[.ca] Royal Function

funky as you wanna be!! go on wit your funky baddself!!:
get down baby bubble ,baby get down !! funky,funky,j.h.

WOW!:
I bought this CD after hearing X-ray Hip on the radio - I was thankful that the announcer called out the name of the group though it took a bit of luck to search for "Bona Fide" instead of "Bonafide". When buying, I thought that X-ray Hip was worth the price alone and most likely the group that created it had to be good. The earlier reviewers are very astute - this is pure, beautiful, fun, lively MUSIC first and jazz/funk etc second - no gimmicks, pretentious, self-important show-off BS here - only what the composers felt made sense musically and tasteful. The piano, the arrangments are all lush, deep, rich, elegant -gorgeous. The saxophone - where used - is equally tasteful - it is played the way it is meant to be - not the irritating way that seems to be on radio all the time of late. This is one serious group and one serious set of composers - I've heard a wide range of music - this ranks among the very best - truly a great find! I hope they can continue in this vein for a while before the inspiration dries-up. The pluses are many - lots of music here - it may take you a while to appreciate all of it - but well worth it. My feeling is that they could have done a better job of ordering (sequencing) the numbers - but that's one nit. Here's my assessment - see below for description of the grades 1. High Street A+ 2. Route 40 West A 3. X-ray Hip A+ 4. Never say goodbye B+ 5. The Avenue A 6. T Bone B+ 7. Royal Function B - why is this the CD title? 8. Divine A+ (it is DIVINE - how appropriately named!) 9. The 2 O'clock club A 10. Mo Diddley B+ 11. Natty Boh B+ 12. The Hippo B+ OVERALL - A+ (3 A+, 3 As, 5 B+, 1 B amazing consistency here) A+ - worth the CD price alone; will make your all-time lists A - almost worth the CD price alone B+ - very good pieces - perhaps A's on other CDs; on this CD they fall short of being truly great (perhaps due to the tough comparisons here)

Sweet and sour:
From the ever so sweet NEVER SAY GOODBYE to the funky heavy bass laden THE AVENUE, CD is worth the purchase for your collection. So crank up the sub woofer and get funked up. Refreshing

Great Smooth Jazz:
Great smooth jazz album. one of the few smooth jazz albums that successfully integrates the electric organ into its music. this makes Bona Fide's album unique. great mood album; I like it almost as much as Richard Eliot's "Chill" or "greatest hits." I found this group from an album put out by KIFM collection of smooth jazz hits. You'll like Bona Fide's "Royal Function."

A groovy CD!:
Hands down, if you like mainstream jazz that you can't listen to without dancing this is it. Every song has a very uptown jive you can't sit still listening to. Awesome riffs and 100% recommended! Buy all their CDs! Move over Dave Koz and Norman Brown, there's a new kid in town.

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