Cellar Funk

Down To The Bone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Narada
• ASIN: B00015YVJ0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,402 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What were they thinking?, May 24, 2004

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Shelby H. Swatek (Simi Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cellar Funk (Audio CD)

First of all, I have been a HUGE Down to the Bone fan ever since I first heard a track of theirs a few years ago. Seeing them live at the Old Pasadena Jazz Fest was one of the highlights of the summer of '03. With that, I have to say -- what were they thinking? This CD sounds like they got tired of the whole thing, turned on the synthesizers and left the room, no, the building. Monotonous. Stale. Wow. Why? Any of their other CDs blows this one out of the water. Try "Manhattan to Staten" and "Crazy Vibes & Things."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars R A C, February 3, 2004

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This review is from: Cellar Funk (Audio CD)

With apologies to the guy from Tampa, who admits he isn't a DTTB fan, this CD is very good.

While it is not as into the horns as past DTTB CDs, the keyboard work from Neil Cowley and Neil Angilley make this CD a departure from past DTTB efforts, and yet you still have the sax and flute playing of Paul "Shilts" Weimer to go with it. It has a funkier edge to it, which means that anyone who is looking for just a jazz fix only here might not relate, but if you like to mix your jazz with some good grooves, then this is for you.

The best tracks are "Back In Buisness", "Cellar Funk" "I'll Always Hold You Close", "The Flow" and "Global Village", but the CD as a whole keeping it going from begining to end.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Funky Enough, October 2, 2005

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Stephen R. Beckham (Chattanooga TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cellar Funk (Audio CD)

I found that this CD did not live up to its title. DTTB's later CD, Spread Love Like Wildfire, is much funkier (despite its title, which would lead you to believe that its tracks are all love songs). The tracks on Not Funky Enough all seem to have the same disco beat and the horn lines are very repetitive. In short, I found this CD to be on the boring side.