Here's another obscuro comp I picked up this weekend. It's a
collection of black club music assembled by the esteemed Dr.
Bob Jones. Musically it covers most of the bases: rare groove,
hip hop, r'n'b, soul, and a bit of disco. The odd man out in
this compilation is DJ Food, whose contribution is a little
too "worldbeat" in comparison with the rest of the tracks.
Otherwise, it's a suprisingly cohesive collection. Tracklisting:
Eddie Russ - Zaius
Jestofunk - For Your Precious Love
DJ Food - Dub Lion
Hustlers of Culture - Flipjack
Soho - Hot Music (...is this the same band that did "Hippychick?")
Jazzy Grooves Vol. II - Huh
National Rare Groove - Talking to You
Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
Sarah Vaughn - Inner City Blues (supa-rare, I guess)
Curtis Mayfield - You're So Good to Me
Barbara Lynn - You Make Me So Hot
Starvue - Body Fusion
I was a bit disappointed that the tracks weren't mixed together.
It seems like there are plenty of ambient, techno, and house mix
CDs out there but very few acid jazz ones. And since I'll probably
never get to hear Dr. Bob Jones in action... Ah well, maybe that's
an idea for Volume 2.
P.S. - I think I asked this before, but does *anybody* out there
have the tracklisting for BLUE NOTE CLUB CULTURE? I can't find
it anywhere and I'm wondering if I should special-order it.
-- Mark Turner mturner@netcom.com