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Group pushes
funk to its
outer limits

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HEADY,FUNK fusion fuels CAMEO CRACKLES with cool music for hot times. After more than a
the latest Cameo release; decade spent putting out the grooves, the funky fellows have got it
Lennon is revisited ina down pat.

sweeping audio biography;

flamenco with flair fires The audio companion to the film _ esting as well as biographically

nar reeee release is a sweeping overview of broad by including a rehearsal

Latin inclinations. the martyred former Beatle. Forget —_- version of imagine and a post-
Chapman and ignore Goldman. humous release of a ballad called
The music the man made is what Reai Love.

Cameo — Machismo, PolyGram ultimately matters. The collection is the first to

Records 1988 Yoko, who is tapping the re- combine Lennon as Beatle and
maining Lennon-taped legacy in Lennon solo back-to-back.

The muscle-tightening funk miserly bits and pieces, ensures It is a concise measure of Len-
firecrackers push the genre to the that the recording is freshly inter- non’s enduring music. Simply fab.

outer limits of super-soul-cool with
an all-star support roster of jazz
greats.

Together since 1977, this is
Cameo’s thirteenth release. It’s no
tired retread. It smokes. Cameo
lead singer, drummer, percus-
sionist and bass guitarist Larry
Blackmon produced the release.

Headlining a wall-of-brass guest
list, and contributing tasty sax and
trumpet licks, are Michael Brecker
and Randy Brecker. Master horn

MICHAEL
BECKER

record reviewer

blaster Miles Davis turns out a
nasty bit of fusion on fn The Night.

Already receiving top pop play
in the U.S., You Make Me Work,
is infectious, quirky-rhythmed
dance fodder. Tripping into uto-
pian territory, { Like The World,
plays with the concept of a
brotherhood of man. Skin I'm In
leoks beyond black and white.
Soul Tightened, punctuated by
crisp shots of brass, is essential
funk.

Smart lyrics, sparkling produc-
tion and an irresistible tempo,
make Machismo Cameo’s lucky
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Stan Johnson - Base
hris Sigersson - Piano

Gipsy Kings — Allegria, Philips
1982

The label representative at
PolyGram, whose company is
distributing the Gipsy Kings’ pro-
duct, says the group is from France
and is currently selling a lot of re-
cords.

Bending an ear to Allegria
quickly confirms what others ap-
parently already know — Gipsy
Kings are flamenco kings.

At the backbone of the music is
the steady humming of nylon-str-
inged guitars. Husky Spanish
voices are punctuated by impas-
sioned outbursts of clapping. The
release is given a loosely live, at-
the-club feel with the inclusion of

- the Kings’ spirited banter between

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