Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series!
180g Vinyl LP!
Mastered By Kevin Gray From Original Analog Tapes!
Pressed At Optimal!

Bobbi Humphrey was one of the most prominent stars on the Blue Note roster of the 1970s. The flutist debuted on the label in 1971 with Flute In, the first in a run of six creative and highly enjoyable albums. On her breakout 1973 album Blacks and Blues,   Humphrey hooked up with the forward-thinking producer Larry Mizell to create a jazz-funk classic that expanded her audience. It proved to be a winning combination, and the two joined forces again on Satin Doll the following year. Their third and final   collaboration would be on the great 1975 album Fancy Dancer. Humphrey's alluring flute dances through vibrant and ingenious arrangements by Larry and Fonce Mizell that skillfully wove together a broad range of influences from across the spectrum of   black music. The set featured standout tracks like the Latin grooves of "Uno Esta," the laid-back jam "You Make Me Feel So Good," and the album's expansive closer "Please Set Me At Ease," which the innovative hip-hop beatmaker Madlib memorably remade   on his 2003 Blue Note remix album, Shades Of Blue.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

  Recorded at their Sound Factory studio in Los Angeles, Fancy Dancer is a seamless collection of seven tracks that cruise the distance across soulful fusions of funk, Latin grooves, electric jazz, and gauzy vocal choruses that offer a hint as to what the   underground dancefloor scenes of Los Angeles and New York were offering in at the predawn of the disco era. Humphrey's flute playing feels effortless as she hovers around and plays through the layers of spacy keyboards, shimmering rhythmic pulses, and   seductive textures provided by lilting voices, hand percussion, and breaks.       -Thom Jurek, AllMusic.com, 4/5 stars   ...emblematic of a period when many jazz artists were making peace with the rise of funk/soul/R&B and incorporating those sounds into their work. Flute player Bobbi Humphrey went right to the source with Fancy Dancer, working with producers Larry Mizell and Chuck Davis. With their instrumentation and songwriting help, Humphrey was able to gambol her solos atop disco-leaning grooves that are thick with clavinet trills and Chuck Rainey's succulent basswork.       -Robert Ham, Paste Magazine     Features       Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series     180g Vinyl LP     All-Analog Pressing     Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes     Manufactured at Optimal in Germany     Musicians                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Bobbi Humphreyflute, vocalsJerry Peterspiano, Fender Rhodes, ARP synthesizersSkip Scarboroughpiano, Fender Rhodes, clavinetLarry Mizellpiano, Fender Rhodes, ARP synthesizers, solina, vocalsChuck Davispiano on "The Trip"Chuck RaineybassJohn RowinguitarCraig McMullenguitarMayuto CorreacongasHarvey MasondrumsFonce Mizellclavinet, solina, trumpet, vocalsJulian PriestertromboneTyree Glenn, Jr.tenor saxophoneOscar BrasheartrumpetRoger Glennmarimba, vibesDorothy AshbyharpAugie ReyvocalsKatherine LyravocalsJesse AcunavocalsSonia TavaresvocalsRosario DavilavocalsJames Carterwhistler on "Sweeter Than Sugar"   Selections   Side One:       Uno Esta     The Trip     You Make Me Feel So Good     Side Two:       Fancy Dancer     Mestizo Eyes     Sweeter Than Sugar     Please Set Me At Ease