JOHN TROPEA, TAMBOURINE

JOHN TROPEA, TAMBOURINE FROM HIS 1975 LP TROPEA. A CLASSIC!

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Music

Tags:

• r&b jazz pop
• funk

[rievans57]

Great song. Wore this one out back in the 70's. John Tropea was a diamond in the rough.

[SMOTH1PRODUCTIONS]

HE HAS INCREDIBLE MUSIC!

[bhayes06]

You know this was used to close out WABC's Eyewitness News in the 70s.

[SMOTH1PRODUCTIONS]

thats new info for me

[SMOTH1PRODUCTIONS]

WILL DO!

[ottolight]

In the mid 80`s he produced the same track on a record called NYCats direct.

However I find this version better.

Along with many other guitarists like Bill Connors, Steve Khan he changed in the 80`s to a more smooth Jazz guitar style and in my opinion he lost his tension and pressure, whilst I agree that the heavy guitar of the 70`s may have blown away some wispy ears I prefer those times

[nicotropea]

sono entrato per caso a cercareun video di mio figlio (riccardo tropea) e scopro...John!!! Devo dire che porti in alto il NOSTRO COGNOME!!! W I TROPEA!! GRANDE JOHN!!!! CHITARRA FANTASTICA, SOUL EMOZIONANTE!

[Bishop893]

how about john tropea and mclaughlin together?

[chuck96romano]

What happened to the 1985 version that was on here?

[Ccrazyfella]

Can someone please upload Cisco Disco by John Tropea???

Its on his Tropea album. Much appreciated!!

[kawalabear]

I recorded and mixed this album-this brings back great memories. Will Lee on bass, Steve Gadd and Rick Marotta on drums, Reubens Bassini on perc., smokin' horn section, Don Grolnick on keys, and John crankin' out great solos in the basement studio at House of Music. I loved hearing it on Eyewitness News.

[MrVerncoleman]

@SMOTH1PRODUCTIONS why cant i find the funk you see is the funk you do from a short trip into space? thanks for this anyway.

[Globaljazzer500]

Its just pure dead brilliant to hook up with these Tropea cuts 30 yrs on!! Never heard them on this side of pond?//

[wmbrown6]

And that this replaced Leroy Anderson's 1958 re-recording of his composition "Forgotten Dreams," which had been the Friday evening and late weekend closing theme prior to this.

[wmbrown6]

WABC-TV in New York evidently thought highly of this tune, to use as the closing theme for the Friday night editions of "Eyewitness News" from c.1977 through 1980.

[matisse511]

I agree! I don't know about the technicalities and nuances of guitar playing, but the original version is "way" better than the NYCats version. Seems almost like a pro ballplayer who was hungry as a rookie, burt loses his edge as he gets older.