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New Improved Funk
Type:	Album
Artist:	George Freeman featuring Von Freeman
Cover:	New Improved Funk.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	1973
Studio:	New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:10
Label:	Groove Merchant GM 519
Producer:	Sonny Lester
Chronology:	George Freeman
Prev Title:	Franticdiagnosis
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Man & Woman
Next Year:	1974

New Improved Funk is an album by American jazz guitarist George Freeman recorded in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "It's a fun house ride that veers sharply from funk to jazz to soul and back again, its scattershot approach nevertheless proves the best showcase George Freeman's guitar ever had. ... Somehow this mess still comes together, galvanized by Von Freeman's fiery tenor sax and its undeniably impressive gutbucket grooves. Everything that it's advertised to be".

Track listing

All compositions by George Freeman except where noted.

1. "New Improved Funk" – 2:26
2. "Daffy" – 3:34
3. "Happy Fingers" – 4:30
4. "All in the Game" (Charles G. Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 4:31
5. "Big Finish" – 6:25
6. "Guitar Lover Man" – 3:16
7. "Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) – 5:02
8. "Some Enchanted Evening" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:12
9. "Confirmed Truth" – 4:14

Personnel

• George Freeman – guitar
• Von Freeman – tenor saxophone
• John Young − piano (tracks 3–5)
• Bobby Blevins – organ (tracks 1, 2 & 6–8)
• LeRoy Jackson – bass
• Marion Booker (tracks 1, 2 & 6–8), Bob Guthrie (tracks 3–5) – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_George_Freeman.htm Jazzlists: George Freeman Discography
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/New_Improved_Funk.htm Jazzlists: Album details