Brand New Thing (1977)

About this title: Here is an overlooked gem from a most unlikely source, recorded in a most unlikely genre -- commercial '70s jazz/funk -- just as the disco era was gathering steam. Tom Scott controlled the production, with Severinsen overdubbing all of the brass choruses and occasionally passing his horns through a phase shifter and wah-wah pedal. The coterie of overworked sessionmen from L.A. and NYC -- Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Lee Ritenour, Anthony Jackson, Ralph MacDonald, etc. -- work this session as you would expect, with the danceable beat always in mind. Yet they pulled off a great, thoroughly musical ... read more

Tracks:

1. Do It to It
2. Chicken Chatter
3. Midnite Flite
4. Fernando's Fantasy
5. Virginia Sunday
6. Soft Touch
7. There Is a Girl
8. Shenandoah

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.