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Orville Saunders

City Life

By The Blackbyrds

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Rock Creek Park; Thankful 'bout Yourself; City Life; All I Ask; Happy Music; Love So Fine; Flying High; Hash and Eggs.

Opa and The Blackbyrds: Coveted 1970s Jazz-Funk

by Mark Sullivan
July 29, 2025

Opa released only two albums before disbanding in the early 1980s. While neither of their albums found commercial success during their initial releases (despite the high-profile personalities involved), both titles gained underground followings over the following decades. The Blackbyrds' City Life celebrates its golden anniversary. “Happy Music," the dancefloor-ready title track and the group's heavily sampled ...