Label : The Numero Group
Genre : Jazz, Funk/Soul, New Wave
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco
The first issue of Chicago jazz funk band "The Universal Togetherness Band" lead by songwriter/producer Andre Gibson and released, at last, after over thirty years by The Numero Group label. This compilation brings together some of their best session recordings, from 1979 to 1982, under the Columbia College audio engineering program. In spite of the many hours passed in the studio, neither album based on UTB's own material has been released, the band never had the opportunity to sign a record deal. UTB fuses Funk, Soul & Disco rhythms with Jazz breaks, offers a kind of synthesis between P-Funk & the New Wave nascent. A catchy music as the Nile Rodgers' Chic band (the reminiscence of the bass line from Bernard Edwards), Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang or Prince, have could produce during the late seventies till the edge of the eighties.
MUSICIANS : Andre Gibson - vocals, guitar, vibes - Leslie Misher - lead guitar - Fred Misher - bass, backing vocals - Paul Hanover - harmonica, piano - Arnold Gibson - drums, bass - Louis Sanford - percussion
TRACKLIST : Ain't Gonna Cry (1979) - Real Thrill (1979) - Try Try Try (1980) - My Sentiment (1982) - Once In A Lifetime (1981) - Taken By Love (1979) - Call For Love (1980) - I Want You (1979)
