Blue Note Crossovers (new thread)

From: Nathaniel Rahav (nat@rhythmlove.com)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 21:30:50 MET DST

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    Jason -

    I would definitely agree that blue note has had its cheesy moments in
    recent years (e.g. US3), but I have to say that in the last year alone
    they've put out several remarkable, forward looking, high-quality albums
    that certainly fall somewhere between jazz and electronica.
    Namely, the St. Germain album 'Tourist', and the three Eric Truffaz
    albums... I'm sure there are others I dont know about....

    (my two sens :)

    - Nat

    On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Jason Witherspoon wrote:

    > At 01:48 PM 8/28/00 +0200, Vályi Gábor wrote:
    > >Sorry for having been offensive. I think our opinions are rather close
    > >than far away from each other. Next time I'll be more careful when wording
    > >my thoughts.
    > >
    > >peace,
    > >
    > >shuriken
    >
    > That's the feeling I got as well-- and hey, don't worry about it-- I'm
    > offensive 24/7, I just thought I wasn't being *that* offensive when I first
    > wrote you!
    >
    > I guess it kind of sprung from my feeling that Blue Note has such a
    > mediocre history in the hip-hop crossover dept., that anyone still
    > surprised that something they put out in that area was blow-worthy at this
    > late date kind of missed the bus-- and that, on some level, Blue Note (the
    > idealized "greatest jazz label ever" that only exists in the history books
    > now, mind) shouldn't be held too accountable for their crossover cheez,
    > when we all know what to expect from them on that front by now-- and of
    > course, they *should* be held accountable for crappy releases. But then
    > again, I would've probably felt the same way about their house/jungle
    > crossovers until recently, so I'm just a jaded old crank when you come down
    > to it--



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