OMAR : MUSIC [TALKING LOUD - DEU 1992] LP

Omar "Music" LP

(Talking Loud) 1992 made in Germany

cat. num. 512 401-1

#acid jazz #funk #neo-soul

Music (What I Live For)5:37You've Got To Move5:14Get To Know You Better4:04(There's Always) Tomorrow5:19Tasty Morsel5:20Winner3:37Your Loss, My Gain5:05Don't Sell Yourself Short3:34Who Chooses The Seasons (Duet)5:12Last Request5:36

The soulful ballad got Omar signed to pioneering disc jockey Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud imprint. He recorded the albums There's Nothing Like This (1990), which was compiled from his earlier Kongo recordings, and Music (1992), a more mature outing, both in terms of his musicianship and singing. (On some of these earlier recordings, he is credited as Omar Hammer, derived from his stepfather's last name.) For his following two albums, For Pleasure (1994) and This Is Not a Love Song (1997), he moved on to major-label RCA. The former had him in the studio with ex-Motown songwriters and producers Leon Ware and Lamont Dozier, who were both fans of his music. But on the latter album, keyboardist/producer David Frank (Chaka Khan, Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, and his own group, the System) took the reins of the album's direction.