Inner Life - "Moment Of My Life"
Masters At Work - "The Ha Dance" (Ken Lou mix)
Ellis D - "Just Like A Queen" (Share The Throne mix)
Cheryl Lynn - "Got To Be Real"
Loose Joints - "Is It All Over My Face?"
Armand Van Helden - "The Witch Doktor" (Dark Ages mix)
Raze - "Break 4 Love" (Spanish Fly mix)
First Choice - "Let No Man Put Asunder"
Diana Ross - "Love Hangover"
George Kranz - "Din Daa Daa" (original mix)
Junior Vasquez - "X" (Sound Factory mix)
MFSB - "Love Is The Message" (Tom Moulton mix)
Rageous Projecting Kevin Aviance - "Cunty (The Feeling)"
First Choice - "Love Thang"
Malcolm McLaren - "Deep In Vogue" (Banjie Realness mix)
Nitro Deluxe - "This Brutal House"
Salsoul Orchestra - "Ooh I Love It (Love Break)"
Ellis D - "Just Like A Queen"
Salsoul Orchestra - "Ooh I Love It (Love Break)"
First Choice - "Love Thang"
First Choice - "Let No Man Put Asunder"
Masters At Work - "The Ha Dance"
George Kranz - "Din Daa Daa"
Armand Van Helden - "The Witch Doktor"
Loose Joints - "Is It All Over My Face?"
Diana Ross - "Love Hangover"
MFSB - "Love Is The Message"
Inner Life - "Moment Of My Life"
Cheryl Lynn - "Got To Be Real"
Nitro Deluxe - "This Brutal House"
Review: On the face of it, New York's ballroom and vogueing scene is possibly not the most obvious inspiration for the deluxe Soul Jazz compilation treatment. Musically, it was never a fixed thing, reflecting instead the sounds that dominated New York City's gay club scene over two decades. On this three-disc retrospective, the scene's origins can clearly be seen in the high number of glamorous disco cuts on show - First Choice, Cheryl Lynn, Tom Moulton's immaculate version of MFSB's "Love Is The Message" etc - with later developments represented by tough, almost tribal house cuts (Junior Vasquez, Armand Van Helden etc) and delightfully angular dancefloor classics (Nitro Deluxe, Raze etc). The included detailed sleeve notes joyfully join the dots and put the movement into context. Highly recommended.
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