The Odyssey of Funk & Popular Music

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The Odyssey of Funk & Popular Music
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Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedSeptember 27–October 4, 1997
Genre Jazz
Length55:09
Label Atlantic
Producer Jean-François Deiber
Lester Bowie chronology
The Fire This Time
(1992)
The Odyssey of Funk & Popular Music
(1998)
2002 Reissue Cover
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The Odyssey Of Funk & Popular Music (also referred to as Vol. 1) is an album by Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy recorded for the Atlantic label in 1997. It is the eighth album by Bowie's Brass Fantasy group, and the final album by Bowie issued in his lifetime. (When The Spirit Returns, recorded at the same sessions, was issued in 2003.) It features performances by Bowie, Vincent Chancey, Gary Valente, Josh Roseman, Louis Bonilla, Ravi Best, Gerald Brezel, Joseph Gollehon, Bob Stewart, Victor See Yuen and Vinnie Johnson.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell states "At the very least, the brasses sound fresh and interested in what they're doing, so there is pleasure to be had here". [1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

  1. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 5:49
  2. "Next" (Joseph Bowie, Sebastian Piekarek) - 6:05
  3. "Two Become One" (Matt Rowebottom, Richard Stannard, Spice Girls) - 6:08
  4. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) - 9:09
  5. "Beautiful People" (Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez) - 6:57
  6. "In the Still of the Night" (Fred Parris) - 4:43
  7. "Notorious Thugs" (Sean Combs, Anthony Henderson, Steven Howse, Steve Jordan, Bryon McCane, Christopher Wallace) - 5:30
  8. "Nessun Dorma" (Giacomo Puccini) - 6:49
  9. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass) - 4:20
  • Recorded 27 September – 4 October 1997 at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed April 14, 2009.
  2. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 152. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.