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Ronnie Foster's debut album, The Two Headed Freap is a set of contemporary funky soul jazz from the early '70s, which means it sounds closer to the soundtrack of a lost blaxploitation flick than Back at the Chicken Shack, Pt. 2. Foster certainly does display a debt to Jimmy Smith, but his playing is busier than Smith's and a bit wilder. Ironic, then, that his playing is in service to the groove and blends into the mix of wah-wah guitars, funk rhythms, electric bass, harps, and percolating percussion. Everything on The Two Headed Freap is about glitzy groove -- it sounds cinematic, colorful, and funky. It's true that there is little real improvisation here and the songs all have a similar groove, but it's worked well, and the music is ultimately appealing to fans of this genre. Jazz purists -- even soul jazz purists -- will likely find this music a little monotonous and commercial, but fans of early-'70s funk from Sly Stone to Herbie Hancock will find something of interest here.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ronnie Foster, Composer, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Butler, Producer
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Kenneth Gamble, Composer - LEON HUFF, Composer - Ronnie Foster, MainArtist - George Butler, Producer
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Ronnie Foster, Composer, MainArtist - George Butler, Producer
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, Shaker, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Composer, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Jenkins, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Bertoncini, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Butler, Producer - Eugene Bianco, Harp, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Al Jackson, ComposerLyricist - William Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Foster, MainArtist - Al Green, ComposerLyricist - George Butler, Producer
℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
Wilson Pickett, Composer - Ronnie Foster, MainArtist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Brad Shapiro, Composer - George Butler, Producer - Jeff Rach, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Ronnie Foster, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Butler, Producer
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Ronnie Foster, Composer, MainArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Butler, Producer
℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Ronnie Foster's debut album, The Two Headed Freap is a set of contemporary funky soul jazz from the early '70s, which means it sounds closer to the soundtrack of a lost blaxploitation flick than Back at the Chicken Shack, Pt. 2. Foster certainly does display a debt to Jimmy Smith, but his playing is busier than Smith's and a bit wilder. Ironic, then, that his playing is in service to the groove and blends into the mix of wah-wah guitars, funk rhythms, electric bass, harps, and percolating percussion. Everything on The Two Headed Freap is about glitzy groove -- it sounds cinematic, colorful, and funky. It's true that there is little real improvisation here and the songs all have a similar groove, but it's worked well, and the music is ultimately appealing to fans of this genre. Jazz purists -- even soul jazz purists -- will likely find this music a little monotonous and commercial, but fans of early-'70s funk from Sly Stone to Herbie Hancock will find something of interest here.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:02
- Main artists: Ronnie Foster
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CM BLUE NOTE (A92)
- Genre: Jazz Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock
© 1972 Blue Note Records ℗ 2014 Blue Note Records
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