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Keep On Jumpin

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The studio project known as Musique (produced by Patrick Adams) released this album in 1979 on Prelude Records. Prelude's claim to fame was that all of their albums featured four disco-length songs. The whole aim of the label was to put product in the hands
of the disc jockeys in the hot clubs that proliferated in those days. Surely, the success Silver Convention had in America with a European sound, influenced Adams, but he took it to a new level. Both lead cuts from the album went straight to the top of the disco/dance chart. "Keep On Jumpin'" was an ode to the dance floor, with a high bpm, pulsating bass, and soaring strings and brass. It could turn a night out on the town into an excursion; a fantasy built around the empowerment and freedom to be found in dance. "In The Bush" was even faster than "Keep On Jumpin'", with its emphasis on Latin rhythms. The song was crafted to allow
dancers to let their fantasies emerge on the dance floor; to seek
new liasons, without regard as to their ultimate fates. "Summer Love", on the other hand, catered to the romantics in the crowd.
The girls (the vocalists featured Jocelyn Brown, who went on to fame, singing "Somebody Else's Guy") sing about a love they know is temporary. They sing, "You are my summer love," as opposed to, "You are my love." And yet even as they revel in the new sensations of this fleeting encounter (Take me... Touch me... Hold me... Shelter me from harm...), they can't help but ask, "Will I lose you? Will you only be a summer love?" With its catchy keyboard-and-strings intro, "Summer Love" was used over the next few years continually, leading into televised sporting events, documentaries, and specials. And, repeated on the album as an instrumental, "Summer Love" also became the theme for the album. I would play this album for hours on my 8-track boom box (Yes!), and there was one song on each of the four programs, and every other song that played was "Summer Love"! There are a lot of good memories for me in this music. I think there is something
here for anyone who likes soulful dance music.

I was an underage teen when I first got into Studio 54 in New York City, it's a priceless memory. I remember I wrote down the major songs that first night in July, 1978, on the inside cover of Studio's matchbook, which was just plain without a logo, black laminated and white on the inside jacket: "Keep on Jumpin'," Patrick Juvet's "I Love America," Karen Young's "Hot Shot," and "I've Got Eyes In The Back of my Head" by Patti LaBelle, and two songs that played while Liza and Halston sat above the crowd in the D.J. booth, "Last Dance," Donna Summer, and "I Can't Stand The Rain" by Eruption.

The next summer at 54, it was "Pop Muzic" by M, the extended version of "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones, and Claudja Barry's "Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes." But in 1978, THE song was "Keep on Jumpin'", which, at Studio, trumped "In The Bush," against the backdrop of the SunGod drop, the Crescent Moon with eyes lighted and swinging with the lighted cocaine spoon, and the unforgettable yellow and red deco columns of light descending and ascending to this soundtrack, a symphony of Joy!

Can you imagine? No sex, no drugs, just the intoxication of this? It was...

Oh man I heard the samples of this CD and felt 26 years younger for an instant. Like Scrappy the squirriel says as you get older those flashbacks to your youth don't last as long as they used to but man it was intense and like so worth it. I brought this CD soon as I heard Summer Love. Man this whole CD blew the Wolf's hair back to the 70's.

This was music back when it was not all about killing everything that moves. Back when music was upbeat and fun. This was rea; Music before crybaby rapper's whining for sex. This was music before whimps who think singing about carrying guns and posioning neighborhoods with drugs make them a men. This was music about love before rude stupid self absorbed people turned music into a self hate fest.

Granted I am an old gray cummudgeon now. Some must admit rap is great and focued on life enhancing messages. I did like Tag Team Whoomp there it is after all. My musical heart will always be solidly in the 70's disco era however. If you loved the days of disco, polyester leisure suits in every wild color imaginatable, bell bottomed of course and plaform shoes this music will take you right back to the day.

Just listen to a few of the tracks on this sample list and it will take you back to the day and things you have not felt or thought of in years will flood back. This CD is a tonic for the tired soul. Get ready to cry tears of joy on hearing this CD. Words are insufficient to the task of defining the true joy this CD will bring you if you were part of the disco day or just want to see what the 70's were all about.

Take care all PEACE from an Wolf Wolf who loves ya baby!

Musique was a Patrick Adams studio project for Independent New York dance label Prelude Records, which featured Jocelyn Brown (a highly sought-after session singer and a successful vocalist in her own right), Christine Wiltshire, Angela Howell and Gina Tharps on vocals. Now, Anyone who's familiar with disco and dance music should be familiar with Patrick Adams' impressive resume with the P&P labels (Inner Life, Johnson Products etc..), Claudja Barry, Eddie Kendricks, Eric B. & Rakim, Shannon etc..

This set is trademark Patrick Adams with it's lush, soaring strings, percolating rhythms and driving beat.. Who can forget "In The Bush"?..with it's addictive rhythm and suggestive vocal. Included here is the Francois K. remix which enhances the song with a more spacious arrangement and gives the track a stronger beat and bass for the dancefloor. "Keep On Jumpin'" (the title-track) is an overlooked disco classic with its beautifully soaring string and horn arrangements and multi-layered percussion, making this the definite standout of this set. The Francois K. remix adds some synthesized effects to enhance an otherwise excellent track. "Summer Love" and "Summer Love Theme" (the same song with "Summer Love Theme" being the reprise) are the slower numbers, but classic disco epics nonetheless, with a glowing instrumental arrangement and a lovely chorus. Although, I feel they could have built lyrically on the theme of these two songs. The Radio edits included here are somewhat redundant, and are generally less appealing, compressing the song into 3 minute radio tracks, which they clearly weren't meant to be.

Patrick Adams later went on to produce another album for Musique called "Musique II" with different vocalists..Overall, this set is a great example of classic dance music.. with it's synthesized elements complimenting live instrumentation paired with tight arrangements.. something which you don't hear very often in today's dance music...or today's music in general..

These 3-4 track disco-production albums were all the rage "back in the day". The remixes were wisely added to take advantage of the space on the CD format, but despite this; it's perhaps not appropriate for casual pop-disco listeners interested in the hits, but highly recommended for disco/dance music enthusiasts.

This is really old school. There is nothing like it. The new artists can not duplicate or put their lyrics to this. A definite classic.

This was one slammin' disco album. I love the track "Keep on Jumpin'". It gets you hype to no end. This album ranks in the top 5 disco recordings of all time in my book. I was glad to finally have gotten it on compact disc. Sounds pretty good to.

At the moment you play "Summer Love" you'll traslate to a 70's Disco Floor, It's an amazing sound, Really this is the best creation of Patrick Adams, Not only for the lyrics, but for their incredible music and chorus. All songs in this cd are amazing, the best for a 70's Disco Party style. This is I think has been the best music in ever times. New generations should listen this cd and understand what is real good music , maybe the violence in our days can stop by listening this cd.

The first time I heard "In the Bush" on the radio back in 1978, I knew it was going to be one of my favorite songs of all times. And in deed, not only "In the Bush" but "Summer of Love" and "Keep on Jumpin' (LP)" have remained as one of my favorite songs and albums ever released by an artist. In The Bush peaked #1 for 2 weeks on the Billboard Dance/Disco chart, as well as Keep on Jumpin' . The music and the Lyrics of "In the Bush" are so catchy and so energetic that as soon as you hear it you just want to get up and dance. The track "Summer of Love" is beautifully vocalized and the music an unforgettable fest of joy. The whole album is a masterpiece. Unfortunately "In the Bush" was banned in radio stations because of the lyric, reason why the single did not reached higher positions on the popular lists. But still the legacy of this flawless production has remained during the ages and it will remain as one of the finest works ever done.

i just got an e-mail asking about a review to this musique cd, funny because im listening to it right now, yes this cd reminds me of high school, when disco was at its peak back in NY/NJ. the funny thing is that it really never has gone out of style, in fact now when there isnt alot of good music going around, this great style of sound is still classically strong, musique was basically a short lived patrick adams invention, but they scored with "keep on jumpin" and "push push in the bush"... garage favorites...lol.., wow, it just brings back great memories of great times...

good disco CD to have you jumpin to the beat. Love that Summer Love