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Dance to the Disco Sax of Monk Higgins isn't so much a title as it is a desperate plea, and if your feet comply, they deserve some kind of good Samaritan award -- subjugating the orchestral soul arrangements and deep funk rhythms that typified the arranger's previous LPs in favor of slick disco and saccharine smooth jazz, it's a shameless bid for crossover success that lands with a sickening thud. Even with a stellar backing unit including pianist Joe Sample, bassist Wilton Felder, and drummer Paul Humphrey, the music fails to deliver one single moment of pure, uncut funk, which is about as difficult as falling out of a boat and failing to hit water. Thanks to its long Humphrey drum break, "One Man Band" has long been subject to sampling, but the rhythm functions far better outside of its intended context -- here it just goes on and on, as if the drummer is so busy thinking about the new bathroom this session will fund that he forgets where he is and what he's doing. If only listeners were so lucky.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer - J. Lynno, Composer, Lyricist
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Mac Davis, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Morris Broadnax, Composer, Lyricist - Stevie Wonder, Composer, Lyricist - Clarence Paul, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Eugene Record, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Alex Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Barry White, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Kenneth Gamble, Composer, Lyricist - LEON HUFF, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Lee Oskar, Composer, Lyricist - Harold Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Howard Scott, Composer, Lyricist - B.B. Dickerson, Composer, Lyricist - Lonnie Jordan, Composer, Lyricist - Charles Miller, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer - Papa Dee Allen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Billy Preston, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
THOM BELL, Composer, Lyricist - LINDA CREED, Composer, Lyricist - Monk Higgins, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Maxwell, Producer
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Album review
Dance to the Disco Sax of Monk Higgins isn't so much a title as it is a desperate plea, and if your feet comply, they deserve some kind of good Samaritan award -- subjugating the orchestral soul arrangements and deep funk rhythms that typified the arranger's previous LPs in favor of slick disco and saccharine smooth jazz, it's a shameless bid for crossover success that lands with a sickening thud. Even with a stellar backing unit including pianist Joe Sample, bassist Wilton Felder, and drummer Paul Humphrey, the music fails to deliver one single moment of pure, uncut funk, which is about as difficult as falling out of a boat and failing to hit water. Thanks to its long Humphrey drum break, "One Man Band" has long been subject to sampling, but the rhythm functions far better outside of its intended context -- here it just goes on and on, as if the drummer is so busy thinking about the new bathroom this session will fund that he forgets where he is and what he's doing. If only listeners were so lucky.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:05
- Main artists: Monk Higgins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Buddah
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) Originally released 1974. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
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