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01. CORTEX - Sans Toi
02. CORTEX - Images
03. CORTEX - Pauvre Star
04. CORTEX - La Bulle
05. CORTEX - Runnin From You
06. CORTEX - Le Visionaire
07. CORTEX - Pourquoi
08. CORTEX - Make Me Love You
09. CORTEX - Matin Gris
ARTIST
TITLE
Pourquoi
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
TV 004LP TV 004LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
2/18/2014

LP version. Final, limited repress of 500 copies. Pourquoi is the third and the rarest album recorded by the French legends of jazz funk, Cortex. Trad Vibe Records presents a new edition, using the original master tapes. Pourquoi was initially recorded in 1978. It sounds like a new side of Cortex: songs are mainly composed around the voice and keyboards of band leader Alain Mion, who also played bass lines on synthesizer. Also, the band gave up live recording to use the beloved Stevie Wonder/Quincy Jones technique of "re-recording." But, in spite of these changes, their groove remains as spontaneous and powerful. The band collaborated with great backing vocalists and other session musicians, such as the great Italian trumpet player Giulio Didio, who performed the funky horn arrangements. There is plenty to enjoy on every track: the ending chorus of "Sans Toi" (which was written by Alain Mion for his wife, Mireille, and is probably the flagship track of the album) comes with a brilliant Rhodes solo that is one of the most emotion-loaded moments of the recording. Meanwhile, "Le Visionnaire" resounds with disco echoes and "Pourquoi" dips into melancholy. "Pauvre Star" rides high with its clavinet bass and drum rhythms, recalling George Benson. A favorite of funk collectors and French jazz lovers for years.