Re: rare groove

From: R. Scott (framboise@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 10:21:40 MET DST

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    Rare Groove to me encompasses all the great jazz/funk/soul stuff from '67 to
    about '73.

    peace,
    R. Scott
    framboise@mindspring.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Marco Baroni" <baroni@humnet.ucla.edu>
    To: <dchapman@ucla.edu>
    Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:29 AM
    Subject: Re: rare groove

    > I have the very same problem, and I am very glad you asked this, since I
    > hope that the very knowledgeable people inhabiting this list will provide
    > us with lots of information on what, exactly, constitutes rare groove.
    >
    > Anyway, I can recommend some "rare groove" compilations, not because they
    > really explain what rare groove is, but because they contain some great
    > music:
    >
    > Classic Rare Groove 1 & 2 (Mastercuts)
    > Capitol Rare 1, 2 & 3 (Blue Note)
    > Strange Games & Things (BBE)
    >
    > All these compilations contain a mixture of modern soul and jazz-funk
    > tracks (on the smooth side of jazz-funk, I would say), which are "rare" in
    > the literal sense that they come from hard-to-find and extremely expensive
    > lost singles and albums.
    >
    > Also, you can download from the kcrw site (www.kcrw.net) the Chocolate
    City
    > show in which Garth Trinidad (is this the right name?) interviews Norman
    > Jay, who is often said to be the father of rare groove. If I remember
    > correctly, what emerges from this interview is simply that rare groove is,
    > well, rare soul and funky music from the seventies -- the kind you are not
    > going to hear on oldies stations.
    >
    > A long time ago, I've read something about the rare groove movement being
    > related to the need of hip hop djs to sample rare stuff, in order to sound
    > original and cool, and to avoid being sued by James Brown...
    >
    > I hope somebody else on the list can give us more information about rare
    > groove.
    >
    > Marco
    >
    > >Hey,
    > >
    > >I'm trying to get a handle on what it is, exactly, that constitutes "rare
    > >groove." Can anyone point me in the direction of any good books,
    > >articles, discographies, CD compilations. . . anything would help, as the
    > >little that I've seen of things talking about it has been hopelessly
    > >vague.
    >
    >



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