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| Extra Sensual Perception |
| Kevin Toney |
| első megjelenés éve: 1999 |
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| (1999)
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| 4.701 Ft
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| 1. | Extra Sensual Perception
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| 2. | Wishful Thinking
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| 3. | How 'Bout That
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| 4. | Stay
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| 5. | Hush
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| 6. | Child's Play
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| 7. | Catwalk
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| 8. | So Good
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| 9. | Midori
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| 10. | Get Up on It
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| 11. | Redemption
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Jazz
Kevin Toney - Arranger, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer
Bill Summers - Bottle, Percussion
Carl Burnett - Guitar
Darrell Crooks - Guitar
Georgette Franklin - Vocals (Background)
Gerald Albright
Jeremy Monroe - Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Kirk Whalum - Sax (Tenor)
Mel Brown - Guitar (Bass)
Rahmlee Michael Davis - Trumpet
Ralph Jones - Suling
Sekou Bunch - Guitar (Bass)
Trevor Lawrence - Cymbals, Drum Programming, Drums, Stick
William Kennedy - Drums
* Anthony Barboza - Photography
* Danny Weiss - Executive Producer
* Mike McQuaid - Assistant Engineer
* Paul Wickliffe - Mixing
* Rob Hudak - Graphic Design
* Sylvanna Greene - Make-Up, Stylist
This master of elegant funk piano seems poised to carry the torch that Joe Sample lit long ago. He works with fatter grooves, here programming his rack most of the time to create a shuffling retro-soul hip-hop mix. But Toney's weaving of melodic lightness on his feet in some spots with darker tonal shifts in others is unmistakably Sample-esque. Typical of the up-tempo hi-tone approach is "How 'Bout That," whose bass-driven groove gallops underneath a playful skittery dual piano and Rahmlee Davis' trumpet melody. On the other side of the coin is the graceful ballad "Hush," which begins with a lush synth string intro before easing into a moody chord progression beneath the melody tradeoff between Toney and Gerald Albright. Toney rarely stretches beyond the genre parameters of what picture perfect light funk with brief but irresistible piano improvisations (enhanced in spots by Ray Parker, Jr.'s guitar and Kirk Whalum's trusty sax) is supposed to be, but his one leap of percussive faith is a memorable one. "Get up on It" throbs along with exotic, jungly rhythms by Bill Summers (credited with playing the "bottle" as well) and a thick wall of bass by Sekou Bunch. This tune goes through various movements as it pushes along, leaving Toney an opportunity to switch from an acoustic melody to a synth-created electric piano run. One publication quote on the CD jacket says that Toney's "one of the tastiest artists on the planet." Tall order to fill, but Toney seems willing to add a little more spice every time out.
--- Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Kevin Toney
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1953 in Detroit, MI
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Jazz keyboardist Kevin Toney started his career by collaborating with Donald Byrd throughout the 70s, starting with Byrd's 1972 album Black Byrd and then with his group the Blackbyrds. He also supported saxophonist Andrew White on a number of albums and spent the '80s working with artists like Rahmlee Davis and Brenda Russell. In the next decade, Toney continued his work as a supporting musician and launched a solo career, releasing smooth jazz and funk records like Special K, Pastel Mood and Extra Sensual Perception.
---Heather Phares, All Music Guide |
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