Funktion Junction

ブルー・ミッチェルの７６年作。良い音色のドラムブレイクで始まる"Daydream"は、サンプリングネタにもなったり人気です。Touch Of Classのフィリーソウル人気曲をキャッチーにカヴァーした"I'm In Heaven"やMiracles "Love Machine"カヴァー、かと思えばメロウかつドープなイントロがサンプリング用グルーヴにもオススメな"Delilah"等、バランスの取れた内容が素晴らしいアルバムです。

1. I'm In Heaven
2. AM-FM Blues
3. Then Came You
4. Daydream
5. Love Machine
6. Delilah
7. Collaborations

Trumpet, Flugelhorn Blue Mitchell
Trumpet, Flugelhorn [Horn Section] John Gatchell, Jon Faddis
Tenor Saxophone Harold Land
Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Horn Section] George Young
Trombone [Horn Section] Wayne Andre
Violin [String Section] Alvin Rogers, Harold Kohon, Norman Carr
Cello [String Section] David Moore
Guitar David T. Walker, Michael Anthony
Percussion Gary Coleman
Piano Clarence McDonald
Synthesizer, Percussion Mike Lipskin
Voice Frank Floyd, Gwendolyn Guthrie*, Patti Austin
Bass Henry Davis (tracks: 1, 2, 7), Ron Brown (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Bass Trombone [Horn Section] Alan Raph
Drums James Gadson

Recorded 1976