Rare Groove to me encompasses all the great jazz/funk/soul stuff from '67 to
about '73.
peace,
R. Scott
framboise@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Baroni" <baroni@humnet.ucla.edu>
To: <dchapman@ucla.edu>
Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: rare groove
> I have the very same problem, and I am very glad you asked this, since I
> hope that the very knowledgeable people inhabiting this list will provide
> us with lots of information on what, exactly, constitutes rare groove.
>
> Anyway, I can recommend some "rare groove" compilations, not because they
> really explain what rare groove is, but because they contain some great
> music:
>
> Classic Rare Groove 1 & 2 (Mastercuts)
> Capitol Rare 1, 2 & 3 (Blue Note)
> Strange Games & Things (BBE)
>
> All these compilations contain a mixture of modern soul and jazz-funk
> tracks (on the smooth side of jazz-funk, I would say), which are "rare" in
> the literal sense that they come from hard-to-find and extremely expensive
> lost singles and albums.
>
> Also, you can download from the kcrw site (www.kcrw.net) the Chocolate
City
> show in which Garth Trinidad (is this the right name?) interviews Norman
> Jay, who is often said to be the father of rare groove. If I remember
> correctly, what emerges from this interview is simply that rare groove is,
> well, rare soul and funky music from the seventies -- the kind you are not
> going to hear on oldies stations.
>
> A long time ago, I've read something about the rare groove movement being
> related to the need of hip hop djs to sample rare stuff, in order to sound
> original and cool, and to avoid being sued by James Brown...
>
> I hope somebody else on the list can give us more information about rare
> groove.
>
> Marco
>
> >Hey,
> >
> >I'm trying to get a handle on what it is, exactly, that constitutes "rare
> >groove." Can anyone point me in the direction of any good books,
> >articles, discographies, CD compilations. . . anything would help, as the
> >little that I've seen of things talking about it has been hopelessly
> >vague.
>
>
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