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Free-funk is a combination of avant-garde jazz with funk music that developed in the 1970s. Leaders of the genre include Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time group, [ 1 ] Ronald Shannon Jackson and his group Decoding Society, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and his group Spectacle and James "Blood" Ulmer .
Southern Freeez is the debut album by the British jazz-funk band Freeez, first released in 1981 by John Rocca on his Pink Rhythm record label and then signed to Beggars Banquet.
A backing track can be used by a one person band (e.g., a singer-guitarist) to add any amount of bass, drums and keyboards to their live shows without the cost of hiring extra musicians. A small pop group or rock band (e.g., a power trio) can use backing tracks to add a string section, horn section, drumming or backing vocals to their live shows.
The Mix Tape, Volume II: 60 Minutes of Funk is a mixtape by American DJ Funkmaster Flex. It was released on February 11, 1997 via Loud / RCA Records , serving as a sequel to his 1995 The Mix Tape Volume 1 (60 Minutes of Funk) and the second installment in his 60 Minute of Funk mixtape series.
The second track "Cosmic Girl" is a disco song with "spacey" lyrics, based on rhythmic "looped beats" "to give it an off-center, otherworldly" sound. [6] For the next track "Use The Force" the group channels "that real vintage football vibe", [ 2 ] filled with horns, wah-wah guitar and a rippling barrage of Latin percussion". [ 7 ]
The jazz-funk band Freeez started in North London in 1978. [2] Their first single, "Keep in Touch" (1979) was self-funded and produced by John Rocca on his label Pink Rhythm Records [2] (later signed to Calibre/Pye), and included guitarist Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick, who went on to become the initiator of the musical band Incognito.
However, for unknown reasons, the track was the only track left off a CD of all the tracks ever released on the Ultimate Breaks and Beats albums, possibly due to copyright issues. DJ Superix, a British DJ, is the first DJ known to have compiled every single break from every volume of Ultimate Breaks and Beats into one mix, entitled "Ultimate ...
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