It gives me real pleasure to be able to offer you this legendary album at such a fine price, I've been
dealing records for many years now and opportunities like this simply don't come along very often.
This is it, THE legendary release by Ronnie April's Positive Energy, pressed by Ronnie on his own
Jude imprint and distributed only locally by him without success, leading to the disappearance of all
but a few copies. An impossibly rare holy grail which has changed hands in the past for as much as
£300! Mainly though, it simply never turns up and for the most part remained unknown to most,
although "Snowflake" has been a stable of the jazzdance scene for years and the track was even
bootlegged at one point. Imagine then, my pleasure at finding a box of sealed original copies, a factory sealed box which left the pressing plant in the Bronx over a quarter of a century ago and remained untouched and unopened until n…
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It gives me real pleasure to be able to offer you this legendary album at such a fine price, I've been
dealing records for many years now and opportunities like this simply don't come along very often.
This is it, THE legendary release by Ronnie April's Positive Energy, pressed by Ronnie on his own
Jude imprint and distributed only locally by him without success, leading to the disappearance of all
but a few copies. An impossibly rare holy grail which has changed hands in the past for as much as
£300! Mainly though, it simply never turns up and for the most part remained unknown to most,
although "Snowflake" has been a stable of the jazzdance scene for years and the track was even
bootlegged at one point. Imagine then, my pleasure at finding a box of sealed original copies, a factory sealed box which left the pressing plant in the Bronx over a quarter of a century ago and remained untouched and unopened until now! We're talking serious sweaty palms here, people! Most importantly, the music is amazing - composer, arranger, producer, saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist, Ronnie April has performed with many greats such as Tito Puente, Frank Foster, Nat Adderley, Lionel Hampton, and Louis Armstrong, to name a few. Which, of course, explains why his first solo release is such an assured one. With Brazilian jazz dancer "Snowflake" remaining the star cut - a Joe Sample composition combining strong samba rhythms with funk coupled with some very fine sax and piano solos and swirling female vocals - this is one smoking tune! There's a lot more to this album too, it has a really cool jazzy disco sound which happens to be very much in favour today, a kind of deep disco feel with strong jazz flavours and tons of female vocals/scats. Think a jazzy, funky version of Milton Hamilton's 'My Love Supreme' and that whole underground disco scene, and you've got the sound of "Dancer's Theme" with it's great funky bassline, gliding keys, flying horn solos and solid club groove! "Rasmonde" features some really deep Rhodes grooving as does "Sure, Sure, Sure", while "Diamonds For Ida" has a killer uptempo modal/scats feel... Phew!!
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