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The Nitty Gritty 04:49
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Mercy Mercy Me 05:01
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Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be) Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows From the north and south and east Woah mercy, mercy me, yeah Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be) Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas Fish full of mercury Oh Jesus, yeah, mercy, mercy me, ah Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be) Radiation underground and in the sky Animals and birds who live nearby are dying Hey, mercy, mercy me, oh Hey, things ain't what they used to be What about this overcrowded land? How much more abuse from man can she stand? Oh, na, na, na Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Hey, ooh, woo
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Passions 04:37
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Dancing Cobra 05:37
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Siana 05:18
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Geroge Can't Dance 05:00
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So Happy, So Sad 06:14
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Hip Hop Bop 05:49
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Forever This Love 05:03
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Concrete Jungle 04:32
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During the early 90s period, many aspects of life changed for Chieli & George. Contemporary - later known as smooth - jazz radio was riding high. George and I scuffled a bit on the direction of the band. Simply said, he wanted to go into an R & B/funky direction and I fought him on this. At first, I wanted to remain true to our world-fusion roots, a sound we evolved
considerably over the first 10 years. I also felt his percussion presence would disappear, in view of the fact the music arranging/production trends were leaning towards drum machines and programmed parts. This rift in direction persisted through the production of 2 more CDs: Catwalk, and our final collaboration, Body Language. I didn’t realize this at the time, but we were only 2 years away from ending our musical relationship. Ironically, the disagreements and struggles resulted in artistic growth – as it always does...with enthusiasm. Some of our most beautiful work can be found on those 2 CDs.

We had fantastic success with radio: we were named the most-played contemporary jazz group, and achieved multiple #1 songs on the charts. It was wonderful, and best of all, unexpected!

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released January 1, 2006

Catwalk
Special EFX featuring George Jinda and Chieli Minucci

Recorded and mixed at Skyline Studios, NYC, and Horizon Studios, NJ by Paul Wickliffe between March and June 1994
Additional recording at Quad Studios, NYC
Hiro Ishihara: engineer
Assistant: Miriam Gonzales, Scott Hollingsworth, Sheree Draft
Editing by Mike Landy

Special thanks to our live band!
Lionel Cordew, Jerry Brooks, Mark Johnson, Norman (Keys) Hurt!

Thanks to the technical crew: Randy Rocha!!
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Musicians
Chieli Minucci…….electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards
George Jinda…….Udu drum, tambourines, shakers, cymbals, African shakers, mini congas, surfer,rattles, caxixis, African talking drum, cowbells, Chinese double bells, triangle, temple blacks, shekere
Jerry Brooks….bass, mooses
George Lax…..clavinet
Mark Johnson…….saxophones, congas, keyboards, programming
Szakcsi…… Wurlitzer solo
Steve Skinner…….keyboards, programming, synth bass
Bemshi….. vocals
Johnny Kemp……vocals
James Robinson…vocals and vocal arrangements

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Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci New York, New York

Combining Latin and African rhythms with the light textures of MOR jazz, Special EFX emerged as one of the most prominent world fusion groups of their era. Formed in New York in 1982, Special EFX were essentially a duo comprised of guitarist Chieli Minucci and Hungarian-born drummer/percussionist George Jinda. ... more

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