Re: Courtney Pine - Modern Day Jazz Stories

Ian Menzies (ian_menzies@mindlink.bc.ca)
Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:13:53 -0800


>I have recently been blown away by Courtney Pine's latest album, 'Modern
Day Jazz Stories'
>- for those who haven't heard it yet, it's got excellent sax & drums (real)
mixed in with
>loads of scratches/samples. Most of it is superb.
>
>Does anyone know of any other artists/groups which use a similar
combination of live sax
>and drums with scratches & samples??
>
>cheers,
>
>Ciaran Mc Conaghy

Mo Funk Record's Fresh Jazz Vibes Vol II has a couple of tracks with live
playing and scratching (like Met4 Collective's Yaletown Shuffle and
Bullfrog's Uh Huh - Featuring Kid Koala), and Buck Shot Lafonque by
Brantford Marsalis is a lot like Courtney's new one too.

Ian M
www.mofunk.com