by Tony Ventura

This album is a mixture of jazz, pop, and funk, with a style reminiscent of Sly and the Family Stone, Gino Vannelli, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Grand Funk Railroad.
Genre: Pop: Power Pop
Release date: 1990

PARADISE

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What A Woman Needs

by Melba Moore

Released October 1981

(check out the YouTube video of “Let’s Go Back to Lovin“: that’s me on guitar)

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Label: EMI AmericaCatalog#: ST-17060

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: US

Released:12 Oct 1981

Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Disco

Musicians:

Bass – James Williams

Congas – Darryl Burgee

Drums – Keith Benson

Engineer – Joe Venneri

Guitar – Tony Ventura

Saxophone – Sam Peakes

Written by – Jerry Cohen , Gene McFadden, John Whitehead

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SOUL EYES

by Dan Fogel
Dan is an amazing, very powerful, melodic, reflective and intriguing jazz organist.
Genre: Jazz: Traditional Jazz Combo
Release date: 2004

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...half A Dream

by Dain Carlton Mergenthaler
Quirky but melodic pop-rock songs written in the genre of lennon & mccartney, squeeze, and tom petty
Genre: Pop: Beatles-pop
Release date: 1995