TASTE OF CHOCOLATE: VERY BEST OF

Straight outta Camden, NJ it's Chocolate Star.?Starting in 1980 Chocolate Star served as the?outlet for the music of Gary Davis. Gary started?Chocolate Star with his long time Camden?compatriot Dennis DJ Jones after a few years?spent under the wing of Peter Brown at P&P?Records. But Gary's storied involvement in?music goes back further than that, having?studied composition and arrangement with the?late jazz great Manny Albam. Gary's musical?education actually started earlier than that as?one of the people he learned the most from was?his Uncle, famed jazz organist Richard?Groove Holmes.?When you combined the funk Mr. Davis?inherited from Groove, with the street-sense?of Peter Brown with the skillful composition and?arrangements learned from Manny Albam,?you've got Chocolate Star. Playing with a band?composed of (very talented) people from his?Camden neighborhood Davis released cut after?cut of solid funk filled dance music. They're all?compiled here, from the Joe Sample inspired?Gee Dee, to one of first commercial releases?to lay the beat down with a drum machine in?The Pop. Of course prominently featured is?the legendary mover Gotta Get Your Love. A?Taste Of Chocolate: The Very Best of Gary?Davis has been assembled with Mr. Davis and?whenever possible using Gary's original?masters. These cuts bridge the disco era,?into Hop Hop and the earliest forms of?House. Talented, versatile, and still able to?get you out of your chair and shaking?your behind...this is Chocolate Star. This is the?very best of Gary Davis.??A1. Gee Dee * A2. Last Night * A3. Stay With Me A4. The Time For Love Is Now?B1. Got To Get Your Love * B2. Super Jake B3. The Professor Here * B4. The Pop?C1. The Professor (Is) Space Walking C2. The Pop (12 Version)?D1. Gotta Get Your Love (Kenny Dope Mix) D2. The Professor (Is) Slow Walking D3. The Pop (feat. MC Chocolate Star) (Vocal Version) D4. Gee Dee (Alternative Mix)