1989
Two more albums — Invitations and Out of This World — were recorded in andresulting in several more Back To The Groove (Swingbeat Mix) - Shakatak - Back To The Groove (Remix) (Vinyl) hits, and paving the way for the next major breakthrough in the band's career. With a subtle change in musical direction, yet still retaining the band's identity, Back To The Groove (Swingbeat Mix) - Shakatak - Back To The Groove (Remix) (Vinyl), Jill Saward formerly of Fusion OrchestraBrandy and Citizen Gang became their Back To The Groove (Swingbeat Mix) - Shakatak - Back To The Groove (Remix) (Vinyl) lead singer to make Shakatak's fifth album, Down on the Street The resulting single releases "Down on the Street" and "Watching You" had great success, and brought them attention in new parts of the world.
The following year saw the release of the group's second live Back To The Groove (Swingbeat Mix) - Shakatak - Back To The Groove (Remix) (Vinyl), Live! InShakatak were commissioned to write the official song for the Kenwood Cup yacht race entitled "Racing with the Wind" which was used in Japanese Kenwood advertisements and was released on an album called Da Makani exclusively released in Japan.
However, following this success the band felt it was time that they re-directed their efforts back to singles and an album for release to the rest of the world. In the s, the band had success in the US when they had two albums that went to No 1 in the contemporary jazz charts and were also awarded the Japanese Grammy for best international instrumental album six years running.
They make annual appearances at the Billboard Clubs in Japan, and the Pizza Express Jazz Room in London, plus numerous other concert and club performances. Coming three years after his first album Positivitythis album again had Anderson writing, arranging and producing all of the tracks.
Keyboardist Back To The Groove (Swingbeat Mix) - Shakatak - Back To The Groove (Remix) (Vinyl) Sharpe worked with American jazz pianist Don Grusin on Back To The Groove (Swingbeat Mix) - Shakatak - Back To The Groove (Remix) (Vinyl) joint project called Geography released in Sharpe's second collaboration with Grusin, Trans Atlanticawas released on 3 September Jimpster keyboards, vocals, producer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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