Cantalope Island

Jakub Kulesza (jkulesza@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca)
Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:20:40 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Carlos Sanz Ramirez wrote:

> At 17:36 2/06/97 +1000, you wrote:
> >does anyone know the music for the great trumpet solo in "Cantaloop" by US3?
>
> Us3's "Cantalooop (Flip fantasia)" is a version (accelerated but more or
> less acurate) of the Herbie Hancock's classic "Cantaloupe Island", from the
> Blue Note album "Empyrean Isles" , catalogue number B2-84175, with Freddie
> Hubbard, Ron Carter and Anthony Williams.
>
> I'm now hearing both versions. The original is good, very good, but cool,
> jazzy (jazz any way you look at it) and slow. Nothing to do with the uptempo
> trumpet of the "Cantaloop" song. It's something like a 33-45 r.p.m. change.

There's also a kickin' version of this song on Donald Byrd's 1963 album
'Up With Donald Byrd' (Verve) which also features Herbie on keys and
Candido on percussion. (I remember there's also a couple other noteworthy
sidemen on the album, but I don't remember the names.) The album also
features a fantastic jazz-funk take on 'House Of The Rising Sun'.

Jakub.