disco poussez

[remicks]

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....... There's not even the slightest reference about the disco endeavers of jazz artiste Alphonse Mouzon on his web page bio.......

Alphonse Mouzon: Biography

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BUT WE KNOW OF THIS UNMENTIONABLE DARK SIDE OF HIS MUSICAL PLEASURES !! :icon_razz:





Hey Alphonse where'd you learn to funk like that ..........




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.............. say what?

[FunkyChris]

Was he also responsible for "Never leave that boy alone"?
I've never listened to that record because people say that this is one of the worst disco albums :-(

[KoolChris]

Was he also responsible for "Never leave that boy alone"?
I've never listened to that record because people say that this is one of the worst disco albums :-(

That would be either "Leave that boy alone",



or "Never gonna say goodbye",





and that's "YES" to both!...

[Paulo]

There's not even the slightest reference about the disco endeavers of jazz artiste Alphonse Mouzon on his web page bio....... Alphonse Mouzon: Biography

BUT WE KNOW OF THIS UNMENTIONABLE DARK SIDE OF HIS MUSICAL PLEASURES !!

LOL!! That's it Remicks.

[FunkyChris]

of course i meant "leave that boy alone" sorry.
there is a vinyl shop in cologne, so not far away from ny home. Anyway, is the album worth to be bought? :-l

[BrunoRepublic]

of course i meant "leave that boy alone" sorry.
there is a vinyl shop in cologne, so not far away from ny home. Anyway, is the album worth to be bought? :-l

I thought it was a very weak follow-up to the first Poussez LP. In all fairness, it was released in 1980, and by that point the tide had turned and no label was going to put out disco records, so it's more pop than disco. Still, I thought it was rather forgettable.

[SandraDee]

Poussez wasn't Mouzon's only disco project; he also did the 'Mouzons Electric Band' LP from '79 & in the early 80s under his own name did 2 very disco items called 'Im Glad That Youre Here' & 'Our Love Is Hot'. Not very jazzy at all!

[remicks]

Poussez wasn't Mouzon's only disco project; he also did the 'Mouzons Electric Band' LP from '79

Yep . Another big record for Mouzon .



Another big DISCO record .......


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was it really only 3.5 minutes long though ??

[SandraDee]

was it really only 3.5 minutes long though ??

Yes! You may as well get the LP with the tacky Beatles cover versions.

[garrybcoston]

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....... There's not even the slightest reference about the disco endeavers of jazz artiste Alphonse Mouzon on his web page bio.......

Alphonse Mouzon: Biography

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BUT WE KNOW OF THIS UNMENTIONABLE DARK SIDE OF HIS MUSICAL PLEASURES !! :icon_razz:





Hey Alphonse where'd you learn to funk like that ..........

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Yeah, I noticed this too; he was basically into jazz and then jumped ont he disco bandwagon, to his immediate success, but by the dawn of the 80's, like everyone else and everything else disco, he sifted and disappeared into the winds of change. But he should acknowledge his enormous, and important contribution(s) to disco and not be ashamed of it.

Someone send this guy an email!

Garry

[garrybcoston]

Was he also responsible for "Never leave that boy alone"?
I've never listened to that record because people say that this is one of the worst disco albums :-(

Yeah, his first album, with the two girls on the front, was probably the best. By the time he produced the second album, disco was dying a fast death and the 80's had dawned.

It was not a good album. He left out the strings that were prominent and showcased in the first album, and if I remember correctly, he tried to add a rock and funk type flavor, which was awful.

Garry

[garrybcoston]

Poussez wasn't Mouzon's only disco project; he also did the 'Mouzons Electric Band' LP from '79 & in the early 80s under his own name did 2 very disco items called 'Im Glad That Youre Here' & 'Our Love Is Hot'. Not very jazzy at all!

I never heard these or knew about them; but the question is, were they good?

Garry

[remicks]

Yeah, I noticed this too; he was basically into jazz and then jumped ont he disco bandwagon, to his immediate success, but by the dawn of the 80's, like everyone else and everything else disco, he sifted and disappeared into the winds of change.

Apparently not Garry : look from 1984




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[garrybcoston]

Apparently not Garry : look from 1984




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Apparently so, that's one of almost none that I've seen or heard from. He vanished like all the others to my dismay. But life goes on.

[remicks]

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Yes he disappeared. But it wasn't from lack of trying ......
Alphonso was still wearing his dancing shoes into the mid-eighties ... a good many years here missing from his bio ....

I have no idea what that tune( OUR LOVE IS HOT ) sounds like either ...anyone ??

RE: The Electric Band :

garrybcoston: I never heard these or knew about them; but the question is, were they good?

I only know of the one song EVERYBODY GET DOWN and its etched in my brain as mixing effortlessly into OVER AND OVER by Disco Circus ( but then doesn't everything?? )
Maybe from A TROC REMEMBER THE PARTY cd .....?

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[SandraDee]

I personally love 'Our Love Is Hot'. OK, there's no disco strings but it was 1984 guys! Actually, compared to almost everything else from '84 (including most hi-nrg) this was the closest to disco you could get in that period: the strong female vocals, driving (slightly funky) beat and zingy energy are all there, and it's a great song too. What more could you ask for fellas? & there isn't a trace of rock in this track either. You must try to hear it.:icon_smile:

[remicks]

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The following is Alphonse Mouzon's biography from his own website . Seems most impressive ... quite accomplished ... on the up and up .... nothing too out there
Yet ......try reading it over and see if there isn't a part to it ..... a part that contains something there that seems most odd :icon_confused: ...

---- It's like one of those Conan O'Brian bits where Conan inserts something totally weird into an otherwise normal advertisement.........

however ..... I swear dear moderators ...
this is posted exactly as it appears there .... .... I've done nothing to tamper with the contents contained therein in any way .......





see if you notice anything that reads like: WHAT THE HECK IS THAT DOING IN THERE !!!! :icon_surprised: :icon_eek:

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Alphonse Mouzon's Biography




Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records, composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor ALPHONSE MOUZON has been composing and producing beautiful music that has captivated and enthralled audiences throughout the world for over two decades.
ALPHONSE MOUZON (who is an African American mixed with French and Blackfoot Indian) was born on November 21st in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Bonds-Wilson High School where he received his early musical training under the direction of saxophonist Lonnie Hamilton III, and took some drum lessons from Charles Garner. Following graduation from high school, he moved to New York to study music and drama at New York City College and medicine at Manhattan Medical School. MOUZON took drum lessons from jazz pianist Billy Taylor's drummer Bobby Thomas. While attending college, Alphonse played in the pit band of the broadway show "PROMISES, PROMISES" after being recommended by Bobby Thomas. MOUZON also worked as a medical technologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after graduating from Manhattan Medical School. However his medical career was short lived.
By 1969 his reputation as a player had spread to such an extent that a medical career was no longer attractive. By the early seventies, he had embarked upon a musical journey that would take him to almost every corner of the world and would establish his reputation as one the most creative musician of the era. In 1975 MOUZON studied acting at The Lee Strausberg Institute for Actors in Hollywood, California. In 1997 he studied acting with Susan Ricketts and in 1998 MOUZON studied advance voice-overs with Don Pitts at California State University of Northridge.
ALPHONSE MOUZON musical associations read like a veritable Who's Who of Modern Jazz and Pop Music. His talents cover a broad range of musical disciplines and philosophies. He was the rhythmic foundation for the far reaching musical explorations of pianist McCoy Tyner. He was a charter member along with keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, of the group Weather Report. Along with guitarist Larry Coryell, MOUZON was co-founder of The Eleventh House, the seminal fusion band of the seventies. The Larry Coryell's Eleventh House reunited after 25 years in July 1998 and toured all over the world featuring Alphonse Mouzon until December 12, 1999.
ALPHONSE MOUZON has also played and/or recorded with Gil Evans, Roy Ayers, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Les McCann, Ronnie Laws, Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Nathan East, Cecil McBee, Albert Mangelsdorff, Joachim Kuhn, Jasper van't Hof, Michel Legrand, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Donald Bird, Chet Baker, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Ernie Watts, Sonny Rollins, Wallace Roney, Arturo Sandoval, Christian McBride, Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, George Coleman, John Klemmer, Billy Harper, Dave Grusin, Russ Freeman, George Howard, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Lorber, Kenny G., Joanne Brackeen, Horace Parlan, Robin Kenyatta, Ross Carnegie Orchestra, ex-grilfriend Roberta Flack, Sheila E., Celia Cruz, Gloria Lynn, Gloria Coleman, Denise Williams, Freda Payne, Shirley Scott, Anita O'Day, Betty Davis, and in 1991, he performed with Miles Davis on the movie soundtrack album entitled "Dingo". MILES DAVIS even spoke highly of MOUZON in his book entitled "Miles - The Autobiography".
MOUZON has also played with and helped the early careers of Lee Ritenour, David Beniot, Gerald Albright, Sam Riney, Brandon Fields, Greg Karukas, Dave Koz, and Richard Elliot.
MOUZON's rock/pop credentials include gigs with no less respectable a crew than Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Patrick Moraz, Tommy Bolin and Chubby Checker. ROBERT PLANT, lead singer for the legendary rock group LED ZEPPELIN, named ALPHONSE MOUZON, during his acceptance speech for induction into the 1995 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, one of the band's major influences .
Besides radio, MOUZON's music has been aired on CBS, NBC and ABC's Daytime Television Soap Operas - "ALL MY CHILDREN", "ANOTHER WORLD", "AS THE WORLD TURNS", "DAYS OF OUR LIVES", "ONE LIFE TO LIVE", "LOVING", "GENERAL HOSPITAL", "GENERATIONS", "SANTA BARABARA", "THE GUIDING LIGHT", "SUNSET BEACH", "PASSIONS", and CBS SPORTS, "LIFE STYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS", "RUNAWAY WITH THE RICH AND FAMOUS", "LEEZA", "HARD COPY", "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT", and many more!
ALPHONSE MOUZON'S name can be found in just about every Jazz Encyclopedia/ Dictionary, and is listed the 2nd edition of Marquis Who's Who In Entertainment and Who's Who In The World. MOUZON was voted the #2 BEST MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST in the 1995 Jazziz Magazine Annual Readers Poll.
In 1992, ALPHONSE MOUZON formed TENACIOUS RECORDS and in 1992, released his TOP TEN CD entitled "THE SURVIVOR". Subsequent releases on Tenacious Records "ON TOP OF THE WORLD", "EARLY SPRING", "BY ALL MEANS", "LOVE FANTASY", "BACK TO JAZZ", "AS YOU WISH", "THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG", "THE SKY IS THE LIMIT", "DISTANT LOVER", "MORNING SUN" , and "ABSOLUTE GREATEST LOVE SONGS & BALLADS" were NUMBER ONE, TOP TEN, or TOP TWENTY CDs. "LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD " is the latest CD from ALPHONSE. Alphonse Mouzon: Live In Hollywood
New CDs (Smooth Jazz, Straighhead Jazz, and Film Scores) from ALPHONSE MOUZON are schdeluled to be released by the fall of 2007 and the quarter of 2008. At present, MOUZON performs in Europe and in the U.S. with his trio, quartet, or quintet and as a featured guest artist with other groups. Please check your local listings. Alphonse Mouzon is also an experienced Massage Therapist known as MR. MAGIC HANDS THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE. He specializes in therapeutic massages for women and is reputed to be the best in the world! ALPHONSE MOUZON also teaches drums at THE ALPHONSE MOUZON INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE DRUM SCHOOL in Northridge, CA. Tel: 818-368-6479 and Fax: 818-368-3748. See ALPHONSE MOUZON along with actor TOM HANKS in the 1996 film "THAT THING YOU DO". ALPHONSE is acting and playing drums. He also composed the music score for the Blue Spot jazz club scene, in which he plays a smoking drums solo. The acoustic piano melody and solo on "Blue Spot" were also performed (off camera) by Alphonse Mouzon. MOUZON's music can be heard on the soundtrack for the 1997 film by actress Tisha Campbell caled SPRUNG. ALPHONSE MOUZON can also be seen in a 2004 movie with Michael Keaton, Margaret Collins, and Katie Holmes called "FIRST DAUGHTER". ALPHONSE MOUZON composed the original music score for the brilliant short film by former jazz critic and now writer/director Dan Margules called BEGLEITER. MOUZON acted in and scored the original music along with Butch Barbello for the 2007 feature film by actor/director Robert Davi (DIE HARD, THE PROFILER, PREDATOR 2, ILLICIT BEHAVIOR, LICENSE TO KILL, THE GOONIES, IN THE MIX) and Chazz Palminteri (A BRONX TALE, PUSH, SCAR CITY, KOJAK, ANALYZE THIS, RUNNING SCARED) called THE DUKES. Besides scoring films and producing his own jazz and smooth jazz CDs, Alphonse, Sr. will be producing CDs for his son Rapper/Singer/Keyboardist and Actor Alphonse Philippe Mouzon (Lethal Weapon) featuring Alphonse, Sr. on drums, trumpet, keyboards, along with pop singer Emma Alexandra Mouzon, Filppino pop singer Sharon T. and Latin pop singer Susana De La Torre. Alphonse, Sr. will produce Pop /Dance CDs for his 11 year-old academically & musically gifted daughter - Painter/Actress,/Singer/Violinist/Pianist/Guitarist Emma Alexandra Mouzon, and hip-hop/rap CDs for his youngest son - Beat Master/Drummer/Keyboardist/Rapper and U.S. Coast Gaurdsman Jean-Pierre Mouzon on Tenacious Records. ALPHONSE MOUZON is a Christian and always has been a believer in Christ and the Almighty, Omnipotent God! Mouzon is a Prostate Cancer survivor who reccommends that every man over 35 years old have a PSA blood test done to make sure cancer is not present. Early detection is a life saver! Mouzon's motto is "Veracity and Integrity areVirtues". Keep the faith!
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[Videoskooter]

I swear dear moderators

Remmy, NO SWEARING ON THE BOARD PLEAZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!! :icon_eek:

Is it the bit about the therapeutic massages?

[remicks]

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[SandraDee]

I bet he does 'extras'.:icon_mrgreen:

[canadiantire]

I am submerged by the amount of audio material that I had left behind.

Over the years, I’ve bought vinyl from different sources (often in bulk) and I’ve never really had the chance to listen to each of them in details.

Twenty-four hours a day are basically not enough to re-discover the music from my vinyl cellar.


I was fortunate enough to fall onto the POUSSEZ's album yesterday. It came on the market at the early stages of my interest for disco music.

I’ve played a few tracks and re-discovered myself, a genuine-forgotten gem.

It is to me, the essence of disco music.

Many thanks to Emma Mouzon.

[QUINNY]

I ought to like Everybody Get Down, but it doesn't absolutely do it for me. Am I the only person who can't get past the terribly cliched lyrics?

By All Means was another one of his under his own name and was a terrific groove. Jazz Funk of the most danceable kind, with a stellar line up.

[RetroRuss]

I ought to like Everybody Get Down, but it doesn't absolutely do it for me. Am I the only person who can't get past the terribly cliched lyrics?

It's funny in that I 'rediscovered' this tune a month or so again - having never owned a copy. It really appeals to people into House music. I played it last night (having found a copy at a very reasonable price in the US) and the texts came flooding in! I think if ti was longer than the 4 or do minutes it is it would get very repetitive....expect the House remix version soon!

[canadiantire]

'don't know if this question has beeen raised before but does anyone know who was "in charge" of the intercourse lamentation at the beginning of "Come on and do it"?

The blonde or the brunette?

[KoolChris]

who was "in charge" of the intercourse lamentation at the beginning of "Come on and do it"?

The blonde or the brunette?

I can't say for sure, but it might be neither. Often, a.f.a. disco releases, the LP cover models were just that: models. Presumably sexier and better-looking than the actual vocalists.
Look at Lorraine Johnson's 2 LP covers: the first is basically a portrait of her: a black woman sitting in her gown; the second shows a younger, supposedly sexier white blonde chick dancing around in her silver disco attire, complete with motion effects. This blonde girl on the cover of "Learning to Dance all over again" being alone and prominently displayed on the cover, I thought for years she was Lorraine Johnson.

There's dozens of disco records showing models instead of the actual musicians or vocalists on their covers.
Maybe an idea for a new thread???