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Sax-A-Go-Go

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The first time I heard Candy Dulfer was on a Northwest Airlines music program. The tune was "Lily Was Here." Unfortunately, when I got off the plane, I didn't remember the name of the song, but I did remember her name. So when I went to the record store, I bought the first and only Candy Dulfer CD I found, which happened to be this one. Although the sorority girl image on the cover made me slightly dubious about whether I'd like the contents, I was not diappointed! This album is one of those rarest of items in my collection: a CD that I totally love from beginning to end. And now, several years after that purchase, I have no reason to revise my opinion. There are NO songs on this CD that I want to skip. Her playing, her compositions, and her selections of other artists' music to play are all excellent and the sequence of the tunes flows naturally. Want a quick way to decide whether to buy this CD? Listen to her rendition of the AWB's "Pick Up the Pieces" - Candy Dulfer is a player! She clearly loves the music she plays and she is fathful to the spirit of the music she covers at the same time she that injects her own personality and style into it. This is equally evident in her cover of "I Can't Make you Love Me" and the wonderfully lyrical "Sunday Afternoon." And perhaps best of all, she doesn't take herself too seriously, as anyone who has seen her perform live will attest. She knows her striking appearance is a focus for many, but she makes sure that everyone is very clear: her focus is on the music! Candy Dulfer is a professional in every respect, with a musical maturity that is truly impressive for someone as young as she is. This CD illustrates these atributes beautifully.

I had known about Candy Dulfer since 1989. For those who remember Prince's "Partyman" from the Batman soundtrack, it was her solo that sent that track stupid--stunning performance from...A 19-YEAR OLD. WHITE GIRL. FROM HOLLAND.
Then, when I moved to Oslo in 1990, this stunning sax-and-acoustic guitar track started getting major play, both on the radio and on MTV. For those familiar with her, you know what I'm talking about--"Lily Was Here". Released as a theme song for a movie, the original release of "Saxuality" didn't have "Lily" on it, but it was still an interesting album--it was obvious that the lady had been raised listening to a lot of R-and-B.
It was in 1992 that "Sax-A-Go-Go" got released. And yeah, the cover got me (Interestingly, the stateside version has a...less risque cover). This takes off from the beginning with "2 Funky", and this is probably one of her five best studio performances. It's an introduction to a party jam. The title track has become one of her theme pieces in concert.
But there are three tracks that really stick out on this album--"Jammin", in which Candy teams with the JBs; in particular her tradeoffs in the bridge with Maceo Parker (Think about it--she's trading riffs with the great Maceo), her cover of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" where her sax replaces Bonnie's voice, and the cover of AWB's "Pick Up The Pieces"--if you are able to get the US version of this album (or the Japanese import, "The Best Of Candy Dulfer--Candy Funky Mix"), you get a no-holds barred, punched up version that's better than the Euro version. The quietness of "Sunday Morning" completes the album.
Among my Candy collection, I've always considered this her best album--I've always suspected that "Saxuality" was rushed out to jump on her newfound popularity at the time, whereas "Sax-A-Go-Go" was much more prepared and allowed many listeners to begin to see what she liked to play.
If you can find the US version of this, it also contains a radio edit of "2 Funky"--not even close to being as good as the long version, but the album makes up for it with "Pick Up The Pieces" (Which has become another concert staple for her). Worth it for the music, worth it for the cover.

Candy is a great musician and a great singer as well. Both Sax a go go and saxuality are excellent, very enjoyable music. I have attended several of her concerts at the North Sea Jazz festival and this lady and her band have it together.

I originally purchased Candy Dulfer's Sax-A-Go-Go on cassette about 10 years ago. Well Hurricane Katrina came along and took that cassette along with many others in 2005. Candy Dulfer is a female saxophone player who has played on a few of Prince's cd, as well as other artists. I searched for a very long time trying to replace this cassette with a cd. I eventually turned to amazon.com. Voila-amazon.com had it. I was so excited to order it and receive it in about a week. If you like saxophone music, you'll love this cd. Thank-you.

i heard a few songs from this album while in the New Age Spa during a NIA DANCE CLASS. IT BLEW ME AWAY and had to get it. It is upbeat, very good to work out to and if you like sex and funk, go for it.

The saxophone is indeed fine, as is the rhythm section. The vocals, though... Sax-A-Go-Go (the second track on the album) has an embarassingly bad rap section, Jammin' is too up-front with a lead vocalist who is not as good as the saxophone. Skip those two tracks, though, and this is a darned tasty album.

I only bought this CD for "Pick Up The Pieces". Worth every buck. Devastating version
of the old AWB tune. Candy and her band really get into superdrive on this track. If you are
not familiar with the track "Youtube" it!! The rest of the album is also good, but the
stand out track is "Pick up the Pieces".

This cd caught my eye because Cindy had an instrumental hit years ago of "I Can't Make You Love Me." I've been unable to find that track anywhere so kept this import in my cart for awhile. Most of the tracks are quite funky and one would think it was a black saxaphone player instead of a white one and that's good. Dulfer is not the most original musician but it really doesn't matter. It's not hard core funk but does make one want to shake his or her booty. Highly recommended if you're in a soulful mood.

A beautiful CD from a beautiful gal?I never tire of this, its beautiful!