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Bobbi Humphrey Epic Soul Jazz Funk Disco 1977

Performer: Bobbi Humphrey
Genre: Jazz / Soul and Funk
Title: Tailor Made
Country: US
Released: 1977
Style: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Disco
Label: Epic
Catalog Number: PE 34704
FLAC version ZIP size: 1917 mb
MP3 version ZIP size: 1876 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1222 mb
Rating: 4.9
Votes: 003

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Tracklist

1	Jealousy Written-By – G. Clark, S. Scarborough	5:05
2	Lover To Lover Written-By – S. Scarborough	5:57
3	Tailor Made Written-By – I. Amani, S. Hunt	4:05
4	Dancin' To Keep From Cryin' Written-By – S. Scarborough, T. Fauntleroy	4:29
5	I Started Living Written-By – S. Duncan	4:02
6	Fajehzo Written-By – T. Ashford	4:27
7	Most Of All Written-By – I. Amani, S. Hunt	3:54
8	Theme I Written-By – E. Straughter	4:34

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FTGJZ-003	Bobbi Humphrey	Tailor Made ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	FTG Jazz Fusion Classics	FTGJZ-003	UK	2014
SICJ 209	Bobbi Humphrey	Tailor Made ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE)	Epic	SICJ 209	Japan	2016
PE 34704	Bobbi Humphrey	Tailor Made ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Epic	PE 34704	US	1977
EICP 1300	Bobbi Humphrey	Tailor Made ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Epic	EICP 1300	Japan	2009

Credits

Arranged By [Horns] – David Crawford (tracks: A1, A4, B1), Mark Soskin (tracks: B2)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Sigidi (tracks: B2)
Arranged By [Strings] – David Crawford (tracks: A1), Mark Soskin (tracks: B2, B3)
Backing Vocals [Female] – Mikki Morris, Penny Wanao, Versita Wanao
Backing Vocals [Male] – Sigidi, Skip Scarborough
Bass – Charles Meeks, Robert Russell
Drums – Bill Meeker
Engineer [Assistant] – Eric Zobler, George Engfer, Roy Segal
Engineer [Recording, Re-mix] – Don Cody
Executive-Producer – Bobbi Humphrey, Denis Niles
Flute, Lead Vocals – Bobbi Humphrey
Guitar – Ray Obiedo
Keyboards – Ernest Straughter, Mark Soskin
Mastered By – Vladimir Meller
Other [Hair Style] – Bernardo Figueroa
Other [Make-up] – Leonardo Da Vega
Percussion – Bill Summers, Sheila Escovedo
Photography By – Roger Prigent
Producer – Skip Scarborough
Synthesizer – Skip Scarborough
Vibraphone, Marimba, Idiophone [Wood Blocks], Steel Drums – Roger Glenn

Notes

1st pressings like this have Orange labels, later issues have standard blue labels.

Sheila Escovedo appears courtesy of Fantasy Records
Bill Summers appears courtesy of Prestige Records

Recorded & Remixed at
Columbia Recording Studios, San Francisco
Mastered at
Columbia Recording Studios, New York City.

℗ © 1977 CBS Inc.

Barcodes

Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): AL 34704
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): BL 34704
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout, stamped / etched): AL 34704-1C S1 B3
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout, stamped / etched): BL 34704-1C S1 A3

Companies

Recorded At – Columbia Studios
Mixed At – Columbia Studios
Mastered At – Columbia Recording Studios
Manufactured By – Epic Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Video

Sironynyr

Tailor Made sees Bobbi Humphrey not just shifting labels to Epic, but also changing her musical direction quite a bit. This album is a shift from the jazz-funk work that the Mizell brothers were producing for her at Blue Note, no, on this album Bobbi Humphrey has taken musical control, which was something she was apparently denied at Blue Note, and decided to go down a slicker, mellower and more commercial route. This could be seen as a financial sell-out, but a fair slice of the pie was something else she was apparently denied at Blue Note, so who can blame her.

Musically, this album is full of lush strings, funky bass lines and a full-force of backing vocals, everything that mid to late seventies soul and jazz had in abundance. Unlike a lot of musicians who were attracted by the potential commercial pay-off of following the disco agenda though, this album really pulls it off. One of the many things Bobbi Humphrey was good at was surrounding herself with top class writers, musicians, producers, etc. so even though there’s a bit of bandwagon jumping going on here, it's all done very tastefully. As with all her albums the flute playing is truly sublime, the production is amazing and the musicianship is faultless, this woman really is a class act.

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