GRAFITTI 1977

This album and song have been on constant repeat on my latest roadtrip.
It makes funk ooze out of my ears.


Carlos Franzetti is a composer and arranger from Buenos Aires, Argentina.  He plays Fender Rhodes, moog, and acoustic piano on the record -- and the backings are full, but always nice and lean -- mixing bits of strings with Latin percussion, electric bass, guitar, and loads of great horns. A few cuts have some great scatting vocals alongside the instrumentation -- and the sound here is unlike anything else you might have heard. The record was only briefly issued in the 70s  with titles that include "Beatriz", "Lady Soho", "Romancero", the classic "Cocoa Funk", "Sweet & Low", and "Grafitti".


Quite reminiscent of the Mizell Brothers sound but has that intangible latin heat sprinkled in the crevices.