'Funky Sensation' is the latest compilation CD from Jazz FM which is inspired by the now legendary weekly club event held at Ronnie¹s Bar at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London.
Given the success of the club, releasing a 'Funky Sensation' CD was a must. Mike Vitti, presenter of the Funky Sensation show broadcast every Saturday at 6pm and Ralph Tee, presenter of the Sunday night Jazz Lounge show, got together to try and capture a flavour of the live weekly event.
'This album is a mixture of timeless classics, Jazz Funk rarities and quality Disco' says Mike. 'At some point all of them have featured both on my show on Jazz FM and at the Funky Sensation club night. Ralph and I have spent an enormous amount of time sourcing these songs'.
"We think you will particularly love the hard-to-find (and never previously issued in the UK) 'City Living' by Linda Williams, a track that was first released in 1979 on Arista Records. Likewise from 1983, Michael Wycoff's '(Do You Really Love Me) Tell Me Love' very rarely makes an appearance but was a real floor-filler back in the day.
"For the Jazz-Funkers and Disco lovers - I include myself in that category by the way - we can party to: Harvey Mason, The Blackbyrds, Donald Byrd's solo track 'Love Has Come Around', G.Q., Jackie Moore, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ramsey Lewis and Bill Summers to name but a few. On the more soulful side, this album is laced with some amazing tracks by: Luther Vandross, Gwen McCrae (without whom the concept would be nameless), Chaka Khan and the Phil Hurtt/Thom Bell penned anthem 'I'll be Around' by The Detroit Spinners. For the real Funkateer: I'm certain you will love Beginning of the End's 'Funky Nassau' and Johnny Hammond's 'Los Conquistadores Chocolates'. When you mix all of this with Rose Royce, Gil Scott-Heron, Deodato, Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions, how could you possibly go wrong?
Ralph says "Some of the tracks have gone beyond their own boundaries and reignited themselves through sampling ('Is It Love You¹re After' by S-Express), re-writing ('This Time Baby' in 'Love On My Mind' by The Freemasons) re-recording ('I¹m Every Woman' by Whitney Houston and 'The Bottle' by Maysa Leak), while 'Love has Come Around' brought Isaac Hayes back to the fore as a producer and 'Space Princess' helped establish Marcus Miller as an exciting new writer and bass player.
Funky Sensation is available as a double CD from HMV http://www.hmv.com and all good record stores.
Jazz FM have also released a strictly limited edition triple-CD version of the album. Available exclusively from Jazz FM's own shop http://www.jazzfm.com this limited edition features a third CD containing a non-stop, 72-minute party mix created by Mike Vitti.
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