- Audio CD (21 Feb 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: VICTOR
- ASIN: B000LE1JOG
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Debut Disc from Summers Has A Split Personality
16 Aug 2010
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Herbie Hancock percussionist Bill Summers stepped out on his own with this 1977 debut produced by Earth, Wind & Fire songwriter Skip Scarborough ("Can't Hide Love", "Be Ever Wonderful"). The first four songs (Side One on the Vinyl Version) feature four mid-70's styled funk/soul songs. "People Know" sounds like an EWF reject, while the opener "Just A Matter Of Time (Before The Beat Gets Your Mind)" is fun because it's a kick hearing future Grammy winning jazz singer Dianne Reeves singing about getting down to the funky beat (oh well, we all have to start somewhere). Bassist Charles Meeks' timid vocals on "No One" is no match to the smoking smoldering vocals that Phyllis Hyman unleased on her version of this song that was recorded for her debut album.
The last four songs (Side Two) is where this album really catches fire. Four intense Latin-Jazz compositions starting with the jazz-fusion dancefloor classic "Brazilian Skies". Lovely scat vocal colorations, intense percussion work, Latin chants (especially on the closer "Drum Suite"), and smoking hot keyboard work by Mark Soskin make this album memorable. In fact, Summers should have ditched the blah soul numbers and concentrated on hot percussive workouts for this debut.
The last four songs (Side Two) is where this album really catches fire. Four intense Latin-Jazz compositions starting with the jazz-fusion dancefloor classic "Brazilian Skies". Lovely scat vocal colorations, intense percussion work, Latin chants (especially on the closer "Drum Suite"), and smoking hot keyboard work by Mark Soskin make this album memorable. In fact, Summers should have ditched the blah soul numbers and concentrated on hot percussive workouts for this debut.
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Chill Latin Jazz-Funk
9 Aug 2007
Format:Audio CD
"It's Just a Matter of Time" starts this album off right in a bit of soulful funk. As the beautiful album unfolds, it steadily blends Latin rhythms into the mix. Get this album!
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