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Let us now praise Chaka Khan
Amidst all the talk of great singers on this blog, I think it would be fair to say that Chaka Khan does not get mentioned very often. Well, the time has come to right this wrong. After years of not having listened to this song, which I only have on vinyl, I finally pulled my finger out and downloaded it today, and am currently listening to it for the third time in a row. The song is Some Love, from her self-titled debut solo album.
It. Is. Awesome. For a start, it's one of the funkiest grooves you could hope to tap your toe to on a Saturday afternoon in Harringay. The bridge section is one of the most thrilling I know. The playing is spectacular, the horn stabs perfect, while the bass line is jawdropping. The lyric is amazing too, although it may take a while before you notice that, as you might be standing there slack jawed at Chaka's vocal performance, which combines wanton abandon with phenomenal technical skill.
Erm, you have probably gathered by now that I quite like this record. Any other Chaka fans around?
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Tell Me Something Good
Absolutely. This is one of my favorites of hers:
And this:
Tell Me Something Good
is one of my all time favourites and brings back memories of times gone by.
Another fan of Tell Me Something Good, here.
I posted that track up to start a thread about fabulous funky choons a few months back.
Chaka's pukka.
Ain't nobody does it like Chaka
I spent a huge amount of the late 80's dancing (ooaa) to this and impressing the ladies (ooaa)
Oh yes
That's pretty darn good. How to make the absolute best of what is, after all, just singing over a backing track. Anybody referring to this performance as karaoke will have to see me afterwards...
Amen to that..
My favourite female vocalist bar none - power without harshness, sensitivity, range, impeccable enunciation and she does the vocal multi-tracking thing to a tee...
Just three examples...
...sublime
Chaka Khan kissed me on the lips...
backstage at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1990. I was 21.
That is all.
Like..
Wow!!
This is fantastic...
...and the remix of it on her 1989 album "Life is a Dance - The Remix Project" is fab too.
Love Chaka, love Taka too
So here's younger sister, Taka Boom, joining the party
What a woman..
always admired her jazz heart as well
PS This is a piece of prime bebop composed by Dizzy Gillespie.
Yes indeed
There used to be more footage of this ace concert - round about the time of her classic "Whatcha gonna do for me" album (played this just the other day) - Steve Ferrone on drums...nice jumper too.
One of my all time favourites - even though she's had some real duff patches in her career. The "Stomping at the Savoy" album is great - and even this from a couple of years ago is excellent.
So much to choose from
here's a favourite of mine: Clouds
and let's not forget her voice has enhanced the work of many others, including:
Stephen Bishop - Little Italy, Save it for a rainy day
Joni Mitchell - Dreamland
Steve Winwood - Higher Love