Ronnie Foster's lauded Columbia debut, Love Satellite, is an R&B record cloaked in jazz stylings -- the aptly called "Happy Song" includes beats from Stevie Wonder, whose pioneering mid-'70s Motown albums profoundly impacted Foster's projects. Supported by fusion gurus Roy Ayers, Alphonso Johnson, and Harvey Mason, Foster's music is savvy and centered, yet unabashedly market-oriented & articulated - albeit performed with jazz proficiency & fervor, the tunes address the body rather than the mind.