Choice

Performer: Danny Tenaglia
Producer: Danny Tenaglia (Compilation)
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by DJ Danny Tenaglia. The Brooklyn-born house music DJ Danny Tenaglia's entry in the Azuli Records CHOICE series is heavy on the dance floor favorites, covering many of the vintage tracks that saw him through the first decade and a half of his career. This double-CD collection spans cuts like Cat Stevens' "Was Dog a Doughnut?" instrumental, the 1980s disco of Imagination's "Changes," and Hugh Masekela's "Don't Go Lose It Baby," as well as Chicago house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles' "The Whistle Song." As common as mix albums became, in virtually every style of dance music, Danny Tenaglia's double-disc Choice set still filled a very important gap: the R&B/pop end of New York City club music of the '80s and early '90s. Wisely skipping over the biggest, most familiar hits, Tenaglia dug deep into his crate to resurrect some great tracks, made all the better by the master's selections and transitions. Though both discs are packed with rare tracks, nearly all come from the greatest producers, remixers, and vocalists of the era, from Larry Levan's mix of "Changes" by Imagination to an uncredited Robert Owens vocal on "As One" by Jus' Friends to an Eric Kupper mix of the deep house classic "Whistle Song" by Frankie Knuckles. Tenaglia creates the warmest vibes midway through the first disc, led by the monotone "I Believe" by Designer Loops (aka Fierce Ruling Diva) and the bleep diva track "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion" by Nomad. Choice is not only a collection of classics, but a mix that's perfectly evocative of its intended time. ~ John Bush

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