Re: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S

Winston Balfourth
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 02:02:59 PDT


Don't wamt to sound like an anorak but it was Herbie Hancock's Cantaloop
island..

C-Ya,

Winston...

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> For the record, US3's "Cantaloop", was taken almost entirely from
Donald
>Byrd's "Cantaloupe Island" (recorded back in '64), very much like Puff
>Daddy's "I'll be missing you" is taken almost completely from The
Police's
>"Every Breath You Take". But sure, I think that you can name a few
landmark
>records that reincarnated the whole genre. Here's my list of AJ
landmarks:
>
>1)Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of
Rhythym-
>some will argue that this is more a rap record than an AJ record, but
anyone
>who knows Tribe will agree that they were one of the first rap acts to
use
>jazz samples very heavily
>
>2)Miles Davis- Doo Bop; TOTALLY rocked my world back in '93. Too bad
Miles
>died before the record was finished; he would have been proud.
>
>3)Digable Planets- Reachin' (a new refutation of time and space).
Still my
>favorite acid-jazz record
>
>4)Guru- Jazzmatazz volume 1- featured many old jazz-funk musicians
like Roy
>Ayers, Donald Byrd and Lonnie Liston Smith. N'Dea Davenport even sings
on
>one tune.
>
>5)The early "Rebirth Of Cool" series- The first compilation of
acid-jazz to
>be widely distributed. Turned alot of people on to AJ for the first
time.
>
>6)Massive Attack- Blue Lines (nuff said)
>
>7)Early Brand New Heavies- Definitely helped define the sound
>
>8)Early Incognito- Ditto
>
>9)Early James Taylor Quartet- helped revive the Hammond/B3/Moog sound
and
>had people digging out their parent's old Jimmy McGriff and Herbie
Hancock
>records
>
>10)Us3-Hand On The Torch- Cantaloop (flip fantasia) is probably the
first
>AJ tune to be widely recognized. Sold millions
>
>
>
>Keep Bumpin'
>
>Stimpson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: carl schimmel <carl.schimmel@yale.edu>
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Date: Sunday, April 12, 1998 6:46 PM
>Subject: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S
>
>
>>I'm curious to see what bands/tracks people consider to be "landmarks"
in
>>the "acid jazz" "movement" since the term was coined. Might the first
>>somewhat-acid-jazz mainstream popular hit be Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
by
>>Us3? Here I'm assuming I guess that this could even be termed "acid
jazz."
>> Maybe the fact that AJ isn't so mainstream means that there aren't
really
>>as many recognizable landmarks as there might be in, say, rap. Is AJ
>>becoming more drum 'n bass influenced and less funk influenced? If so
what
>>major artists or tracks could be considered responsible for/examples
of
>>this? I'd like to get a better idea of AJ's recent history, and maybe
>>charting it with "landmarks" would be a good method.
>>
>>-carl
>>
>>
>
>

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