Artist: Special EFX
Genre(s):
Jazz
Jazz: Acid Jazz
Acid Jazz
Other
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
Party
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Butterfly
Year: 2001
Tracks: 12
MASTERPIECE
Year: 1999
Tracks: 12
Scaramanga
Year: 1998
Tracks: 8
Catwalk
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Play
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Peace of the World
Year: 1991
Tracks: 9
Mystique
Year: 1990
Tracks: 11
Just Like Magic
Year: 1990
Tracks: 9
Double Feature
Year: 1990
Tracks: 11
Confidential
Year: 1990
Tracks: 9
Slice of Life
Year: 1988
Tracks: 11
Collection
Year:
Tracks: 1
Combining Latin and African rhythms with the light textures of MOR jazz, Special EFX emerged as one of the to the highest degree large domain nuclear fusion reaction groups of their eRA. Formed in New York in 1982, Special EFX was essentially a duet comprised of guitarist Chieli Minucci and Hungarian-born drummer/percussionist George Jinda; debuting in 1985 with the album Modern Manners, they often recruited early musicians to help flesh out their state of the art sound, among them Dave Grusin, Omar Hakim, and McCoy Tyner. Long favoring an accessible and slick jazz-pop sound, the duo significantly altered their identity with 1990's Just now Like Magic, adopting a more acoustic texture and exchanging Jinda's electronic percussion section for what he dubbed "wooden domain music." After 1995's Body Language, Minucci and Jinda split up, with the latter chronic to work under the Special EFX list; in early 1997, however, tragedy struck when Jinda -- having lately realised the album Here to Stay -- suffered a monumental stroke, after reverting into a coma. After several age of identical poor health, Jinda passed away in New York on January 11, 2001.
