RHYTHM OF LIFE by JAMES MASON

SKU99635
ArtistJAMES MASON
TitleRHYTHM OF LIFE
Label8TH RECORDS
Catalog #ETH 189LP
Tag
ReleaseW 43 - 2017
FormatVinyl - USLP
 € 22,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. Sweet Power Your Embrace
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/1_sweet_power_your_embrace.mp3
  2. Good Thing
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/2_good_thing.mp3
  3. Free
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/3_free.mp3
  4. Mbewe
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/4_mbewe.mp3
  5. Funny Girl
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/5_funny_girl.mp3
  6. Slick City
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/6_slick_city.mp3
  7. Rhythm Of Life
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/7_rhythm_of_life.mp3
  8. Hey Hey Hey
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/8_hey_hey_hey.mp3
  9. I've Got My Eyes On You
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/9_ive_got_my_eyes_on_you.mp3
  10. Dreams
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/r/99635_rhythm_of_life/10_dreams.mp3

Description

Guitarist/keyboardist James Mason is generally best remembered as a key member of Roy Ayers' late-70s jazz-funk group, during which he made prominent appearances on the Ayers' LP Lifeline, particularly the club hit "Running Away." His only solo record , titled Rhythm Of Life, was recorded with session legends such as Narada Michael Walden, Gene Torres, and Clarice Taylor, and released in 1977. The album was not a success, and suffered from poor timing as tastes had shifted away from jazz music. The record seemed destined for obscurity, as its meager printing quickly ran out.Over time however, Rhythm Of Life has taken on a new life of its own, as an unheralded jazz classic. The album's rich, textured sound, robust, funky arrangements, and Mason's solid guitar and keys work was integral to the development of the acid jazz movement of the 1990s. Tracks like "Slick City" and "Sweet Power Your Embrace" would go on to become rare-groove standards in their own rite, while "Free" has become a sampling favorite of hip-hop innovator Madlib.

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