This cd represents the epitome of jazzy funk
from the late 60s and early 70s. All the songs
are rare singles, and the music is so much better
than all the garbage of today.
This cd comes as close to matching the vibe
created by Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack
as anything else I've heard [another 5-star album].
可能整张CD我唯一有印象的歌曲就是Bernard Purdie的Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone，此歌很有幸地被收录在notting hill的原声大碟中，由Bill Withers演绎的Ain't No Sunshine也是在那张著名的浪漫原声集中我最喜欢的歌曲之一。而Flying Funk的所有16首歌都是这令人倍感亲切的曲风，令人心情愉悦的曲风。。。
Like sister release Flying Groove, Flying Funk is an anthology compiled by writer Dean Rudland that surveys the jazz/funk/soul stew released by Bluebird's Flying Dutchman subsidiary during the late '60s and early '70s. Some might be surprised to look at a disc with "funk" in the title and not see anyone near the popularity level of James Brown or Funkadelic. That's because most of the artists included here operated in the margins. Despite this, many of them have become cult heroes and have either taken part in the invention of styles that followed or have long remained legendary in jazz circles. Both Flying Groove and Flying Funk thrive on a sub-style that has become known as rare groove -- "rare" due to the scarce nature of much of the material, and "groove" for obvious reasons. Flying Funk includes such cult classics as Gil Scott-Heron's "Home Is Where the Hatred Is," the Jimmy Castor Bunch's "It's Just Begun," New Birth's "Got to Get a Knutt," Nina Simone's "Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter," Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's "Ain't No Sunshine," and Lonnie Liston Smith's "Expansions." An excellent entry route into the era, Flying Funk shows that these artists weren't so much ripping out the roots of jazz as they were growing new trees with them.
专辑曲目：
01. Save Me
02. Afro Strut
03. It's Just Begun
04. We Gettin'Down
05. Expansions
06. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
07. Mama
08. No More Tears
09. Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
10. Tite Rope
11. A Chance For Peace
12. This Is The Me Me(Not The You You)
13. Got To Get A Knutt
14. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
15. Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
16. Plane Of Illusion