Alphonse Mouzon: The Sky Is The Limit (1996)

This is a perfect mixture of smooth contemporary jazz & soulful funk w. Richard Elliot-sax, Ronnie Laws-sax, Larry Coryell-gtr, Ray Parker Jr.-gtr + 1985

Tracks 9-12 are previously released on THE 11TH HOUSE (LP).

Personnel: Alphonse Mouzon (electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Paul Jackson, Jr., Ray Parker, Jr., Torsten de Winkel (guitar, electric guitar); Larry Coryell (electric guitar); Richard Elliot (lyre, tenor saxophone, lyricon); Chris Schneider, Ernie Watts, Christian Schneider, Ronnie Laws (tenor saxophone); Terumasa Hino (cornet, flugelhorn); Geoff Stradling (electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Mike Mandel (electric piano); John Lee, Kai Eckhardt-Karpeh, Nathan East (electric bass); Julia Waters, Maxine Willard Waters (background vocals).

Tracklist:

1. Why Don't You Break It

2. Jean-Pierre

3. Do You Want to Dance?
4. Making Love With You
5. Come and See What I've Got
6. Sky Is the Limit, The
7. Starting All over Again
8. Rock & Roll Waltz, The
9. Don't Break My Funk
10. Old Friends
11. Night for Love
12. One More Time
The Sky Is The Limit
Rapidshare / Hotfile @ 320K

Michal Urbaniak: Fusion III (1975)

With song structures similar to Mahavishnu Orchestra and electric-era Return to Forever, Michal Urbaniak's Fusion III appealed to the same fusion-buying clientele. What most distinguishes this music from that of its contemporaries was the unique vocalizing of Urbaniak's wife, Ursula Dudziak. She could sound at times like a Polish Flora Purim, at other times like a synthesized presence from another world. On this recording, Urbaniak's playing is fresh and engaging, and his compositions occasionally sound like Frank Zappa's instrumental work from this same era. John Abercrombie and Larry Coryell turn in blistering guitar passages, and bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Steve Gadd provide a funkified rhythmic foundation.
Fusion III (RS) / Fusion III (MU) @ 256K