Jeff Tyzik

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

E-Funk: For me, Jammin' In Manhattan is better than anything Tom Browne did. Like I said at the time "Tom Browne, eat your heart out". This was the business.

Quinny,

I got a copy from the internet.... I love hearing the snaps, crackles & pops... :lol: :lol: This is a cool jam... I would have bought it back then. You like this better than "Funkin' For Jamaica"?

[QUINNY]

EFunk: Yep, I think I do like it better than 'Funkin' For Jamaica'. I t'e the soaring trumpet and jazzier feel that does it for me. The chorus is a little twee though.

[SandraDee]

Whilst we're back on the Tyzik topic I recently got the CD of 'Farthest Corner Of My Mind' from GEMM & it's brilliant & contains the previously mentioned 'Sweet Nothings' that I love so much. I have a question though; 5 of the 10 tracks were recorded in 1981 according to the sleeve credits & the other 5 were recorded in 1982 using different musicians. Does anyone know, were there originally 2 different LPs that have been put onto 1 CD? It seems unusual that a jazz-funk/disco type LP from that era had 10 tracks at 50 minutes +. :-?

[Forrrce]

Steely, does this CD have 'Inner Space' on it? I couldn't get past the first 2 Tyzik LPs, 'Prophesy' and 'Radiance'. 'Sweet Nothings' was a big London tune...and good ole' Tony Monson used 'Inner Space' as the theme for his radio show in the mid '80s. '...Farthest Corner...' is quite Freddie Hubbard-ish. Great jazz-funk - though I have to admit, I found 'Jammin' In Manhatten' a bit of a racket! :o

I reckon it's a compilation of tracks from 'Prophesy' and 'Radiance'. This CD sounds like a must-have!

[SandraDee]

Yes Forrrce, it does contain 'Inner Space' & I haven't stopped playing it since I got it via GEMM! I'd been looking for this CD for ages.
The track listing is as follows:
Prophecy
Florentine
Birth Day
Inner Space
Far Away
Notte A Roma
The Farthest Corner Of My Mind
Sweet Nothings
Circe (The Enchantress)
Straight Ahead

I absolutely love the orchestration on many of these tracks & they must be amongst the last of the truly classic jazz-funk material made.
Like you, Tyzik's stuff after '82 seemed shallow & dull by comparison with its crashing drum machines & sparse arrangements (but then one could say that about most post '82 dance material- were Herbie Hancock's 'Rockit' & Roy Ayers' 'In The Dark' classic or classy music? I personally think not, whereas 'I Thought It Was You' & 'Love Will Keep Us Together' for example, definitely were.)

[K-Bee]

Talkin' 'bout Jeff Tyzik...I was watching the ending of an episode of "The Sex And The City" the other day, and guess what was suddenly playing in the background - "Prochecy" by Jeff Tyzik. Needless to say I was quite surprised!

[SandraDee]

K-bee, can u remember what episode of S.A.T.C. that was?

[K-Bee]

Sorry Steely but I really have no idea :( I never really followed the show and me wathing the ending of an episode (waiting for a movie start) was purely coincidental.