Feets Don't Fail Me Now

Continuing his deep exploration of commercial R&B formats, the jazz luminary fully embraced the slick, vocoder-heavy sounds of late-70s disco and boogie. The album prominently features his synthesized lead vocals and tight, dancefloor-oriented rhythm sections, largely abandoning complex jazz improvisation. While commercially successful, the deliberate pop-crossover approach deeply alienated the purist jazz audience that revered his earlier avant-garde work.