Bernard Wright was a young piano player from Queens, New York who made these 2 Classic Jazz (Funk) albums in the early Eighties, Bernard was only sixteen when he recorded the 1981 album “’Nard”. “’Nard features the two heavily sampled tracks “Hoboglabotribin” & “Spinnin”, Snoop Dogg sampled “Hoboglabotribin” on the track “G’s And Hustlers” & Skee-Lo sampled “Spinnin” on his Hit single ‘I Wish’. The “Funky Beat” album allowed Bernard to explore many areas of black music including Jazz, Soul, Funk & Break Beats. There are two standout tracks on the album Weldon Irvine’s ‘Mr Clean’ and the track ‘Joy Spring’; both tracks produced by Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen.
‘NARD
1. MASTER ROCKER
2. FIREBOLT HUSTLE
3. HABOGLABOTRIBIN
4. SPINNIN’
5. JUST CHILLIN’ OUT
6. BREAD SANDWICHES
7. MUSIC IS THE KEY
8. WE’RE JUST THE BAND
9. SOLAR
FUNKY BEAT
10. GET YOUR LOVER BACK
11. FUNKY BEAT
12. VIDEO GENERATION
13. WON’T LET ME LOVE YOU
14. MR. CLEAN
15. MOVE YOUR BODY
16. JOY SPRING
17. KEEP ON DOING THAT RIGHT THING