Fancy Dancer Explained

Fancy Dancer
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bobbi Humphrey
Cover:	Fancy Dancer.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	August 5, 6 & 7, 1975 at Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Jazz-funk^[1] Jazz fusion
Length:	39:52
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Larry Mizell, Chuck Davis
Chronology:	Bobbi Humphrey
Prev Title:	Satin Doll
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Tailor Made
Next Year:	1977

Fancy Dancer is the fifth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey, recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "There isn't anything approaching a middling moment here – this is all killer, no filler. Jazz critics may have had their troubles with this set, but no one cared; Humphrey and the Mizells were creating a new kind of largely instrumental funk that was inclusive of everything they could weave in from world music to soul-jazz to club music to pop – and the public responded".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Uno Esta" (Larry Mizell) – 6:44
2. "The Trip" (Chuck Davis, Doug Jones) – 5:41
3. "You Make Me Feel So Good" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell) – 6:16
4. "Fancy Dancer" (Jerry Peters) – 5:46
5. "Mestizo Eyes" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell, Warren Jordan) 4:52
6. "Sweeter Than Sugar" (Chuck Davis, Skip Scarborough) – 4:24
7. "Please Set Me at Ease" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell, Ruby Mizell) – 6:09

• • Recorded at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California on August 5 (tracks 2–4 & 7), August 6 (tracks 1 & 5), and August 7 (track 6), 1975

Personnel

• Bobbi Humphrey – flute, vocals
• Oscar Brashear – trumpet
• Fonce Mizell – trumpet, clavinet, solina, vocals
• Julian Priester – trombone
• Tyree Glenn Jr. – tenor saxophone
• Dorothy Ashby – harp
• Roger Glenn – vibes, marimba
• Chuck Davis – piano, electric piano
• Skip Scarborough – piano, electric piano, clavinet
• Jerry Peters – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
• Larry Mizell – synthesizer, solina, piano, electric piano, vocals
• Craig McMullen, John Rowin – guitar
• Chuck Rainey – electric bass
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Mayuto Correa – conga
• Jesse Acuna, Rosario Davila, Katherine Lyra, Augie Rey, Sonia Tavares – backing vocals
• James Carter – whistler

In popular culture

Hip-hop artists Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa sampled the music from Fancy Dancer for their 2013 EP entitled Live in Concert.

Notes and References

1. Web site: BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825081205/https://beatcaffeine.com/100-best-jazz-funk-songs/ . Gorton . TJ . BeatCaffeine . July 30, 2018 . August 25, 2018 . September 19, 2021.
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-bn-la-series/#bn-la-550-g Blue Note Records discography
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 17, 2010.