If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up
Context
Opening track of Betty Davis's first album, produced by Greg Errico for Just Sunshine, with Larry Graham on bass and the Pointer Sisters on backing vocals; it reached #66 on the R&B sales chart in 1973. Briefly married to Miles Davis (1968-1969), the singer had introduced him to Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone.
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).