RE: Blue Note Crossovers (new thread)

From: Aregood, Michael (maregood@comcastpc.com)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 22:52:24 MET DST

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    There were some Mediski Martin and Wood 12" floating around that were pretty
    cool. I really liked the 12" with Dj Smash's "Slo Mo" track and a really
    dope Guru track called "What Ever Happened to Gus" with a whole bunch of
    samples of jazz cats talking about charlie parker and dizzy....

    aRgo

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Nathaniel Rahav [mailto:nat@rhythmlove.com]
    > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 3:31 PM
    > To: Jason Witherspoon
    > Cc: Vályi Gábor; Acid Jazz list
    > Subject: Blue Note Crossovers (new thread)
    >
    >
    >
    > 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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