Here to Create Music by Leon (Producer/Keyboards) Huff (CD, Oct-2008, Legacy)

Album Features
UPC:	886973399828
Artist:	Leon (Producer/Keyboards) Huff
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2008
Record Label:	Legacy
Genre:	Philly Soul, R&B

Track Listing
1. YOUR BODY WON'T MOVE, F YOU CAN'T FEEL THE GROOVE
2. I AIN'T JIVIN', I'M JAMMIN'
3. NO GREATER LOVE
4. TIGHT MONEY
5. LOW DOWN, HARD TIMES BLUES
6. TASTY
7. THIS ONE'S FOR US
8. LATIN SPIRIT
9. MONEY'S TIGHT [B side of "TIGHT MONEY"]
10. Sassy

Details
Contributing Artists:	Stevie Wonder, Teddy Pendergrass, John Whitehead, The Jones Girls
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Also available on CD with Norman Harris's THE HARRIS MACHINE.Personnel includes: Leon Huff, Teddy Pendergrass, Stevie Wonder, The Jones Girls, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Eddie Levert, Walter Williams.Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes liner notes by Tom Vickers.Digitally remastered by Dave Schultz (DigiPrep).As half of the legendary Gamble & Huff team and a co-owner of Philadelphia International Records, Leon Huff was among the top soul producer/songwriters of the 1970s. Huff was 37 when, in 1980, he surprised the R&B world by recording his only solo album, Here to Create Music. This largely instrumental effort, which was out of print for many years before finally being reissued on CD in 1999, is surprising in a number of respects. First, Huff's partner Kenny Gamble has nothing to do with it--Huff does all of the writing and producing himself. Second, Here to Create Music didn't go out of its way to appeal to black radio; much of it has a loose, casual, informal quality. The CD's weakest offering is "Your Body Won't Move if You Can't Feel the Groove," a generic, clichéd disco opener that wastes the talents of Teddy Pendergrass, Eddie Levert, and other Philly International artists of 1980. But after that, things improve considerably. Huff, who is heard on organ and keyboards, keeps listeners guessing by hitting them with everything from the haunting "No Greater Love" (which sounds like the type of instrumental that War's Lee Oskar was providing on his solo albums) to the gritty blues number "Low Down, Hard Time Blues" and the catchy, Jimmy Smith-like soul-jazz tune "Tasty." Here to Create Music falls short of essential, but it's a decent, generally sincere outing that isn't without historic significance. ~ Alex Henderson