Fancy Dancer is the fifth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey, recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.Blue Note Records discography accessed December 17, 2010
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".Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed December 17, 2010.
Track listing "Uno Esta" (Larry Mizell) – 6:44 "The Trip" (Chuck Davis, Doug Jones) – 5:41 "You Make Me Feel So Good" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell) – 6:16 "Fancy Dancer" (Jerry Peters) – 5:46 "Mestizo Eyes" (Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell, Warren Jordan) 4:52 "Sweeter Than Sugar" (Chuck Davis, Skip Scarborough) – 4:24 "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 Fonce Mizell – arranger, trumpet, clavinet, solina, vocals Larry Mizell – arranger, synthesizer, solina, piano, electric piano, vocals Oscar Brashear – trumpet 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 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.
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