Kool & The Gang - Light Of Worlds

Year : 1974
Label : De-Lite
Genre : Soul
Style : Jazz Funk, Boogie Funk

"Light Of Worlds" keeps Kool & The Gang on the success road started with "Wild & Peaceful" in 1973. The fifth album of the band featuring the Pazant Brothers, includes the highlight song "Summer Madness". This song is a popular raw material for Hip-Hop samples from Gang Starr or Pete Rock &amp CL Smooth to Snoop Dogg. Titles include Boogie-Funk (Rhyme-Tyme People, Light Of The Worlds, Higher Plane), Jazz Funk (Street Corners Symphony) and pure R'N'B songs (Fruitman, Whiting H. & G, You Don't Have To Change).

MUSICIANS : Robert 'Kool' Bell - bass - Khalis Bayyan - tenor saxophone - Claydes E. X. Smith - guitar - Rick West - keyboards - Dennis 'D.T.' Thomas - alto saxophone - Robert 'Spike' Mickens - trumpet, flugelhorn - George 'Funky' Brown - drums - Alvin Pazant - trumpet - Eddie Pazant - oboe, alto saxophone

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The Pazant Bros. & The Beaufort Express - Loose And Juicy

Year : 1975
Label : Vanguard
Genre : Soul, Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk, Funk/Soul

Rare and Holy Grail record of the New York Funk duo, the Pazant Brothers from Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers. "Loose And Juicy" is a proofreading of their first recordings between 1969-1971, including "A Gritty Nitty", "Work Song", "Skunk Juice" and "New Orleans". Titles include also new songs such as the disco "Toe Jam", "Back To Beaufort" feat. "Cookie" Harries and the super Funk "Spooky" & "You've Got To Do Your Best" selected on various Rare Funk compilations and many times sampled.

MUSICIANS : Eddie Pazant - saxophone, flute - Alvin Pazant - trumpet - Aaron Thompson - bass - Perry Smith - drums - Harry Jensen - guitar - Ray Chew - keyboards - Pablo Lundrum - percussion - Pete Yellin - tenor saxophone - Mike Terry - trombone - "Cookie" Harries, Betty Barney, Frances Courtney - vocals

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