The title says it all in three words, but New Improved Funk demands further elucidation. It's a fun house ride that veers sharply from funk to jazz to soul and back again, its scattershot approach nevertheless proves the best showcase George Freeman's guitar ever had. Recorded with two separate backing groups, New Improved Funk sprawls all over the stylistic map, and virtually the only common denominator from track to track is Freeman's guitar. - Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide.

PERSONNEL:

VON FREMAN, tenor sax
JOHN YOUNG, piano on tracks 3,4,5 & 9
BOBBY BLEVINS, organ on tracks 1,2,6,7 & 8
GEORGE FREEMAN, guitar
LEROY JACKSON, bass on tracks 3,4,5 & 9
BOB GUTHRIE, drums on tracks 3,4,5 & 9
MARLON BOOKER, drums on tracks 1,2,6,7 & 8

Recorded in 1976.

TRACKS:

01. New Improved Funk
02. Daffy
03. Happy Fingers
04. All In The Game
05. Big Finish
06. Guitar Lover Man
07. Good Morning Heartache
08. Some Enchanted Evening
09. Confirmed Truth