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  1. Gerald Albright
  2. Philadelphia
  3. Nightingale
  4. You'll Never Find
  5. Miles Away
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  1. Gerald Albright
  2. Philadelphia
  3. Nightingale
  4. You'll Never Find
  5. Miles Away
  6. Silence
  7. It's Gonna Be Alright
  8. Funky Is as Funky Does
  9. Sooki Sooki
  10. Fat Jack & Domino
  11. After Hours
  12. Give Me the Night
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Funk is pretty consistently sacrificed to the romantic imperative on this pleasant, but ultimately not very interesting, collection. There's a gentle strut underlying Rick Brown's smooth-jazz trumpet showcase "Nightfall," and Avenue Blue shakes its understated booty on "A Woman's Touch." But Steve Cole's "Stay Awhile" is more typical -- it buries any perceptible rhythmic tension under a thick, warm aural blanket. Randy Crawford's "I'd Be an Angel" is a very nice song and Smoke n'Function gives up the genuine funk on "Smokee ...

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Funky Jazz Party 1998, Atlantic

UPC: 075678312120

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