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Shakatak

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Shakatak are an English jazz-funk band, founded in 1980. [1]

39 relations: Al Jarreau, AllMusic, Away We Go, Bill Sharpe (musician), British Hit Singles & Albums, Compilation album, Contemporary R&B, Derek Nash (musician), Don Grusin, Down on the Street, Drivin' Hard, Friðrik Karlsson, Fusion Orchestra, Hit single, Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz fusion, Jazz-funk, Jill Saward (singer), JVC, Kazumi Watanabe, Kenwood Corporation, Music recording certification, Nigel Wright (record producer), Night Birds (album), Out of This World (Shakatak album), Phonograph record, Polydor Records, Post-disco, Record chart, Roberto Tola, Sam Mendes, Secret Records, Shakatak Live in Japan, Single (music), Smooth jazz, Top 40, Tracy Ackerman, UK Singles Chart.

Al Jarreau

Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Away We Go

Away We Go is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes and written by the husband-and-wife team of Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.

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Bill Sharpe (musician)

Bill Sharpe (born William Jeffrey Revell Sharpe, November 19, 1952, Bishop's Stortford, England) is a British musician, who has worked solo, with Shakatak and with others, such as Gary Numan, and Don Grusin.

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British Hit Singles & Albums

British Hit Singles & Albums (originally known as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) was a music reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B (also known as simply R&B), is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

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Derek Nash (musician)

Derek Nash (born 28 July 1961) is a British jazz saxophonist, band leader and recording engineer.

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Don Grusin

Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941) is an American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer.

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Down on the Street

"Down on the Street" is a 1984 song by British band Shakatak.

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Drivin' Hard

Drivin' Hard, released in May 1981 on the Polydor label, is the first album by Shakatak.

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Friðrik Karlsson

Friðrik Karlsson is an Icelandic musician and songwriter.

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Fusion Orchestra

Fusion Orchestra was a British progressive rock band active between 1969 and 1975.

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Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular.

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Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a Big Band setting.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion (also known as fusion) is a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined aspects of jazz harmony and improvisation with styles such as funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and Latin jazz.

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Jazz-funk

Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers.

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Jill Saward (singer)

Jill Saward (born 9 December 1953) is a British singer, musician and composer, best known for being the lead voice of the English jazz-funk band of Shakatak.

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JVC

,, usually referred to as JVC or The Japan Victor Company, is a Japanese international professional and consumer electronics corporation based in Yokohama.

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Kazumi Watanabe

Kazumi Watanabe (渡辺香津美) is a Japanese guitarist.

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Kenwood Corporation

is a Japanese company that designs, develops and markets a range of car audio, Hi-Fi home and personal audio, professional two-way radio communications equipment and amateur radio ("ham") equipment.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Nigel Wright (record producer)

Nigel Wright (born 13 June 1955, Bristol) is a record producer from England.

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Night Birds (album)

Night Birds, released in 1982 on the Polydor label, is the second album by Shakatak.

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Out of This World (Shakatak album)

Out Of This World, released in 1983 on the Polydor label, is the fourth album by Shakatak.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Post-disco

Post-disco is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa late 1979–1986, imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and indistinctly ending with the mainstream appearance of house music in the late 1980s.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Roberto Tola

Roberto Tola (born August 5, 1966 - Sassari) is an Italian jazz guitarist and composer.

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Sam Mendes

Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director.

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Secret Records

Secret Records & Films is a British independent record label based in London.

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Shakatak Live in Japan

Shakatak Live in Japan is a live double album by English jazz-funk band Shakatak.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is music that evolved from a blend of jazz fusion and easy listening pop music, featuring a polished pop feel with little to no jazz improvisation.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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Tracy Ackerman

Tracy Ackerman is a British singer and songwriter.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakatak

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