>Kurt Iveson wrote:
>
>> picked up "...and the feeling goes round" by The Jazzhole coz it was real
>> cheap.
>
>as it should be, if there was ever a group destined for the discount bin
>it has to be these guys...
>
> Didn't really know what to expect and it turned out to be amazing!
>> It's a couple of years old ('95) but still worth picking up if you dig lots
>> of great playing ... really interesting combinations of great jazz guitar,
>> upright and electric bass, funky drumming, rapping and singing and lots of
>> other shit in between. The cover of Shining Star is also a real treat for
>> any Earth Wind and Fire fans out there...
>
>Well I've seen them live here in NYC and I've almost NEVER hated a band
>SO MUCH.. those guys are a bunch of talentless hacks trying to glom on
>to an existing scene created by talented local groups such as Groove
>Collective, Brooklyn Funk Essentials and Abstract Truth. As a certified
>EWF fan, their cover of Shining Star was IMHO a travesty... absolute
>trash! It's another example of how they can't come up with anything
>original.
>
>feeling extremely opinionated about this band,
>
No kidding!
This one raises an interesting question for me ... IMO the recorded product
sounds good, and I'll keep listening to it, but that could partly be coz
there's a lot of distance between me and NYC and I dont know whether
they're just biting other people's shit or not. I had a similar dilemma
with the first Groove Collective album. I picked it up when it came out,
loved it, and had a friend in NYC at the time so I mentioned them to him.
He saw one of their gigs advertised ("10 piece jazz funk with MC and
turntablists" etc) and went, but no rapper and no DJ showed, and the gig
was apparently lame. How can you like these guys?, my friend asks me,
they're just cashing on on the whole jazz rap thing and not even
delivering... but I still love the record (and I'm sure all their gigs
aren't like this).
Anyway, hopefully you'll get a laugh out of this ... I picked up Groove
Collective's We The People for the same price in the same discount bin! And
I'm digging that too.
Peace
Kurt