Hey...
I spoke about this before, but Jazzmatazz 2 annoyed me to no end in the
sense that he got some of the biggest names in acid jazz/funk to work
with him, and yet their input was so limited/constrained. Shara
Nelson, Jamiroquai, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mica Paris, Chaka Khan, and a
lot of other names that I cant remember at the moment, yet they
basically were constrained to singing little hook choruses(that sound
that they were recorded and just looped)... He couldve got more out of
them if they adlibbed throughout... This is what annoyed me about
Carleen Anderson's input on Volume I. Jay Kay stretched his vocals a
bit more, but overall, there was so much more room for adlibbing. I
guess all in all its an OK album, theres some cool tracks on there, but
none of the artists really got to perform to their full potential.
RJ
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Subject: Re: guru - jazzmatazz
Author: Michael Bolotin <mlb6c@server1.mail.virginia.edu> at Internet
Date: 10/30/97 2:05 PM
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:45:25 -0500 Guy Insalaco
<arts@buffnet.net> wrote:
> hello all,
>
> I recently came across Guru's Jazzmatazz and really like it, I was
> wondering if anybody has any opinions on Jazzmatazz 2 before I pick it up,
> good or indifferent?
>
> guy
>
It's alright. Not as good as 1, but definitely some good
tracks on there.
-Mike
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