Sinbad (Vinyl LP) Soul Funk & DiscoRecorded with an exemplary supporting cast featuring pianist Don Blackman, guitarist Eric Gale, and saxophonist Michael Brecker, Sinbad explores the extremes of Weldon Irvine's music, juxtaposing several of the keyboardist's funkiest, most energetic grooves to date alongside mellow, contemplative performances of uncommon intricacy and beauty. Inspired in both sound and spirit by the soul searching Motown efforts of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder,
recruiting his own backing band
perhaps the most mysterious of them all would be guitarist Tal (aka 'Tawl') Ross
composed of ten tracks
Bubblegum and Better Sit Down Boy are big and brash and bright as hell
this 45 should be your ticket to dance floor heaven
working to expand the band's sound within their boundaries
the album waded deep into the blues
as the uniquely Jamaican ska sound was yet to take hold - however many of the future stars of ska
Currently Douglas Collaborates With Renowned Percussionist Jorge Pineda
when her musical cohorts get their tyres smoking
Of course Garland has to play a ballad or two
Originally released in 1990 as a promotional only vinyl
