Fancy Dancer
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 5–7, 1975 at Sound Factory, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk,[1] jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 39:52 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Larry Mizell, Chuck Davis | |||
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Fancy Dancer is the fifth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey, recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "There isn't anything approaching a middling moment here – this is all killer, no filler. Jazz critics may have had their troubles with this set, but no one cared; Humphrey and the Mizells were creating a new kind of largely instrumental funk that was inclusive of everything they could weave in from world music to soul-jazz to club music to pop – and the public responded".[3]
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| Allmusic | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- "Uno Esta" (Larry Mizell) – 6:44
- "The Trip" (Chuck Davis, Doug Jones) – 5:41
- "You Make Me Feel So Good" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell) – 6:16
- "Fancy Dancer" (Jerry Peters) – 5:46
- "Mestizo Eyes" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell, Warren Jordan) 4:52
- "Sweeter Than Sugar" (Chuck Davis, Skip Scarborough) – 4:24
- "Please Set Me at Ease" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell, Ruby Mizell) – 6:09
- Recorded at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California on August 5 (tracks 2–4 & 7), August 6 (tracks 1 & 5), and August 7 (track 6), 1975
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Bobbi Humphrey – flute, vocals
- Fonce Mizell – arranger, trumpet, clavinet, solina, vocals
- Larry Mizell – arranger, synthesizer, solina, piano, electric piano, vocals
- Oscar Brashear – trumpet
- Julian Priester – trombone
- Tyree Glenn Jr. – tenor saxophone
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Roger Glenn – vibes, marimba
- Chuck Davis – piano, electric piano
- Skip Scarborough – piano, electric piano, clavinet
- Jerry Peters – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
- Craig McMullen, John Rowin – guitar
- Chuck Rainey – electric bass
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Mayuto Correa – conga
- Jesse Acuna, Rosario Davila, Katherine Lyra, Augie Rey, Sonia Tavares – backing vocals
- James Carter – whistler
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Hip-hop artists Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa sampled the music from Fancy Dancer for their 2013 EP entitled Live in Concert.
References
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- ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed December 17, 2010
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 17, 2010.
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