Jason -
I would definitely agree that blue note has had its cheesy moments in
recent years (e.g. US3), but I have to say that in the last year alone
they've put out several remarkable, forward looking, high-quality albums
that certainly fall somewhere between jazz and electronica.
Namely, the St. Germain album 'Tourist', and the three Eric Truffaz
albums... I'm sure there are others I dont know about....
(my two sens :)
- Nat
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Jason Witherspoon wrote:
> At 01:48 PM 8/28/00 +0200, Vályi Gábor wrote:
> >Sorry for having been offensive. I think our opinions are rather close
> >than far away from each other. Next time I'll be more careful when wording
> >my thoughts.
> >
> >peace,
> >
> >shuriken
>
> That's the feeling I got as well-- and hey, don't worry about it-- I'm
> offensive 24/7, I just thought I wasn't being *that* offensive when I first
> wrote you!
>
> I guess it kind of sprung from my feeling that Blue Note has such a
> mediocre history in the hip-hop crossover dept., that anyone still
> surprised that something they put out in that area was blow-worthy at this
> late date kind of missed the bus-- and that, on some level, Blue Note (the
> idealized "greatest jazz label ever" that only exists in the history books
> now, mind) shouldn't be held too accountable for their crossover cheez,
> when we all know what to expect from them on that front by now-- and of
> course, they *should* be held accountable for crappy releases. But then
> again, I would've probably felt the same way about their house/jungle
> crossovers until recently, so I'm just a jaded old crank when you come down
> to it--
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