Best Of Incognito Music Cd

Incognito - Best Of Incognito

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Best of Incognito      Artist : Incognito      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $18.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-10-31      Studio : Verve      Label : Verve      Avg. Customer Rating : (13 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Best Of Incognito      Deep (water) smooth soul      Rating:      A fine album. This carries the definitive vocalisation of Ronnie Laws' "always there", the uplifting classic "Still a friend of mine", hard popping acid jazz standards "everyday" and "Nights over Egypt". Maysa's scatting on the wonderful "colibri" would make this a buy on its own, but her delivery on the blue soul "deep water" is absolutely crushing. This is an album i want to be buried with, just in case the egyptians are right and I can take it into the afterlife.     Customer Reviews for Best Of Incognito Cd      AWESOME CD!      Rating:      All I can say is I love this group and Maysa can sing she is awesome! I finally got to see her live on a jazz cruise and all I can say is awesome this is a great CD the whole darn thing is good! Editorial Reviews for Best Of Incognito Audio Cd      Amazon.com      With the success of Erik Truffaz, Nils Petter Molvaer, and St. Germain, the epicenter of the acid jazz/funk scene moves fluidly between the European continent and London, home of Incognito. The genre's roots are inextricably linked to Incognito, a huge amalgamation of musicians led by composer and guitarist Jean Paul "Bluey" Maunick. The band's rabid devotees will no doubt use this 13-song compilation as an Incognito primer for potential converts, particularly pointing to the back-to-back inclusion of their three biggest hits--"Everyday," "Deep Waters," and "Spellbound and Speechless"--which convey perfectly their layers of funk, jazz, and r&b vocal harmonies to the uninitiated. Several special remixes make this best-of important to the knowledgeable hard core who can't get enough of Incognito's vocalists--Maysa, Jocelyn Brown, and Pamela Anderson--including one with Stevie Wonder playing harmonica on Bluey's punched-up version of "Change," and mix-master David Morales's take on Ronnie Laws's "Always There." Much more important to Bluey's army of American fans is the very last track--a rowdy version of "Talkin' Loud." Finally, there is a live Incognito album, Last Night in Tokyo: Incognito Live, available as an import. --Mark Ruffin