Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)

Tower of Power · 1974 · comp. Johnny "Guitar" Watson / Lenny Williams

Context

Single from Back to Oakland (Warner Bros, 1974), one of the album's two tracks to make the charts. Sung by Lenny Williams, it showcases Tower of Power's horn-section funk-soul.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Squib Cakes (1974)
• Time Will Tell (1974)
• Just When We Start Makin' It (1974)

Sources

• EN: Back to Oakland

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