Re: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S

Zoran Savin
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:37:33 +0200


I aggre, it was Herbie Hancock, though his version was not so fast and a
liitle more moody......

that is all....

Zox

Keep 'em comming !

-----Original Message-----
From: Winston Balfourth <wbalfourth@hotmail.com>
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>; carl.schimmel@yale.edu
<carl.schimmel@yale.edu>; stimpson@total.net <stimpson@total.net>
Date: 14. april 1998 11:46
Subject: Re: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S

>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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