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Our whole approach to this project was to keep the music live, fresh and unrehearsed. We didn't even rehearse our material with each other before going into the studio. We just brought the charts, played through them once or twice and rolled the tape. All the tracks were recorded in one or two takes, and no overdubs were done. I think we were able to capture a real feeling of 'going for it'. We did all the tracks in three nights.

Being professors at Berklee College gives us the advantage of playing with some of the finest players in the world. On the first session we did, we recorded Strollin', Baby Blues, Liquid Lettuce and Open Up. Kevin Barry ( Guitar, Paula Cole, Mary Chapin Carpenter) was off the road for a while, so we were able to hook up with him for this session. He was only able to make that one session before going back on the road, but he laid down some great stuff. We called another friend of ours, Duke Levine (Guitar, Mary Chapin Carpenter.) Duke played on the other session that we used guitar, and was just killin'. Bill Pierce, (Tony Williams, Stevie Wonder) Chairman of the Woodwind Department, played sax on the disc. Dave Limina,(Professor at Berklee College) played piano on all the cuts.

Larry and myself are always playing on sessions for other artists. We have started recording another project and should get some more of our own stuff out soon. I once again want to thank all of you who support independent artists like us. The response has been overwhelming.

TRACK/SONG LIST
1. That Ain't Funk
2. Leave
3. Open Up
4. Mel
5. Wankatunity
6. Liquid Lettuce
7. Strollin'
8. Slap This
9. My Groove
10. Chunk-O-Funk
11. Baby Blues
12. Drum Groove

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