deletion, Ace is once again making available the final piece in the splendid musical jigsaw that comprises the Blackbyrds' Fantasy Records catalogue the original, seminal 1978 dancefloor aimed compilation, Night Grooves. Actually, to refer to Night Grooves as just 'a compilation' is to undersell it big time. Granted, it does

and an old prototype strings sampler keyboard

bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez

It is a bold and expansive statement and is driven by

“It was me

) and the highly political (“I told the black man he didn’t understand I reached the white man he wouldn’t take my hand”)

Applying a compositional approach attributable to his experience producing hip-hop beats as much as his studies at Oberlin Conservatory

" "Bongo Red

whilst tracks

and has been considered for a Grammy nomination

this library-groove-oriented album goes deep into L’Éclair influences back in the days : Piero Piccioni

They have since taken on a resonance that makes the album "Pieces Of A Man" in particular one of the most important recordings of the last century

Spiritual jazz is a tradition that's leaden with its own traditions