Re: cantaloupe island (was Re: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S)

Jim Dier
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 03:34:28 PDT


Not to beat an extremely tired horse here, and not to get all uptight
stuffy jazz criticky on all of you, but it was Freddie Hubbard playing
on the Herbie Hancock version. Its seems important to me, since the
trumpet player in Us3 seems to imitate his solo from the original, which
is not Donald Byrd.

And thought it was a bit harsh to compare Us3 with Puff Daddy. Cold
jackin' Cantaloupe Island has a lot more taste than loopin' up some wack
ass Police song, or rippin off the same loop that Grandmaster Flash and
crew used for the Message, a *real* jam.

Yeah, they got played out, wasn't much into their rhymes, but (thanks to
signing on Capital) they got access to the whole Blue Note catalog and
used it quite thoroughly, even getting their name from a Horace Parlan
session. Tukka Yoot's Rhythm samples "Sookie Sookie" by Grant Green, a
song that gets my vote as an AJ Landmark. Landmark makes is seem a bit
dated, though, and to me this shit is still fresh--I lean towards
"classic track."

And I concur with Nate,

>Herbie Hancock is da man. His jazz stuff is
>great, his funk is great, and his hip-hop album is good too.

but the hip hop schlitz is a bit weak. The best thing I heard was a DJ
Smash remix from Dis is Da Drum. Smash cut out the cheese and put in
the cheddar. Herbie still is the shit, though.

My show, Nickel and Dime Radio, is on 3-6pm EST on Thursday, from WFMU
91.1fm, in East Orange, NJ. Catch their signal over the web at
www.wfmu.org. My guest this week is DJ Jimmy Spins from the band
Market, an up and coming categoriless electronic combo on the groove
tip. Check for 'em. And being inspired by this discussion, I'll
probably end up playing Cantaloupe (the OG, of course).

Peace kidz...

Jim Dier aka $mall ¢hange

stylee@wfmu.org
threedueces@hotmail.com

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