just heard this for the first time in maybe 25 years. can't believe I'd forgotten it. was one of my favourites, on my Walkman on the bus to my YTS job in Debenhams Harrow. Still knew all the words.
The first time I heard this monster track was at that signature night club at the then Rumuola Junction, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and I almost bet my annual performance bonus that the effort was by my Crush, Chaka Khan...! My saviour was the absence of Chaka's distinctive high-pitch screams like in her track "Eye to eye". Truly that saved my bacon.....!😃😃 Truly Jeff and Audrey did it massively here. Salute!!
On this day in 1985 {March 16th} Jeff Lorber performed "Step By Step" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... Five weeks later the song peaked at #31 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart and it spent twelve weeks on the chart... On January 20th, 2018, with his band the Jeff Lorber Fusion, he won the Grammy Award for 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' for his album, 'Prototype'... Jeffrey H. Lorber will celebrate his 66th birthday this coming November 4th {2018}...
Rewind back to 1985 - 86 Listening to the Robbie Vincent show another forgotten Soul funk Jazz fusion smooth groove track by Jeff Lorber feat Audrey Wheeler Step by step Even in 2024 If it moves funk it
Will Downing is amazing. I'm glad that I had the good fortune to play keyboards on "I Try". It was a golden time for music. I'll never forget the time I spent at the recording sessions with Gavin Christopher when he recorded "Best Part of the Night". Gavin also did some vocals on a track for Grand Master Flash... So much great music and so many great memories from my time at Quadrasonic Recording in Time Square with Lou and Lori G, and the gang!
Look here if your going to speak the lingo MY PEER GROUP CREATED DURING THAT TIME. BE ACCURATE. It's old school, not old skool. Get a life and YOUR OWN LANGUAGE TO GO WITH IT. Shine your own shit .
@@SaturnDreamingofMercury The System’s albums in their own right are excellent as is their production . Did a great job with Chaka Khan’s This is my night . 😀
This & "It Takes A Woman" are top-class tracks!!
just heard this for the first time in maybe 25 years. can't believe I'd forgotten it. was one of my favourites, on my Walkman on the bus to my YTS job in Debenhams Harrow.
Still knew all the words.
Robbie Vincent was the first DI I heard drop this.
This is my lost song! It was so hard to find, even the radio does not play it no more!
Dj Addams from Kenya 🇰🇪 No.1 dj of soul funk oldschool.
The first time I heard this monster track was at that signature night club at the then Rumuola Junction, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and I almost bet my annual performance bonus that the effort was by my Crush, Chaka Khan...! My saviour was the absence of Chaka's distinctive high-pitch screams like in her track "Eye to eye". Truly that saved my bacon.....!😃😃
Truly Jeff and Audrey did it massively here. Salute!!
On this day in 1985 {March 16th} Jeff Lorber performed "Step By Step" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
Five weeks later the song peaked at #31 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart and it spent twelve weeks on the chart...
On January 20th, 2018, with his band the Jeff Lorber Fusion, he won the Grammy Award for 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' for his album, 'Prototype'...
Jeffrey H. Lorber will celebrate his 66th birthday this coming November 4th {2018}...
Killer baseline the dx7 were fenomenal
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY
KEYBOARDIST/PRODUCER
JEFFREY "JEFF" LORBER
(NOVEMBER 4, 2022)
Rewind back to 1985 - 86
Listening to the Robbie Vincent show another forgotten Soul funk Jazz fusion smooth groove track by Jeff Lorber feat Audrey Wheeler Step by step
Even in 2024
If it moves funk it
Very funky RnB tune! was on heavy rotation in the DC/MD/VA radio stations in the mid 80s.wkys,whur,
Will Downing's wife. She sings alot on his albums as well. Beautiful voice.
Will Downing is amazing. I'm glad that I had the good fortune to play keyboards on "I Try". It was a golden time for music. I'll never forget the time I spent at the recording sessions with Gavin Christopher when he recorded "Best Part of the Night". Gavin also did some vocals on a track for Grand Master Flash... So much great music and so many great memories from my time at Quadrasonic Recording in Time Square with Lou and Lori G, and the gang!
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Would love to hear a Paul Hardcastle mix of this track. By the way, 1985 was the Apex of music. The pinnacle of all things good.
Now we talkin!
No joke! 5 minutes of funk & Things Can Only get better were on repeat for me in 85.
Polished....lovely 80s classic.
HAPPY 67TH BIRTHDAY JEFF LORBER
(NOVEMBER 4, 2019)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AUDREY WHEELER DOWNING
(JULY 30, 2020)
Not on Spotify, such a shame
Written by Anita Pointer, of “The Pointer Sisters”
I remember Audrey
my job was pick her up at her parents home in Jamaica Estates... sound check for Mike Stone @ Studio 54
1980.
Wow that's great to know, I have the original first pressing of Jeff Lorber's Step By Step CD "rare" for it's time in pristine condition!!
Michael Joyner you've done a great job.. 👌
I wish I had been at the studio recording something, maybe just one note on the keyboard
Yahoo.....wow so glad found this song
Great song love it 🎶👌
man, i remember this from 1985. i had the radio with big ass speakers with the burgular alarm on it and used to play this song .
I love this song, never never going let u go never, never
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY WHEELER-DOWNING (JULY 31, 2016)
HAPPY 64TH BIRTHDAY JEFF LORBER (NOVEMBER 4, 2016)
Dope old Skool love this
Look here if your going to speak the lingo MY PEER GROUP CREATED DURING THAT TIME. BE ACCURATE. It's old school, not old skool. Get a life and YOUR OWN LANGUAGE TO GO WITH IT. Shine your own shit .
@@michaelhunter9241 thanks grandpa
Pure solid gold music production
Ms audry omg.🎹🎤💖💋💋💚💜💙🎹🎵
HAPPY 62ND BIRTHDAY
AUDREY WHEELER-DOWNING
(JULY 30, 2022)
Great music tune.... Thanx people
Produced by the System
Yes, finally acknowledged by another commenter (: And, really, how can any System fan miss their signature contributions that saturates these grooves?
@@SaturnDreamingofMercury The System’s albums in their own right are excellent as is their production . Did a great job with Chaka Khan’s This is my night . 😀
Wow,finally 😄😄😄💢💥💫🌟🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
god this brings me back to when I discovered the name Jeff Lorber..searching on and on but never found in my store in NL DiscoZ..
AMAZING!
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Audrey kinda sounds like Gwen Guthrie... Carol Wheeler was the lead for Soul II Soul.
HAPPY 57TH BIRTHDAY AUDREY WHEELER-DOWNING (JULY 30, 2017)
Right. She's Wil Downing's Wife. I forgot.
HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY JEFF LORBER (NOVEMBER 4, 2018)
Top 👍
His best work!!!!
DAMMMMN
Hello mixsensei,Like the song !!!
Brilliant track. Not to be found on Spotify. Too bad 😢
Can't not hear The System in this music, BTW (:
Someone Vaporwave this.
@RAREGROOVEMAN1 My Man !!! Where you been? nursing Looney Rooney ??? Hahahah, glad to have you back ......
Boa
tune
@schoolavechy True That !!! It even says so on the cover; the only excuse i got is my age :) ...
Hey man,where can can i download songs?
Went to HS with her...always was a stand out -- didn't know she married Will...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY WHEELER DOWNING (JULY 30, 2018)