Jungle Funk (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Jungle Funk

| type = live album

| artist = Jungle Funk

| cover = Jungle Funk - Jungle Funk.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|1998}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1998|4|12}} – {{Start date|1998|4|14}}

| venue = Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn, Austria

| studio =

| genre = Drum and bass, funk, R&B

| length = 69:59

| label = ESC

| producer = Jungle Funk, Doug Wimbish

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Glenn |last=Swan |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000958446|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jungle Funk |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}

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Jungle Funk is the eponymously titled debut album of Jungle Funk, released in 1998 by ESC Records.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.tackhead.com/soloheads/dougwimbish/disco/ |title=Doug Wimbish: Discography |publisher=tackhead.com |date=2004 |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.willcalhoun.com/junglefunk.shtml |title=Will Calhoun Discography: Jungle Funk |publisher=willcalhoun.com |date=2014 |accessdate=September 30, 2014}} Capturing a live collaboration between musicians Will Calhoun, Vinx de Jon Parette and Doug Wimbish, the material comprising the album was recorded over the course of two days in April 1998 at Conrad Sohm, Austria. It combined the hard funk of Living Colour with the more technology based sampling approach of Tackhead.{{cite web |first=David |last=Adler |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jungle-funk-jungle-funk-zebra-records-review-by-david-adler.php#.VChbv2NjZqA |title=Jungle Funk: Jungle Funk |publisher=All About Jazz |date=October 1, 1999 |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}

Track listing

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| all_writing = Jungle Funk, except "Aquarius" by Galt MacDermot, James Rado and Gerome Ragni

| title1 = Ugly Face

| length1 = 6:35

| title2 = Worship

| length2 = 4:11

| title3 = Trance

| length3 = 5:24

| title4 = Headfake

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = September

| length5 = 3:14

| title6 = Torn

| length6 = 5:38

| title7 = Temporary Love

| length7 = 5:35

| title8 = Cycles

| length8 = 6:39

| title9 = Perculator

| length9 = 2:58

| title10 = Still I Try

| length10 = 5:12

| title11 = Aquarius

| length11 = 3:12

| title12 = People

| length12 = 6:39

| title13 = Jungle Funk

| length13 = 3:57

| title14 = Prague City Lights

| length14 = 3:26

| title15 = Research & Development

| length15 = 4:13

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Personnel

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;Jungle Funk

;Additional musicians

  • Darren Grant – backing vocals (3)
  • Green Tea – keyboards and programming (8)
  • Pete Holdsworth – keyboards and programming (8)
  • Keith LeBlanc – loops (5), drums and percussion (3)
  • Skip McDonald – vocals and guitar (3)
  • Professor Stretch – keyboards and programming (8)

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;Technical personnel

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Release history

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! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

Germany

| 1998

| ESC

| CD

| ESC 03658-2

United States

| 1999

| Zebra

| CD

| ZD 44014-2

References

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