Deodato Night Cruiser / Happy Hour CD

Digitally remastered release containing two of (Eumir) Deodato's greatest Jazz Funk albums - Night Cruiser and Happy Hour - plus bonus tracks on one CD. Night Cruiser was originally released in 1980, The lead-off title track 'Night Cruiser' begins with syncopated chords from a solo electric piano that initiates a four-on-the-floor disco-funk groove, the tune is a vibrant, get-down party piece that filled dance floors back in 1980. It was issued as a single (in both 7- inch and 12-inch formats) and rose to #23 in the US dance charts. The Happy Hour album was released in 1982 and features the track 'Keep On Movin', a Deodato original that has been sampled by several dance and hip-hop artists (including Olav Basoski and Le Tropical). The '80s had been a hectic decade for Deodato which had seen plenty of outside production projects, they were mostly R&B acts such as Kool & The Gang, Con- Funk-Shun, Juicy, One Way, Gwen Guthrie and the Dazz Band.

1. Night Cruiser 2. East Side Strut 3. Skatin 4. Uncle Funk 5. Love Magic 6. Groovitation 7. Uncle Funk (7" Version) 8. Keep on Movin 9. Happy Hour 10. Just This One Night 11. Tears of a Clown 12. Sweet Magic 13. Keep It in the Family 14. I Never Get Enough 15. Keep on Movin (7" Version)