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Next up in Mr Bongo’s Groove Merchant Records reissue series – the only solo album saxophonist Ramon Morris recorded as a bandleader. Originally released on Sonny Lester’s iconic Groove Merchant record label and produced by Lester himself, Sweet Sister Funk is a jazz-funk masterclass. It features a slick line-up including Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet, Mickey Roker on drums, and Albert Dailey on electric piano. Rich and beautiful, the seven songs ebb and flow in energy, fusing jazz funk and soul jazz with style and swagger. There are bags of groove with Ramon and Cecil trading off on sax and trumpet in an effortless conversation throughout the LP, supplemented by brilliant solos from the rest of the players. A gold mine of sampling material, the album includes a sublime cover version of The Stylistics’ much-loved People Make The World Go Round, which was sampled by DJ Shadow on Blackalicious’s Swan Lake in 1994.
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