Acid Jazz Archive: Fritz The Cat/Heavy Traffic

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Hey list, what's up. I was up with some buddys last night chilling =
out when the movie "Fritz The Cat" comes on the tube. Besides being a =
very good animated cartoon, the soundtrack SLAMS!! Man, I couldn't =
believe how funky the whole thing was, perfect lay-back-smoke-a-joint =
music. For those of you unfamiliar with Fritz The Cat, it's a cartoon =
film from the 70's drawn by famous underground psychedelic cartoonist, =
Robert Crumb (The guy who coined the phrase "Keep On Truckin'). Man, =
the idea of a horny, pot-smoking cat hanging in the ghetto with black =
folk (portrayed by crows) is just one of the funkiest concepts I've ever =
come across, and the soundtrack certainly reflects that down-home feel. =
Besides featuring noted jazz-funk musicians like Bernard "pretty" Purdie =
and Cal Tjader, the soundtrack also features cuts from, among others:
-Billie Holiday
-Chuck Berry=20
-Dave Brubeck
-The Isley Brothers
-Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66
-Bo Diddley
-Charles Earland=20

What's more, the cd soundtrack to Fritz The Cat also comes combined =
with the equally funky soundtrack to the sequel movie, "Heavy Traffic", =
which is also worth watching. Anyway, it had been a few years since I =
last saw these movies, and I wasn't as heavily into the funk and =
funk-derived sound, so the soundtrack didn't freak me out as much as it =
did yesterday evening. I found a copy for about $22.00 Canadian at HMV =
and it's released by Fantasy records for anyone who thinks they might =
dig on this. I certainly did!!

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Hey list, what's = up. I=20 was up with some buddys last night chilling out when the movie = "Fritz The=20 Cat" comes on the tube. Besides being a very good animated = cartoon,=20 the soundtrack SLAMS!! Man, I couldn't believe how funky the whole = thing=20 was, perfect lay-back-smoke-a-joint music. For those of you = unfamiliar=20 with Fritz The Cat, it's a cartoon film from the 70's drawn by famous=20 underground psychedelic cartoonist, Robert Crumb (The guy who coined the = phrase=20 "Keep On Truckin'). Man, the idea of a horny, pot-smoking cat = hanging=20 in the ghetto with black folk (portrayed by crows) is just one of the = funkiest=20 concepts I've ever come across, and the soundtrack certainly reflects = that=20 down-home feel. Besides featuring noted jazz-funk musicians like = Bernard=20 "pretty" Purdie and Cal Tjader, the soundtrack also features = cuts=20 from, among others:

What's = more, the cd=20 soundtrack to Fritz The Cat also comes combined with the equally funky=20 soundtrack to the sequel movie, "Heavy Traffic", which is also = worth=20 watching. Anyway, it had been a few years since I last saw these movies, = and I=20 wasn't as heavily into the funk and funk-derived sound, so the = soundtrack didn't=20 freak me out as much as it did yesterday evening. I found a copy = for about=20 $22.00 Canadian at HMV and it's released by Fantasy records for anyone = who=20 thinks they might dig on this. I certainly did!!