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Marcus Johnson 2004年Smooth Jazz风格专辑《Urban Groove》 320K


【爵士专辑】Marcus Johnson 2004年Smooth Jazz风格专辑《Urban Groove》  （MP3 320K）


Artist: Marcus Johnson
Release Date: Jun 1, 2004
(Original Release Date: Sep 19, 2000)
Label: Lightyear Entertainment
Genre: Jazz












Even if the title of Marcus Johnson's latest disc Urban Groove isn't as fanciful
as that of his 1998 effort Chocolate City Groovin', the thread is clear: Like his
chief influence George Duke, he's all about rhythm, writing nice melodies but
always in the context of solid funk. That said, there's a certain irony in pegging
the most appealing cuts from Urban Groove as those that digress from the typical
pop-funk trappings. "Sandy Point," for instance, keeps the rhythm relaxed so that
the lush piano hook -- so reminiscent of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" -- can
shine through seductively. Even better, Johnson really hits pay dirt when he goes
the porch-rocking blues route on "Down Home." Over a boogie-woogie piano foundation,
Kevin Levi's sax -- simply serviceable to Johnson's keyboard lines on so many other
cuts -- honks happily along with Johnson's chipper Fender Rhodes musings. The disc
closes with Johnson stripped to the bone emotionally, accompanied only by an acoustic
piano and quiet synth embellishments on "The Puzzle." Elsewhere, he keeps things
grooving happily, though less remarkably. The undeniably catchy sax-synth hook of
the opening track, "Pavilion," wears thin after repetition, while "18th Street Loungin
'" is playful Joe Sample-flavored fluff. "Plush" has a cool, hypnotic groove with the
contrabass playing of Walter Cosby and the drumming of Eric Valentine, but Johnson's
meandering Rhodes melody doesn't build to any sort of heartfelt payoff.







                                                                                              01 Pavilion
                                                                                              02 Coming Of The New
                                                                                              03 18th Street Loungin
                                                                                              04 On My Mind
                                                                                              05 Funk Master
                                                                                              06 Sandy Point
                                                                                              07 Is It Good To You
                                                                                              08 Down Home
                                                                                              09 Hormone
                                                                                              10 Plush
                                                                                              11 In You There's Me
                                                                                              12 The Puzzle















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Smooth Jazz键盘手Marcus Johnson专辑相关地址索引




1998年专辑《Chocolate City Groovin》

2004年专辑《Just Doing What I Do》

2007年专辑《The Phoenix》





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