RE: Jill Scott/Nathan Haynes

From: Shane Schaetz (illwafer@uswest.net)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2001 - 21:47:18 CET

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         artist : nathan haines
         title : sound travels
         year : 2001
         genre : lo-fi
         label : chilli funk (cfcd005)

         01 wonderful thing 6:17
         02 long... 6:23
         03 surprising 7:48
         04 impossible beauty 2:26
         05 sound travels 8:31
         06 honeycomb 4:29
         07 the illest hobo 8:51
         08 earth is the place 6:49
         09 williams song 3:18
         10 believe 8:02

         10 tracks (01h 02m 54s)

    ============================================================================
    =

         a restless soul production.

         nathan haines grew up in new zealand, where due to his father,
         began listening to the sounds of john coltrane, miles davis,
         thelonius monk, as well as a hybrid of black music sounds created
         by bands such as weather report and steely dan. at 19 his musical
         curiosity took him to new york where his mind opened up to the
         sounds of the street and what lay beneath. hip hop blasting from
         his radio, jamming with new york's groove collective and the
         ecletic jazz vibes from the club giant step made him realise that
         jazz was more a fusion of world beats and not as 'straight' as he
         had first thought. when gilles peterson spotted him in '93, he
         suggested to polygram that recording this young jazz head wouldn't
         be a bad idea. nathan released 'shift left' a year later, and for
         his debut album to be put out on verve records in the uk was for
         nathan, a dream come true.

         in 1995 he moved to london, and started visiting clubs like 'the
         blue note', 'the loft', and 'that's how it is'@bar rumba, and
         opened his mind even more. drum and bass caught his ears and a
         project called 'sci-clone' was realised with releases on metalheadz
         and reinforced. in oct '98 he started his own club night called
         'bemsha' at the notting hill arts club- an intimate and earthy
         underground space deep in the heart of west london.

         nathan will admit to starting the club out of sheer frustration. 'i
         had nowhere to play my music and also wanted to hear all my musical
         styles and influences under one roof'. a blend of live music with
         dj and club culture, was and still is the theme of the night, but
         with jazz being the roots of it all.

         'sound travels' is just an extension of nathan's dream and belief
         that music is an open book for all to enjoy.

         nathan haines and phil asher have created a masterful excursion
         into dancefloor jazz that inspirationally blends exceptional talent
         with listenability. the compatability of phil's production magic
         and nathan's jazz directive weave effortlessly around a seductive
         soul vibe to deliver one the highlights of the year so far.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Joni . [mailto:bigorangecat@hotmail.com]
    > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:50 AM
    > To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    > Subject: Jill Scott/Nathan Haynes
    >
    >
    > Hey all,
    >
    > 1. just heard a uptempo rmx of jill scott 'long walk' on philly 103.9.
    > pretty cool. Is this rmx new outta philly? does anyone know who did it?
    >
    > and
    >
    > 2. heard a badass trk from Nathan Haynes (not sure of the
    > spelling) over the
    > weekend missed the ID but she said it's from his latest release. Anyone
    > have some info on this? has he been around a while? anything
    > else that I
    > shouldn't miss from him?
    >
    > thanks
    >
    > joni
    >
    >
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