Thursday 9 June 2011

Bernard Wright - Spinnin' (1980)

Like Tom Browne and Lenny White/Twennynine, Bernard Wright was part of Jamaica, Queens' R&B/funk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, which gave us such major hits as Twennynine's Peanut Butter and Browne's Funkin' for Jamaica. Browne and White were both talented jazz musicians, but R&B/funk was their main focus at that time. Similarly, keyboardist/pianist Bernard Wright occasionally flirted with instrumental jazz on his debut album,'Nard, but pays a lot more attention to vocal-oriented soul and funk.
This is an R&B/jazz-funk album that is defined by such impressive tracks as Firebolt Hustle, Solar, Master Rocker and this track, Spinnin',
'Nard was expected to be a big hit, but surprisingly, didn't fare as well as albums by Browne and White.
And as you've no doubt deduced if you're a hip-hop head, it was sampled on Skee-Lo's 1995 track I Wish.




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