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Formed In New York In 1982 By George Jinda Drums Percussion And Chieli Minucci Guitar Special EFX Blended African And Latin Rhythms And Produce A Mixture Of Light Rock And MOR Jazz. They Employ Additional Musicians To Give Them A Rich And State-Of-The-Art Recording Sound. Session Players Include Mark Egan McCoy Tyner Dave Grusin And Omar Hakim. All The Albums Up To Just Like Magic Were Basically The Same Sensitive Mixture Of Accessible Jazz/pop. The Latter Album Is More Acoustic With Jinda's Electronic Percussion Replaced By "wooden World Music". The Duo Split Up In 1995 With Both Members Releasing Solo Collections And Jinda Continuing To Work Under The Special EFX Name. In 1997 Jinda Suffered A Severe Asthma Attack That Caused Myoclonic Disorder That In Turn Left Him Paralysed. Minucci Elected To Carry On The Special EFX Name Recording Masterpiece With Saxophonist David Mann. Jinda Died In January 2002. Discography Special EFX GRP 1984 *** Modern Manners GRP 1985 *** Slice Of Life GRP 1986 *** Mystique GRP 1987 ** Double Feature GRP 1988 ** Confidential GRP 1989 *** Just Like Magic GRP 1990 ** Peace Of The World GRP 1991 ** Global Village GRP 1992 *** Play JVC 1993 *** Catwalk JVC 1994 *** Body Language JVC 1995 ** Here To Stay JVC 1997 ** Masterpiece Shanachie 1999 *** Butterfly Shanachie 2001 *** Party Shanachie ***. Compilations Collection GRP 1993 ***. read less