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Now that's what i call music!

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I'm quite new to this band, i must admit - eventhough they have been around for some time. I absolutely love this style of music. It is soulful, crisp and has a real positive vibe.

Having previewed their previous albums they are good as well (no doubt that i'll be getting them as well). These guys are just a class act, period.

Underrated

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Another good offering from Incognito (a very underrated group). I hope there will be more instrumentals--like "Colibri"--on their next CD. They deserve more recognition throughout the USA. How many radio stations actually play Incognito's music?

"I've Been Waiting" is right.

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Incognito (or rather, Maunick) is owed and owes a lot to other musical forms. There was the auspicious start, followed by the too-long unremarkable smooth jazz period and the less-than noteworthy albums associated with it. He's always had a moment or two per record, but not enough to make it always worth the money; for every "Raise" there were three "Tin Man"s.

Finally, however, Maunick has chameleoned himself for survival long enough to see an era when he can be smooth and jazz and funky and it all still work together and not be a canned mess. Somebody's been digging around the clubs and record store bins and dug up some 4Hero, Jazzanova and more (and vice versa, if we are completely honest; Maunick's been at this game a long time) and figured out the formula. I didn't expect to like this record based on previous efforts prior to "Bees + Things + Flowers" (which was still too sleepy for my taste or repeated listening), but this is the smartest, most happening Incognito record in a great many years. His ear for good, hungry vocalists rings true here, his arrangements are heads-and-shoulders above his ilk, and it's rubbed out the canned smooth jazz influences and stuck with an international, acid flavor that soars here.

Go ahead: graduate from smooth jazz and get some real groove back into you catalogue.

This IS Music!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Simply awesome!!! If you like the Brand New Heavies, Pieces of Dream, Earth Wind & Fire, Cool and the Gang, Esperanza Spalding, Bebel Gilberto, Euge Goorve, Chris Botti, 4Play, The Rippingtons, Spyro Gyra, Tower of Power, Dave Koz, Acoustic Alchemy, Boney James, Brian Culberton, Dave Grusin, Gerald Albright, Jeff Kashiwa, Jeff Lorber, Kem, Kim Waters, Marion Meadows, Paul Taylor, Wayman Tisdale, Nils, etc. You'll LOVE INCOGNITO!!!! They're the perfect combination of all these influences and more!!!! I discovered them a couple of years ago and I'm hooked!!! I just wish we could have more groups that sound like this!!! Perfect Music!!! EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND THE BASS!!!!

My favorite song: I've Been Waiting!!! I sing it to my soon to be husband!!! Love you baby!!!

a great cd by a talented band

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I've heard about them awhile back but I never decided until recently. That I would buy one of their cds and see what I had been missing. Well after several listens to "Tales from the Beach". I've missed a lot it is a truly great effort by Incognito altogether with each song melding into the next with ease and style. There are various influences and styles throughout this cd but they are able to come together. In short to create one excellent musical ride that you don't want to end even after the last song.

Tales from the Beach is an excellent well done album with a nice guest spot by Maysa on the album. It only serves to add what is a truly great effort by a very talented band. If you haven't heard of Incognito and are looking for a cd of theirs to purchase. This may will be one you want to get into to get a better idea of the group as a whole. Love "Tales from the Beach" and i WILL definitely buy more music from them in the future.