The Billboard Jazz Chart-topping album 'City Life' by the legendary jazz-funk ensemble The Blackbyrds gets a Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf reissue! Featuring 'Happy Music' and 'Rock Creek Park', described by AllMusic as 'one of the pinnacles of '70s jazz-funk' and sampled by the likes of De La Soul and Nas, the album finds the band at the height of their hitmaking powers. Cut from the original tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, packaged in a gatefold tip-on jacket.
Track Listing:
1. Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds (4.35)
2. Thankful 'Bout Yourself - The Blackbyrds (5.11)
3. City Life - The Blackbyrds (5.22)
4. All I Ask - The Blackbyrds (3.5)
5. Happy Music - The Blackbyrds (4.32)
6. Love So Fine - The Blackbyrds (5)
7. Flying High - The Blackbyrds (3.29)
8. Hash and Eggs - The Blackbyrds (5.06)
Year of Production: 1975
The colour of this vinyl is digitally rendered for illustrative purposes. The colour of the final product may vary slightly.
