THE LEGACY

The album: The Meters Anthology: Funkify Your Life (Rhino, 1995).

The sound: Many ways to appreciate the art of Art, but this wide-ranging compilation – 2-CDs, 38 tracks covering both the Josie and Reprise/Warners tenures – is a satisfying drift, skip and strut through the rich loam of New Orleans funk, jazz, R&B and soul. From Look-Ka Py Py to Hey Pocky A-Way, you’re impelled to swivel the hips and march like a second liner.