Jazzfunk [Import]

Incognito | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI
• ASIN: B0000564G8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,841,867 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Parisienne Girl

2. Summer's Ended

3. Shine On

4. Wake up the City

5. Interference

6. Incognito

7. Sunburn

8. The Smile of a Child

9. Why Don't You Believe Me?

10. Chase the Clouds Away

11. Walking on Wheels

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very nasty album!, April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jazz Funk (Audio CD)

i own over 500 cd's and this recent acquisition is now one of my ten best cd's. when i first discovered incognito (among other great artists on amazon's acid jazz 75 bestsellers list), i thought they were very innovative and had a unique and appealing style, so i purchased '100 degrees and rising' and 'beneath the surface.' both are excellent albums. but this thing is an animal the likes of which i have never heard before. rather than delve into the finer musical points of this album, let me just say that while i am a jazz keyboardist who likes many types of music including acid jazz, techno/dance/house, classic rock, rap, latin jazz and avant-garde jazz, this transcends any of these styles in the sense that it is what i call 'real music.' as dumb as it may sound, this is music for people who know what music is about because many people really don't. they listen to their choice of music for image or because everyone else listens to it. i listen to music that gives me a chill when i hear it. this is music made by people who know what is funky in terms of both rhythms and chords, have the skill to execute that sound, and have the guts to put it on an album and call that album 'jazz funk.' if you think about the name it is actually quite obnoxious and conceited. they are basically saying that their music of the jazz/funk style is so good that they can call their album 'jazz funk' as though they not only capture the essence of that style of music, but are the epitome and defining factor of it. they are not saying, "we can play some great jazz/funk music." they are saying "other people can PLAY great jazz/funk but we ARE jazz/funk!" the whole beauty of the situation is that they are right. after hearing this, i will probably buy every incognito album. as for this album, i think that songs 1 and 3 are just plain funk on a stick. song number 4 is a gorgeous latin tune with some very slick percussion. song number 8 is a very beautiful song. it is a ballad with simple lyrics and melody that is so tastefully done and very soothing. but if you listen to song 7, you might hurt yourself because its just about the funkiest thing i've ever heard.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They were really "Incognito" back then..., March 14, 2005

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Honey (Heaven) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jazz Funk (Audio CD)

Although they are not anymore. I remember my brother introduced me to this classic gem. Another stellar set of music form his vast and valued "wax" collection.

I was schooled and it all started with this Diamond! Original 1981 release of jazz-funk-fusion! The beginning of it all! Terrific sounds! Still sounds as good now as it did then!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JAZZ Funk?, April 22, 2004

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Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Funk (Audio CD)

Perhapes not since none of the material here has the least bit of improvising...sort of.But this is a fine early 1980's
channeling of the funk-fusion sounds of Roy Ayers,Lenny White,
Herbie Hancock,George Duke and Patrice Rushen-all given that
hazy smoothness that ONLY Incognito have been able to dish out.
Actually this album doesn't sound all that different from some
of the bands newer albums such as the excellent "No Time Like The
Future" but the production is far lesser and the vocals and instrumentation alot sparser.Jean-Paul Maunick is apparently singing on some of the songs such as the dreamy "Smile Of A Child".However it's apparent his voice could be stronger,but at least he's honest-I can respect that in a singer more then showing off for the sake of it.But on "Shine On" and "Incognito"
the band deliver fine,dancable lite funk in the finest tradition
of the term.And on "Interferance" Incognito are SCORCHING as they
they indulge in some SERIOUS jammin' on the one on a burning
disco-funk jam.If you are interested in listening to this bands
music or discovering the earliest roots of todays acid jazz or
simply enjoy jazz-funk music (Nigel Hall I'm talking to YOU!!!"
then you've gotta' have this!!!!