''Esoteric Funk'' is the debut and only album by keyboardist
Hubert Eaves
Hubert Eaves III is a keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. In the early 1980s, he worked on hits by the dance act D-Train. He also did session work with Mtume.
Biography
Eaves was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was taught piano b ...
.
Reception
Released in 1977 on independent jazz label
Inner City Records
Inner City Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Irv Kratka in 1976 in New York City.
The company was a division of Music Minus One and also owned the label Classic Jazz. It started with reissues, then moved on to new recordi ...
was recorded with help of
James Mtume
James Forman (January 3, 1946January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality.
He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working ...
and
Reggie Lucas
Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018)[Hubert Eaves
Hubert Eaves III is a keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. In the early 1980s, he worked on hits by the dance act D-Train. He also did session work with Mtume.
Biography
Eaves was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was taught piano b ...]
#Call to Awareness
#Painfull Pleasure
#Slow Down
#Flead Dancing
#Song For Marlene
#Under Standing
Musicians
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Hubert Eaves
Hubert Eaves III is a keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. In the early 1980s, he worked on hits by the dance act D-Train. He also did session work with Mtume.
Biography
Eaves was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was taught piano b ...
- all keyboards, vocals on "Slow Down"
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Reggie Lucas
Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018)[James Mtume
James Forman (January 3, 1946January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality.
He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working ...]
- congas, percussion
*James "Fish" Benjamin - electric bass
*John Lee - electric bass on "Slow Down"
*Howard King - drums
*Rene McLean - reeds, flute
*James Stowe - trombone
*Malachi Thompson - trumpet
*Cheryl Alexander - vocals on "Under Standing"
References
External links
Hubert Eaves-Esoteric Funk at Discogs
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1977 debut albums
Inner City Records albums
Hubert Eaves III albums
East Wind Records albums