Re: Bluezeum & hip bop; adding Beck

William Michael Dwyer (bdwyer@grove.ufl.EDU)
Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:51:03 -0400 (EDT)


On 15 Oct 1996, Tony Reid wrote:

> bd> Bluezeum's "Portrait of a Groove" on Telarc. An ad (Jazziz) says,
>
> isn't that a straight jazz/classical label?

Yes, but they're talkin' aj on this album. The ad says you can "listen" to
Bluezeum at http://www.dmn.com/telarc/

> bd> And another ad, this one from the Hip Bop label (whodat?), with two
>
> i believe lenny white (ex-return to forever, twennynine & jamaica boys
> drummer, etc.) is behind hip bop. at the least i know that he released a
> record *present tense* on that label.

Forgot to include that the Bop City album features C.L. Smooth on vocals.
Also Lord Jamar & Stic-man (?) on vocals and David McMurray on sax. I
guess no one on the list has heard it yet.

A mini-review of Beck's "Odelay" in Jazziz notes that the album was
co-produced by the Dust Brothers. I haven't heard anything by Beck. What's
this one like? The review makes it sound pretty unusual: "Call it Dada
Jazz. Call it Martian Blues. Call it Extraterrestrial Twang."

bil
bdwyer@grove.ufl.edu