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| 1. | Strut
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| 2. | Karizma
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| 3. | Passion Dance
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| 4. | Yearning for Your Love
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| 5. | Secret Agent
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| 6. | Special Occasion
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| 7. | Interlude
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| 8. | Keeping It Real
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| 9. | After Midnight
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| 10. | If I Don't Have Your Love
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| 11. | All Day Long
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| 12. | Aunt Mary
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| 13. | Postlude
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Jazz
Kevin Toney - Arranger, Composer, Drum Programming, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer
Andy Cleaves - Trumpet
Chieli Minucci - Guitar
Craig T. Cooper - Guitar
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Vocals
Gerald Spikes - Sax (Soprano), Saxophone
Jeremy Monroe - Composer, Drum Programming, Synthesizer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Kevin Ricard - Percussion
Lewis Taylor - Flute, Sax (Soprano), Saxophone
Mel Brown - Bass, Soloist
Rahmlee Michael Davis - Trumpet
Ronnie Laws - Saxophone
Tariq Akoni - Guitar
Tetsuya Nakamura - Harmonica
Trevor Lawrence - Drums
* Anthony Barboza - Photography
* Bossman - Engineer
* Danny Weiss - Executive Producer
* David Perry - Photography
* George Claiborne - Composer
* Johnny Britt - Composer, Synthesizer
* Khaliq Glover - Engineer, Vocal Engineer
* Michael Vail Blum - Mixing
* Raymond Taylor-Smith - Vocal Engineer
Keyboardist Kevin Toney is a superb contemporary jazz instrumentalist and composer who can perform a range of styles -- including jazz, blues, and R&B -- with equal dexterity, and his album, Strut, is a good example of his remarkable facility. For this collection of primarily upbeat compositions, Toney combined his trademark memorable melodies with a variety of grooves to create an album on which his accomplished jazz and blues stylings are spiced with a strong urban flavor. Generally, this combination works; on "Karizma" Toney layers bright, chirping keyboards over a funky rhythm, and on "Secret Agent" his irresistibly catchy melody rides atop a rapid-fire dance groove. Toney and saxophonist Ronnie Laws enjoy a little give-and-take on "Passion Dance," and the two create a haunting, gracefully grooving mid-tempo number. Toney has a way with a romantic composition, and his talent for communicating tenderness without becoming saccharine is amply in evidence on the lush and elegant "Special Occasion." On the opposite end of the musical spectrum, "Aunt Mary" is a bouncy, buoyant, completely infectious blues-flavored jam that is enhanced by quirky harmonica, courtesy of Tetsuya "Weeping Willow" Nakamuru. On a couple of tracks, the intricate arrangements might be just a little too intricate; the title track, for example, is a strong opening number and certainly sets the tone for the album, but the pulsing, bass-heavy groove and wordless vocalizing threaten to overpower Toney's delightful melody and fluid improvising. On Toney's remake of the Gap Band's "Yearning for Your Love," disco star Evelyn "Champagne" King turns in a strong vocal performance, but Toney's delicate piano fills and solo nearly get lost amid the vocals and the arrangement's powerful funk rhythm. Overall, however, Strut is a solid, richly varied, and highly engaging collection that is sure to appeal to -- and lift the spirits of -- music lovers of virtually every stripe.
---Lucy Tauss, 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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