[Electro Funk/Funk/RnB/R&B/Electronic/Soul/Electro] Here is Bill Summers and his group Summers Heat with their last album titled: \"London Style\". Summers is a New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums (and keyboards). In my opinion, he is mostly known for his behind the scenes work for the film score of \"The Color Purple\" and the television miniseries \"Roots\" with Quincy Jones. He has also contributed to the group The Headhunters with Herbie Hancock at one time as well; btw if you listen to the song \"Tech No Bop\" (Track 2) you will hear similarities that are reminiscent of Hancock's '83 \"Future shock\" album. London Style is definitely influenced by the changes on the dancefloor coming from the UK in the early 80s (which is probobly why they titled it \"London Style\", lol) and the groove is slightly more electrified then previous albums that Bill and Summers Heat worked on for MCA. It's probably due to the increasing popularity of Prince and Zapp & Roger (also noting the upcoming Minneapolis Sound craze of the mid 80's) that influenced Summer's to shift his gears from straight up Jazz to Electro-Funk. You can clearly tell that \"City Boy Lover\" (Track 1) is very similar to something that Prince would cook up. Not to mention their 1981 hit: \"Call It What You Want\" really showcased the reason why he shifted genre's as the song is very admired by Electro Funk lovers while it is also considered the group's biggest hit. I myself think that this album received the most fame from the track \"Suzi Plastic\" (Track 4) which was featured in the hotel scene in the god awful film: \"Smokey And The Bandit Part 3\". In short, the album was well praised but received some criticism from die hard fans of Summer's early work. Overall, the sounds still have a jazzy feel to it and that is all due to the members of Summer's Heat which is good because that kept things real enough to avoid any of the too-electric styles of British pop at the time. Me personally, this is my favorite album from them and sadly it was there last as Bill Summers And Summers Heat disbanded in 1987. This album was released under MCA Records '83.
Tracklist:
1) \"City Boy Lover\" (0:10)
2) \"Tech No Bop\" (4:39)
3) \"London Town\" (9:20)
4) \"Suzi Plastic\" (15:07)
5) \"It's Over\" (19:36)
6) \"Burn Out\" (24:42)
7) \"Born To Die\" (30:05)
8) \"Privacy\" (34:25)
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