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Catalyst - The Funkiest Band You Never Heard '1999

The Funkiest Band You Never Heard
ArtistCatalyst Related artists
Album name The Funkiest Band You Never Heard
Country
Date 1999
GenreJazz-Funk
Play time 2:19:29
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 322 mb / 842 mb
PriceDownload $6.95
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Tracks list

:: TRACKLIST ::

Catalyst
1-1		Ain't It The Truth 2:42
1-2		East [Vocals – Morris Bailey] 8:03
1-3		Catalyst Is Coming 8:13
1-4		Jabali	8:44
1-5		New-Found Truths 5:44
1-6		Salaam	1:34

Unity
1-7		A Country Song 6:20
1-8		Little Miss Lady	4:53
1-9		Maze	5:17
1-10		Athene 5:27
1-11		Mail Order 6:12
1-12		Shorter Street	3:53

A Tear And A Smile 
2-1		The Demon Pt. 1	4:10
2-2		The Demon Pt. 2 [Vocals – Eddie Green] 3:10
2-3		A Tear And A Smile	4:34
2-4		Fifty Second Street Boogie Down	3:56
2-5		Suite For Albeniz 6:15
2-6		A Prayer Dance	5:54
2-7		Bahia	6:15

Perception 
2-8		Perception	15:10
2-9		Uzuri	2:59
2-10		Celestial Bodies	9:20
2-11		Ile Ife	7:02
2-12		Got To Be There 2:44

 Talk about buried treasure. Catalyst's The Funkiest Band You Never Heard, a
two-disc reissue, is a long-overdue reintroduction to a mostly forgotten
Philadelphia quartet whose four early-'70s albums bridged the gap between
avant-garde jazz and funk and soul with delicious ease. Containing the albums
Catalyst, Unity, A Tear and A Smile, and Perception, the two-disc set does have
occasional moments when things sound a bit old-fashioned--like on the set's very
first track, "Ain't It the Truth," or the very last, a forgettable cover of the
Jackson Five's "Got to Be There". But in between, things mostly sound dated in
the best way: this is the '70s, sure, but it's the '70s of the far-out
electrified funk of Miles Davis, the avant-groove of Herbie Hancock's Sextant,
the experimentalism of early Weather Report, the Eastern leanings of Yusef
Lateef (especially on Odean Pope's oboe solo on "East"), and the funky soul of
Stevie Wonder. Saxophonist Pope and pianist Eddie Green were both standout
players, but what comes across on lengthy jams like "Celestial Bodies" and
"Perception" is an unshakable feeling of group chemistry and adventurous
risk-taking that makes the music here sound remarkably fresh and farsighted.
--Ezra Gale 

Catalyst


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