It was the closing cut from Brazilian keyboardist (and future disco/funk producer) Eumir Deodato's Prelude LP (1973), his first US release. Co-written by drummer Billy Cobham and co-arranged by Bob James, featuring Stanley Clarke on bass and a solo conga break by Ray Barretto (apparently, only featured on the original, extended version of the track which appeared on the quadrophonic release, the one included here). Prelude went gold, selling 200,000+ copies and hitting #3 on the Billboard album charts, an amazing feat for a jazz record.
And as I was schooled by Solomon Gibson III, host of WCOM's Backbone, Prelude helped spell the beginning of the end for CTI Records. As label owner Creed Taylor began looking to replicate Deodato's success, the label's jazz mainstays started heading for the exits, decamping to other labels where they weren't as pressured to achieve cross-over sales.
- Dyn-O-Mite
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