Produced by Quincy Jones, Masterjam was the band's fourth album to top Billboard's R&B Albums chart, and also reached number 14 on thePop chart. Masterjam is the platinum-selling eighth studio album by funk band Rufus (and their fifth album with singer Chaka Khan), their debut on the MCA Records label following their purchase and dissolution of ABC Records, released in 1979. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Masterjam.zip Archive zip +1; Size 69 MB; Rating +1, Like, Dislike; Copy to Favorites; Share; Archive Content. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus. Find great deals on eBay for rufus & chaka masterjam.
As Khan released her first solo album, I'm Every Woman, the band released 1978's Numbers, sans Khan, and it went absolutely nowhere. Gabriel Knight 2 Dosbox Dvd Installer Player. Masterjam finds them back together, renamed Rufus and Chaka, with Quincy Jones producing the effort. Khan had worked with Jones on his 1978 album, Sounds.And Stuff Like That.
The most striking thing about Masterjam is that is doesn't sound like a trademark Rufus effort. Jones' production style is so strong that the band's individual sound is all but lost.
It's nothing to cry about, since Jones was at his R&B/pop peak and Rufus couldn't do it any better on their own. The album's first track is 'Do What You Love What You Feel,' with its subtle horn riffs arranged by Jerry Hey and vocals from guitarist Tony Maiden and Khan. On a track somewhat close to a ballad, the brilliantly arranged 'Heaven Bound,' Jones gets a good raw vocal from Khan. A frequent Jones collaborator, Rod Temperton, offers the title track and the even better 'Live in Me.' The album's only low point was a cover of Jones' own 'Body Heat.' On this version the pace is quickened, inexplicably turned into disco which revealed the lyrics to be paper-thin.
Although Masterjam was just more of a Quincy Jones album than a Rufus effort, this ended up being one of the groups' last successful full-studio endeavors. ~ Jason Elias.
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