Special Efx

Seminal contemporary jazz super group Special EFX mark their 35th year of recording and touring in 2017 with the release of Deep As The Night their 21st studio recording and first celebrating their recent partnership with the Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm record label. Formed in 1982 the as the brainchild of the duo of Chieli Minucci and George Jinda, the combination of Chieli’s edgy driving style and George’s sense for temperament and melody struck a perfect balance and the rise of a distinctive new and original sound that incorporated heavy percussive world elements fused with smart, energetic, playful and memorable guitar lines…

Chieli Minucci & Special EFX, (2010), " Without You" CD represents Chieli's masterful and emotion invoking, guitar playing. This CD comes with an additional Bonus CD. After listening over and over again, it is very hard to pick the favorite songs out of 22 selections. This CD has a wonderful blend of jazz fusion, funk, rythmic and international flavors.

Released in 1988, Double Feature is the fourth and best album of Special EFX.

George Jinda must have forgotten he was doing his latest Special EFX project, because his use of an all-star cast on Here to Stay might be better suited to one of those Fantasy Band discs he was involved in before his debilitating stroke. Not that there's anything sonically wrong with the mainly mellow fare on this disc – Mark Whitfield, Chuck Loeb, and Gerald Veasley do stellar jobs conveying the melodic thoughts over Jinda's gentle percussion.

Guitarist Chieli Minucci and percussion maestro George Jinda come pretty close to the lofty status as far as the pop instrumental genre goes, having been cranking out solid hit after hit for GRP and JVC since the early '80s. They cornered the market for a long time in that tasty area where melodic, breezy jazz meets easy worldbeat, but apparently started hitting a few creative walls — as potent as each new disc was, it was merely an attractive variation on previous ones.

Their most popular release, with the radio hits, "Daybreak", and "Your Love Has Lifted Me". Setting the pace for what was to become a revolution in contemporary jazz radio, this landmark release continues to explore the cutting edge of instrumental pop!