> >As much as I respect LTJ and his crew for what they've done; I can't help
but
> feel that they get too comfortable rehashing the same "atmospheric breaks"
> that they've been using for the past decade.
>
> if you want to hear where these guys get their inspiration (and samples)
from
> check out lonnie liston smiths mid and late 70's lps ie expansions,
loveland,
> etc... From memory one track on loveland has a huge sample from Logical
> progression 1 on it.. The atmospherics and electric piano work are
clearly a
> big influence on the aformentioned dnb guys..
bukem is also a really big fan of the "jazz-not-jazz" label cti (creed
taylor inc.). cti is responsible for a lot of the source music of the
sample-based stuff that we're into on this list (bob james' "nautilus",
grover washington's "hydra" are two easy examples). at the time that a lot
of the stuff came out on this label (late 60's-70's) there were authenticity
issues in jazz too. although grover could swing w/the best of them (and did
in fact release a straight-ahead record--i forget the title) he was
definitely a precursor of the kenny g/george howard/najee types...
as much as i hate mr. gorelick's present music, i can't say that i never
owned anything he's done (i'm an old jeff lorber fan, sorry). as a matter
of fact, i own ken's first album and there's a solo sax bit on it that blew
away a friend of mine ("i didn't know he could play like that!!) when i told
him who it was. my revenge has been to recycle his licks into music he
would never recognize--i.e., i've re-organized his lines for my own tunes!!
-t
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