Re: US3 Cantaloop

Carlos Sanz Ramirez (sanzdos@arrakis.es)
Mon, 02 Jun 1997 14:17:43 +0200


At 17:36 2/06/97 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>does anyone know the music for the great trumpet solo in "Cantaloop" by US3?
>
>Any help would be much appreciated!

Us3's "Cantalooop (Flip fantasia)" is a version (accelerated but more or
less acurate) of the Herbie Hancock's classic "Cantaloupe Island", from the
Blue Note album "Empyrean Isles" , catalogue number B2-84175, with Freddie
Hubbard, Ron Carter and Anthony Williams.

I'm now hearing both versions. The original is good, very good, but cool,
jazzy (jazz any way you look at it) and slow. Nothing to do with the uptempo
trumpet of the "Cantaloop" song. It's something like a 33-45 r.p.m. change.

The trumpet for the Us3 version is played by Gerard Presencer, in case you
don't have the liner notes.

By the way, you can find all the sampled song for the Us3 album "Hand on the
torch" on the Blue Note double album "Straight no chaser" (CDP 7243 8 28263
2 3). Very nice, indeed.

Hope I was of any help.

See ya.