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Edwin L. Birdsong (August 22, 1941 – January 21, 2019) [2] [3] was an American keyboardist and organist, known in the 1970s and 1980s for his experimental funk/disco music. Birdsong did not achieve much chart success, but developed a strong fan base. [ 4 ]
Production was handled by Ayers himself with co-production by Edwin Birdsong and William Allen. The album features contributions from singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Sylvia Cox, keyboardist Philip Woo, guitarists Calvin Banks, Chuck Anthony, Glenn Jeffrey and James Mason, drummer Steve Cobb, percussionist Chano O'Ferral, saxophonist Justo ...
Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong, William Allen, Maurice Green, James Green: Roy Ayers chronology; Everybody Loves The Sunshine (1976) Vibrations (1976) Lifeline (1977)
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is built around a "bouncy" keyboard riff sampled from the 1979 track "Cola Bottle Baby" by the funk musician Edwin Birdsong. [4] In 2016, Birdsong said: "I recorded ['Cola Bottle Baby'] 30 years ago, and here come some guys from France.
But the original Discovery jam, itself constructed on a heavy sample from Edwin Birdsong’s obscure 1979 funk cut “Cola Bottle Baby,” didn’t need a famous face to sell its ageless groove ...
Career. Funkghost began his career in the early 1990s as a studio apprentice under the tutelage of keyboard/organ player Edwin Birdsong, who had worked extensively in the 1970s and early 1980s with Jazz Musician Roy Ayers.
Her then-partner, Ronnie Phillips, approached her with the idea of reforming the Supremes, to which she agreed, and asked Birdsong and Mary Wilson to join the new Supremes group. Wilson declined, instead opting to forge a solo career, while Birdsong agreed and persuaded Terrell to join the new Supremes group.
Authorities in Los Angeles are investigating the drive-by shooting death of up-and-coming professional boxer Mylik Birdsong. The reigning World Boxing Foundation International Welterweight ...