Spirit of the Boogie

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Spirit of the Boogie is the sixth studio album by Kool & the Gang and was released in 1975. It is a follow-up to Wild and Peaceful from 1973. The instrumental Jungle Jazz uses the same basic rhythm as Jungle Boogie, but lets the players improvise on saxophone, trumpet and flute. There are also references to earlier work: Ancestral Ceremony contains the line making merry music, the name of a song on the 1972 album Good Times. Donald Boyce, who rapped in Jungle Boogie, can be heard again on the title track. There are African influences, and in Caribbean Festival the band plays in a West Indian style, again with plenty of room for improvisation.

The drum rhythm after the fill at the start of Jungle Jazz has been sampled in more than fifty songs, including Pump Up the Volume by M/A/R/R/S.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Spirit of the Boogie4:53Apple Music ↗
2. 2Ride the Rhythm2:56Apple Music ↗
3. 3Jungle Jazz4:50Apple Music ↗
4. 4Sunshine and Love3:46Apple Music ↗
5. 5Ancestral Ceremony3:38Apple Music ↗
6. 6Mother Earth5:39Apple Music ↗
7. 7Winter Sadness5:07Apple Music ↗
8. 8Caribbean Festival7:33Apple Music ↗
9. 9Caribbean Festival (Disco Version)4:06Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗