Hey Chris,
If its that heavy-funky-hammond sound of Corduroy your after then check
out some of these influences;
Try
Brian Auger. Blues/R&B/Funk British Hammond player. Did his best stuff
in the 6T's/70's. Had a few different line ups as Brian Auger & The
Trinity (with Julie Driscoll) and Brian Auger & The Oblivion Express.
Theres a good Best Of around of stuff that he did with The Trinity (on
Polydor). In particular the song "Indian Rope Man" - thats totally
Corduroy. My fave is the lp Closer To It (Oblivion Express). All now
reissued on cd.
Quincy Jones - Corduroy cover his "MoneyRunner" but called it Money Is
(like you mention in your mail). Its from the Soundtrack to the movie
The Heist (think Warren Beaty was in it?). But youll find it on lots of
bootleg funky-sountrack comps if you buy vinyl. Quincy's got some other
heavy keybord stuff too. Like his lp Smackwater Jack. Its got his theme
from Ironside and The Anderson Tapes (cool movie too - sean connery!).
On a slower tip, try his version of "Summer in the City". Its the one
Nightmares on Wax sampled for their Nights Interlude.
While were at it, Corduroy have got a big soundtrack influence going on.
Just check High Havoc! So try some of the funky soundtrack composers
Lalo Shifrin - Bullitt, Dirty Harry, Starsky & Hutch ((mkI) - though I
prefer the Tom Scott theme))
Dave Grusin - Did 3 days of the Condor - man thats F-U-N-K-Y!
The "Blow UP" compilations I & II (music played in the club of the same
name in London). Mostly if not all British composers who did stuff for
BBC detective/carchase type TV series. Like;
Keith Mansfield
Alan Hawkshaw
Keith Mansfield
Roy Budd (Get Carter)
Other hammond greats but more on the Jazzier end of the hammond stuff.
Jimmy Smith (Root Down - yeah the one the Beasties sampled is top, only
know a live version of this - was it studio too anyone?)
Herbie Hancock - JTQ covered his theme from the movie Blow UP
Jimmy McGriff
Jack McDuff
Reuben Wilson
and loads more probably...theres so many different styles & sounds of
hammond playing but I think the above are a safe bet if you dig that
Corduroy sound.
Anyone else got some recomendations?
Gerry
-----Original Message-----
From: Chapman, Chris [mailto:CB-Chapman@bdp.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 May 2000 20:20
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: RE: FUTURE STATE OF ACID-JAZZ
What Tom mentions below seems to be the position I am in. I'm not sure I
understand what acid jazz actually is and I do associate Corduroy with
acid jazz, the difference with me being I actually do like Corduroy and
its this style of music that I'm looking for. Really though I don't know
where to start, apart from this list that is.....tracks by Corduroy like
High Havoc, Money Is and Corduroy Orgasm Club (I think the those titles
are correct) all have a heavy reliance on keyboard and its this kind of
sound that I'm looking for in other bands, but just don't know what to
buy, where to look etc. I have picked up a couple of James Taylor
Quartet albums also, but they don't seem to have the same funky kind of
feel that the tracks I mention above do........
Therefore, I'd appreciate it if anyone could make some recommendations
or point me in the right direction as where I can find music by similar
sounding bands....Sorry if this request seems a bit open ended, but I'm
so new to this scene its untrue and as this list seems to be quite a
treasure trove of musical knowledge and know-how hopefully someone will
be able to help
> ----------
> From: Tom Burnett[SMTP:tom.b@lineone.net]
> Sent: 29 May 2000 21:33
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: FUTURE STATE OF ACID-JAZZ
>
> I'm very new to the acid jazz scene but over here in England
> (certainly
> outside London) most people don't understand the idea of acid jazz
> (typical
> quote "I associate Corduary with acid jazz but I don't like them so I
> assume
> that I won't like the genre"). We do have Straight No Chaser, Gilles
> Peterson's "Worldwide" radio show and (in London) his other aj show.
> I'm
> lucky because I'm only 1/2 hr from cheltenham where there is a great
> Jazz
> club - Subtone and because I DJ Breakbeat, I know record store owners
> who
> will recommend stuff for me.
>
> Radio One (our biggest national radio station) broadcast over the net.
> If
> you want, Gilles Peterson is on Wednesday nights @12 - 2 and on a
> slightly
> less aj note, but still highly recommended, Mary Anne Hobbs is on 12-4
> Monday night/tues morning. These are UK times.
>
> Later
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> > Now I realize that this is the opinion of and American and what goes
> on in
> > europe may be totally different. I also *don't really* mind
> searching out
> > artists, being apart of the list, word of mouth type stuff. So I
> guess
> I'm
> > just trying get an idea of what the future is and if AJ (and the
> kids who
> > support it) will ever really get the respect of the masses or will
> it keep
> > on chillin the way it has been for quite awhile now.
> >
> > Anyway this is all the result of a lazy monday off....so
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > joni
> >
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