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Funked Up

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Smooth jazz IS the new R&B. I never heard of this artist up until a few weeks ago and just by sheer luck on amazon. I like her latest cd.(step up, is bad) Then after I heard the song (ILU) I said wow, what a groove,(Girls night out)awesome, (play a little game)awesome and (candy)off the candy store cd is just off the hook. I love her sound and I wanted more. I bought a few more previous albums. You would not figure this talent to come from a woman on the sax(my ignorance). She is inspiring and an absolute pleasure to listen to and has very talent musicians working a round her. What a great sound. My type of sound comes from Marcus Miller(bass),Ronny Jordan(guitar),Marcus Johnson(piano), the late George Howard, and recently Mike Philliphs(alto sax). Candy Dupher is now on my radar. She has been doing this for while and I am glad to have found her music style, I am now a listener of her grooves. Thank you Candy.

It's been quite some time since I heard a track and it made me utter a curse word under my breath, and once I gave this album a spin it was like I was working blue comedy at a stand up joint. The authenticity of songs like "True and Tender", "Finger Poppin", and "Bliss to This" reach a point not many can artist can make on one tank of 93. The sound is completely accurate; the style she reached for was choked into submission, and I'm in awe of the brilliance of Candy's work.

The kind of artist who in her earlier days was often described as a 'rising star', the charismatic Dutch saxophonist has now outgrown that accolade - her star has well and truly risen and she is now revered as one of the most loved talents to have come out of the current contemporary jazz scene.
Candy has been a firm favourite of the international jazz scene for some time, and deservedly so - she has a real knack of drawing the listener into her world, with all of her own compositions and her interpretation of standards bearing her own distinctive mark, winning fans and critical acclaim wherever she performs.
She has carved a niche for funky Smooth Jazz/ Fusion and "Funked Up" will endorse that reputation and is her best album for ages.
Cuts like "First In Line", the head nodder "Finger Poppin'" and the smoother "CD 101.9" are fine grooves.
"Roppongi Panic" and "On And On" are equally fine groove laden cuts.
Check also the jazzier "Be Cool". The gentle "Don't Go" and highly melodic and ultra mellow "Still I Love You" add a different dimension.
Overall, this album showcases Candy's ability to effortlessly cross styles like Funk, Jazz, and Soul, allow her bandmates band to deliver an explosive live show whatever the context.
The contrasting genres give this album a refreshingly different feel.
The album debuts at # 12 of the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Chart.
Issue date: 2009-05-30.
Candy Store

We love Candy and this latest CD is great. Her band can rock it and funk it up to any tune she wants to play. We just saw her in concert at the Pageant Theater in St Louis and we had a great time. What a performer. She mixed old with new and takes on some other peoples music that I just loved. We can't wait for her to come back and play St Louis again.

I came to know Candy's ability because she often is a part of Prince's everchanging band. However, Candy's SO good, shes one of the few musicians he uses repeatedly, and majorly. She's been with him for years, and i am a huge Prince devotee. She is an exceptional saxophonist, with her own signature sound. Been funkin' 4 a long time, and shes truly something in her own right. Buy it!

I've always "liked" Candy's music but this CD really hooked me. So much so that I drove 5 hrs to see her play at Sculler's Jazz Club in Boston. It was the best show I've ever seen. Right from the first song she blew the roof off the place and kept going for the entire show. Don't miss her if you ever have the chance to see her live

If you like jazz sax with soul...this is it! Better than I thought it'd be, though not as funky. Still good all the way around.

Not really her best work but I like it! Had to listen to it several times but the more I listen the more I enjoy it.

I am a big fan of Candy's music. She could do no wrong. But I did enjoy this CD more than her last CD only because there were more faster tempo music, more funkiness. But she continues to show her taste for jazz, too. Nice balance.

I love Candy Dulfer's music. This cd makes you want to get up and dance.