An excellent lost funky soundtrack on Blue Note – their only one for years, and Grant Green's entry into the b
lacksploitation genre! The whole thing bristles with the kind
of chunky, thumping percussive feel as the best funky soundtracks
of the era – informed by the work
of Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes, but with the deeper jazz feel that Green brings from his other Blue Note sides
of the time! Some cuts are quite funky, particularly the opener, "Past, Present, and Future" with it's crisp trap, chicken scratch guitar and bongo driven beat.
Others have more
of a stripped-down dope instrumental feel – there's some sweet funky flute work on "Fathers Lament", and even a slight bossa groove creeps into the title track! The whole album's very nice, and it's very different than any
of Grant Green's other work! Other titles include "
Afro Party", Luana's Theme", "Slight Fear And Terror", and "Battle Scene".
(Jazz, Soundtracks)