Artist: Ronnie Foster
Album: Two Headed Freap
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1972/2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 192 kHz
Duration: 37:05
Total Tracks: 8
Total Size: 1,57 GB

Tracklist:

01. Ronnie Foster – Chunky (04:51)
02. Ronnie Foster – Drowning In The Sea Of Love (04:04)
03. Ronnie Foster – The Two-Headed Freap (04:19)
04. Ronnie Foster – Summer Song (05:18)
05. Ronnie Foster – Let’s Stay Together (04:51)
06. Ronnie Foster – Don’t Knock My Love (04:29)
07. Ronnie Foster – Mystic Brew (04:11)
08. Ronnie Foster – Kentucky Fried Chicken (04:59)

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The Two Headed Freap is jazz organist Ronnie Foster’s debut album, recorded and released in 1972 on Blue Note Records. It’s a full set of funky soul-jazz and fans of early ’70s funk will almost certainly find it appealing.Ronnie Foster’s debut album, The Two Headed Freap is a set of contemporary funky soul jazz from the early ’70s, which means it sounds closer to the soundtrack of a lost blaxploitation flick than Back at the Chicken Shack, Pt. 2. Foster certainly does display a debt to Jimmy Smith, but his playing is busier than Smith’s and a bit wilder. Ironic, then, that his playing is in service to the groove and blends into the mix of wah-wah guitars, funk rhythms, electric bass, harps, and percolating percussion. Everything on The Two Headed Freap is about glitzy groove — it sounds cinematic, colorful, and funky. It’s true that there is little real improvisation here and the songs all have a similar groove, but it’s worked well, and the music is ultimately appealing to fans of this genre. Jazz purists — even soul jazz purists — will likely find this music a little monotonous and commercial, but fans of early-’70s funk from Sly Stone to Herbie Hancock will find something of interest here.