Bobby Sparks II – Paranoia (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:20:38 minutes | 2,68 GB | Genre: Soul, Jazz, R&B, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Leopard
Keyboardist-composer-arranger-conceptualist Bobby Sparks continues his staggering output with Paranoia, a companion piece to 2019’s ‘Schizophrenia – The Yang Project.
An all-star outing featuring contributions from guitarists Mike Stern, John Scofield, Dean Brown, Andy Timmons and Eric Gales, saxophonists Chris Potter and Keith Anderson, bassists Pino Palladino, Hadrien Feraud, Chuck Smith, Mononeon, Jay Mck and Reggie Washington, drummers Lil John Roberts, Dennis Chambers, Brannen Temple, Mike “Blaque Dynamite” Mitchell and Mark Simmons, and singers Lizz Wright, Dnessa Perry, Jojo Hill, Chuckii Booker and James Robinson. Paranoia is dedicated to the keyboardist’s father, the late Bobby Sparks, Sr., a lifelong bebop and blues fan.
Also on board for this exhilarating ride are Sparks’ Snarky Puppy bandmates – bassist-founder Michael League, guitarist Mark Lettieri and drummer Jason ‘JT’ Thomas. The influences of keyboardists Bernard Wright, BernieWorrell, George Duke and Stevie Wonder as well as funk overlord George Clinton and Sparks’ own background in church music come to bear on his ambitious second release as a leader for Leopard.
Tracklist:
01. Bobby Sparks II – Prelude (01:33)
02. Bobby Sparks II – Musical Diarrhea (10:58)
03. Bobby Sparks II – Good Morning America (06:01)
04. Bobby Sparks II – Horny Dreams (05:44)
05. Bobby Sparks II – Dmsr (08:03)
06. Bobby Sparks II – Forever Mine (04:40)
07. Bobby Sparks II – Wutang (04:42)
08. Bobby Sparks II – Sometimes It Snows in April (06:06)
09. Bobby Sparks II – Letter to Mumbai (05:55)
10. Bobby Sparks II – Yo Yo (05:22)
11. Bobby Sparks II – Here’s One (06:38)
12. Bobby Sparks II – Afro Nigerian Girl (04:44)
13. Bobby Sparks II – Pinky (05:09)
14. Bobby Sparks II – Bobby Sparks Senio Talks About the Big Band Era (01:53)
15. Bobby Sparks II – Eventual (03:06)
16. Bobby Sparks II – Dr Rock Kicking’ it at the RMR (00:38)
17. Bobby Sparks II – Love Dance (07:25)
18. Bobby Sparks II – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (04:45)
19. Bobby Sparks II – Mayday (06:21)
20. Bobby Sparks II – Somebody Already Broke My Heart (04:32)
21. Bobby Sparks II – Jaime Starr (04:50)
22. Bobby Sparks II – Love (04:53)
23. Bobby Sparks II – Sodom And Gomorrah (04:28)
24. Bobby Sparks II – South Dallas (03:48)
25. Bobby Sparks II – Reaper (06:00)
26. Bobby Sparks II – Negro National Anthem (Lift Every Voice and Sing) (12:12)
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