Stark Reality

Stark Reality was an American jazz/rock fusion band most famous for their 1970 album "Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop", a heavily-improvised reinvention of a 1958 children's album by songwriter Hoagy Carmichael. The album was re-released in 2003 by the Stones Throw label with the title "Now", and has been sampled by many hip-hop groups.

Band members:

Monty Stark vibraphone & vocals
Carl Atkins saxophones & flute
John Abercrombie guitar
Phil Morrison bass
Vinnie Johnson drums

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