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Cabbage Alleytook Ziggy Modeliste's very own rehearing of strict LA tempo, through bursts and tight corners and flexible reflections through originals like "Fade Away" (which kept bouncing back) mellow reverb harmonies of Neil Young's "Bird," lots more--think it might have been the first album where they sang, and worked for me and my friends, for quiet listening and at parties, though not for everybody (like xgau). Don't know if or how it is on CD, but got a clean vinyl copy many years later, and it still sounded right, not dated atall.
I've heard others from that era in passing (mostly at loud parties), and they seemed good. Bummed that Ziggy wasn't with the others backing LaBelle's Nightbirds, but what the hell it's another distinctive, creative, arty, fun album of the 70s, sort of glam funk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightbirds Bowie prob liked it.
They, incl. Modeliste, also worked w other Toussaint clients, like omg Lee Dorsey, as noted here:
https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lee+Dorsey
Cissy Strut collected a lot of their early prime instrumentals, and of course, Funkify Your Life, which has its own poll thread, is a good career overview.
― dow, Monday, 25 October 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
There was a CD collection of pretty much everything called "Getting Funkier All the Time" which has the 8 albums and singles etc. that came out a couple years ago. It's all pretty ace to me.
― earlnash, Monday, 25 October 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link