"Brazilian Rhyme (Part I)" is perhaps EWF's best-known interlude, but this unnamed ditty (tucked away at the end of "All About Love" from the 1975 album
That's The Way of the World) is my personal favorite. This came out during a time where a lot of soul and jazz cats were experimenting widely with synthesizers, including Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, and Weather Report. During the same period, Kraftwerk was beginning to crush bits and bytes on the other side of the globe. All these sounds were the early roots to the Soul Sonic Force in the Bronx, and the sound that Detroit would soon dub techno.Ironically, save for this interlude, "That's The Way ..." is bereft of the heavy synth influence that marked the era.While other EWF interludes sound unmistakably soulful (and, well, like EWF), this one is really so far afield from the group's normal sonic palette that only the most devoted fans know this is their track. Given its obscurity and sound, one would think this would have been grist for a sampler's chopping block. But to the best of my knowledge, only Jazzy Jeff has scooped this (on V's "Anotha Phase" from the 2006 album "The Revelation Is Now Televised").I only can imagine what Dilla would have done, or Madlib would do, with this. If anyone has info about other uses of this snippet, holla at ya boy.P&L,Soultronica
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