There were some Mediski Martin and Wood 12" floating around that were pretty
cool. I really liked the 12" with Dj Smash's "Slo Mo" track and a really
dope Guru track called "What Ever Happened to Gus" with a whole bunch of
samples of jazz cats talking about charlie parker and dizzy....
aRgo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathaniel Rahav [mailto:nat@rhythmlove.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 3:31 PM
> To: Jason Witherspoon
> Cc: Vályi Gábor; Acid Jazz list
> Subject: Blue Note Crossovers (new thread)
>
>
>
> 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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