ok, this might seem a little uncultured but I've never really heard any
Quincy Jones stuff.
Obviously - Summer In The City rocks, but has anyone got any album
recommendations of stuff I might like?
Thanks in advance...
----- Original Message -----
From: Beau J. Young <byoung01@charter.net>
To: Dave Haynes <gvcontact@hotmail.com>; Acid Jazz List
<acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>; Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: Atjazz/Mantis Recordings
> I'm feeling At Jazz too. I think At jazz are two producers as Elson said.
> All the remixes of Touch the Sun are good and the original is even better.
> I never heard their first album from a few years ago, but i've heard
several
> remixes they did and they maintain the quality.
>
> There's a video mix by At jazz at groovetech.com I listened to a few days
> ago. You'd have to find it yourself cuz i dont remember a date.... but
say
> the last few weeks. From hearing the mix, the At Jazz future looks even
> brighter than it is!
>
> And I'm still not quite sure what "broken beat" is. In my head I equate
it
> with Kaidi Tatham's "Tell Me What Yo Feeling" or some other IG Culture
> stuff. and if that's the case I don't hear all that much broken beat at
> all. I kinda think people are calling all the "nu jazz" type stuff broken
> beat, or all the "west london" stuff broken beat. i dont know though.
>
>
> But in the sound being tagged broken beat there is definitely an element
of
> 70's jazz, funk and soul. And if you pay attention there are samples from
> this era. And no doubt quincy jones is part of that influence. I have
one
> quincy jones album with "walking in space" and "dead end" and that album
> alone would easily influence me in making music.
>
> QUESTION: Have any artists in the past done broken beat? Funk or jazz
> artists in the 70's? It seems like there are in some old songs, but any
> good stuff broken to almost silence?
>
> Just my opinion, but some of the keyboard players (kaidi, mark dcl,
ect)...
> these guys are serious! I was called a piano genius at 7 years old
whupping
> ass on people who'd been playing for years and played in a jazz band for a
> couple years and i know my shit when i hear it. These guys are tough!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
> To: Dave Haynes <gvcontact@hotmail.com>; Acid Jazz List
<acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Saturday, May 12, 2001 2:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Atjazz/Mantis Recordings
>
>
> >At 11:39 PM 5/11/01 +0100, Dave Haynes wrote:
> >>I was doing a bit of surfing to try and find more info on Atjazz - as
I've
> >>been really digging his Rae & Christian remix as well as that Kimbu
Kimra
> >>track which was on a Compost compilation.
> >>
> >
> >Right on. I was turned on to Atjazz recently. Dope stuff ("Touch The
Sun").
> >It increases my interest in this 'Brokenbeat' thing.
> >Is Atjazz a he or a they? I thought Atjazz was a couple of producers.
> >
> >Is it just me or do I sense a Quincy Jones (circa late 70s-early 80s)
> >influence with the brokenbeat sound? Not really with the beats, but the
> >funky analog synth bass, the ethereal strings/synth pads and the Rhodes
> >piano...
> >
> >
> >- 30 -
> >: . elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
> >: . elson@westworld.com : www.westworld.com/~elson
> >: . groove to the futurethnic beats of e:trinity at www.e-trinity.org and
> >www.mp3.com/etrinity
> >
>
>
>
>
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