Soulful Strut

Young-Holt Unlimited · 1968 · Instrumental n° 3 aux États-Unis, né d'un titre de Barbara Acklin privé de sa voix

Context

Released in November 1968, this instrumental is taken from Barbara Acklin's "Am I the Same Girl": Carl Davis removed the vocal and replaced it with a piano solo by Floyd Morris. It reached number 3 on the Hot 100, went gold and has been sampled more than 200 times, mostly in hip-hop.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.

By the same artist

• Wack Wack (1966)

Sources

• EN: Am I the Same Girl
• EN: Young-Holt Unlimited

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