1. black jazz cronicles "future juju"--spin it, or just listen, but
*definitely* buy!!
2. adam f "colours"--you *did* buy this didn't you? great follow-up to
roni's
"new forms"
3. thunderball "hi-jack" (theivery corp. mix)--downtempo at it's bumpin'-ist,
also dig the d&b mixes... i think this is on "dubbed out in dc"
4. mystic brew e.p.--oh baby!! steel pan & drum set version of meters'
"cissy
strut", some phat-ass hiphop track--sorry, i got a whitelabel so i
can't tell you who it is, but i wanna!!
5. 8th dimention's selected material--really nice comp!! q-burn, bmf, pimp
daddy nash doin' they thang...
classic rare-groove shit...
1. grover washington jr. "feels so good"--classic jazz funk as sample
fodder...
guru owns this album--check out "it feels so good"
2. billy cobham "spectrum"--classic jazz funk-rock as sample fodder...
whoever the dj is in massive attack knows this one--"stratus" is the
bite...
3. herbie hancock "manchild"--imagine "headhunters" less languid and
w/guitars
--dig "bubbles" for a king britt loop.
4. bob james "3"--another classic jazz funk goldmine... "westchester lady"
has provided d&b loops for both icons (blame & justice), and adam f
("circles"). new edition's "hit me off" (bought it, loved it, played
it--not ashamed!!) nicks a bit of "storm king".
5. lou donaldson "pretty things"--"real" jazz on the funky side. lou covered
a lot of soul tunes, and it shows in his originals. "pot belly" has
been useful to tribe ("if the papes come"--a b-side), and the roots
(bassline from "grits" on *organix*).
straight up jazz shit...
1. miles davis "kind of blue"--not the first album miles did that i liked,
but
the 1st miles album i ever bought. beautiful modal stuff (not about
hectic bebop-like chord changes), great introduction to
jazz--everyone
should own this!
2. john coltrane "a love supreme"--actually, another "modal" album, but one
done after trane left miles' group, took the chordal thing to its
ultimate extension w/"giant steps", and became decidedly more
spiritual. another essential.
3. lee morgan "sidewinder"--this could actually be considered rare groove for
the title cut alone!! there's another funky cut on here too, but i
forget the title (it's almost 5am). the other cuts are no-shit jazz
from one of the nicer-toned trumpeters in jazz (lee's not as brash as
some others like, um, freddie hubbard...).
4. charlie mingus "mingus ah, um"--such a "beat" title!! this features some
of his more famous tunes "goodbye porkpie hat"--an elegy for lester
young (later covered by jeff beck--quite well, too), "better git it
in
your soul" (a gospel influenced track), and "fables of faubus" (for
the anti-integrationist arkansas govenor) in its instrumental
incarnation--it originally was a vocal critical of the govenor, but
his record label, columbia, wouldn't release it that way! btw, the
vocal version can be found on an album called "charlie mingus
presents
charlie mingus".
5. thelonius monk "monk's dream"--not as popular as some of his other stuff,
but still a great album. his solo version of "body & soul"--done
stride style--is one of the funniest and most discordant i've ever
heard. the title track, though, is my favorite and (to wrap up
w/some
actual a/j content) has been covered by 9 lazy 9 (on *electric
lazyland*)!
t-bird
n.p. the sound of my cpu fan--the cd ended!!
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