I don't think that Bukem himself considers himself Jazz music. Though
others have romanticized him to super-human status, he has idols of his own,
like Lonnie Liston Smith. Check out this interview with him where he comes
across pretty humble in that regard:
http://ssound.pseudo.com/specials/velocity_specials/bukem
Peshay borrows more heavily from the imagery of classic jazz albums on his
artwork. Anyone heard his remix of "A Love Supreme" on dub? I enjoy it,
but the drum programming is a bit on the casio-kiddy extreme of the spectrum
if compared with jazz. It's still all flavor.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nasir Rasheed [SMTP:Nasir@habit.com]
> Sent: 06 June, 2000 3:41 PM
> To: 'CHAPMAN,DALE EDWARD'; 'acid-jazz@ucsd.edu'
> Subject: RE: ltj jazzhead?
>
> I will have to tend to agree with you Dale. It's not Jazz. And I think
> nobody worth their salt is calling this music jazz. These producers have
> been inspired by jazz music but are not making jazz.
>
> Nasir Rasheed
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHAPMAN,DALE EDWARD [mailto:dchapman@ucla.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:44 AM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: ltj jazzhead?
>
> Hey all,
>
> What are people's take on LTJ Bukem's *Journey Inwards*? I find some of
> the textures extraordinarily beautiful, but as a longstanding jazz fan and
> amateur jazz musician, I have the same reaction to this album that I do
> with Peshay's *Miles from Home*: it's in many cases great dance music,
> but as jazz it is sometimes cringe-inducing. (Dodging slings and arrows)
> I know this is sacrilege, but it tends to irritate me when little "jazzy"
> cliches (horn stabs, canned crowd noise(!), etc.) are thrown in at a
> superficial level, as "flavor." 4hero's Two Pages, for me at least, is
> much better in this regard; their music seems to have much more of a deep
> feeling for what is at stake in jazz. I know I'm out of line, but
> enough about me. What do you all think?
>
> Dale
>
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