庫爾夥伴合唱團是一個美國爵士、藍調、靈魂樂、瘋克和迪斯可音樂組合，最初於1964年在新澤西州澤西市成立，名為Jazziacs。 在他們的音樂生涯中，經歷了幾個階段，從最初的純正爵士音樂，到後來的瘋克音樂和R&B，再到pop-funk合奏組，最後在千禧之年以一種現代electro-pop帶來了創新。

Yvette Marie Stevens, better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.

The first album attributed to Sly Stone rather than Sly and the Family Stone. One of the better straight-up funk albums of the 70's even though it's his most underrated. The title track, a career highlight, was an impressive single peaking at number three on the R&B chart. Originally released in 1975.

Digipak reissue of 1971 album. 2001.

East Bay Grease is the debut album by the soul funk group Tower of Power. It is characteristic of the Bay City funk style they helped to establish and further built upon throughout their career.
[edit] Track listing
All selections written by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka, except "Sparkling In The Sand" by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka & Lawrence Lopez.
"Knock Yourself Out" - 7:08
"Social Lubrication" - 7:28
"The Price" - 6:09
"Back On The Streets Again" - 5:50
"The Skunk, The Goose, And The Fly" - 5:55
"Sparkling In The Sand" - 9:06
[edit] Personnel
Rufus Miller - lead vocals (except "Sparkling in the Sand")
Emilio "Mimi" Castillo - alto saxophone, vocals, extra greasy vocal on "The Skunk, The Goose, And The Fly"
David Garibaldi - drums, vibes, background vocals
Greg Adams - first trumpet
Steve Kupka - baritone saxophone, background vocals
Skip Mesquite - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
David Padron - second trumpet
Frank Prestia - bass
Rick Stevens - lead vocal on "Sparkling in the Sand", background vocals
Willy Fulton - guitar, background vocals
Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn solo on "Sparkling In The Sand"
Ken Balzell - trumpet

Tower of Power blew--literally--out of the Bay Area's early-'70s scene at a time when hip black and white tastes were further diverging. The horn-heavy ensemble managed to find an audience of album buyers on both the soul and rock sides of the divide, though. The first disc of this chronological two-CD retrospective of tracks made between 1970 and 1997 holds most of the highlights--notably the wise, intensely grooving title track, which has only gained cachet in the quarter-century since its release, and "So Very Hard to Go," one of the classiest pop-soul singles this side of the Spinners. More a bunch of well-schooled musicians than truly inspired songwriters, Tower of Power often sounded better than its material and rarely if ever touched the magic of those cuts again. What Is Hip?'s second half shows the act's fuel running low even before it relaunched as a '90s lite-funk answer to hometown pals Huey Lewis and the News.

2007 digitally remastered and expanded reissue of this album from the great Funk bands of the late '60s and early '70s, now featuring 10 bonus tracks including mono mixes and previously unreleased jams. Together is filled with Funk flavor and Soul seasoning and features one of the most underrated Funk ensembles to slap down some grooves on black wax (and now, silver disc). Includes new liner notes penned by Mr. Charles Wright himself! 17 tracks. Rhino.

This album is dedicated to Joe Banks and his grandma, whose great grandmother was born "in the jungle"
Recorded in June, 1969, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California
Producer – Charles Wright