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By the time of Melodies, keyboardist Jan Hammer had largely shed his more experimental tendencies and settled into a comfortable, R&B-based fusion groove. The tracks on Melodies tend to be between two-and-a-half and four-and-a-half minutes — just about the length of most pop songs — and so some hardcore jazz listeners might be dismayed at the relative lack of boundary-stretching, even though that isn’t really the point of this music. Melodies doesn’t quite catch fire as often as some of its predecessors — Like Children and Oh, Yeah?, for example — but its best moments are catchy, accessible, and funky (Steve Huey/AllMusic).

Personnel:

Drums, Lead Vocals – Tony Smith
Electric Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals – Fernando Saunders
Electronics [With A Twist] – Andy Topeka
Piano, Synthesizer, Drums, Vocals, Producer, Engineer – Jan Hammer
Violin, Vocals – Steve Kindler

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Label: Nemperor Records – 35003, Columbia – PZ 35003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Canada
Released: 1977