Jazz in the late 70s / early 80s (jazz goes pop, jazz goes disco)

Are you some kinda vinyl god? Are you the aforementioned Jaxon?

Records like that -- I scoop 'em up when I find 'em, but to actually start COLLECTING them would be such a leap down the rabbit hole... Intriguing to know that a 12" exists, though.

am i a vinyl god? hah

"am i a vinyl god? hah

-- jaxon"

jaxon, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!

Nice shootin' Tex.

what about the twinkie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px_ET2owuDY

what do u guys think of this? i copped just cause i found it cheap and on store headphones it sounded good, not sure what i think about actually playing it. the youtube makes it sound a little more muddled in the mix than it actually is

i recently got "the fly" on 12" by maynard furgueson, it is the bomb funnky disco jazz jam.

-- pipecock, Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:55 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

ha for a second i thought u meant the rocky theme :D
he does a disco vers of that too tho

Lovin' that one deej.

herbie hancock sunlight MAD CLASSY

http://www.recordmania.net/media/covers/FJN54098.jpg
INCREDIBLE record. hes from chicago (in las vegas now :-/) but this record is some perfect late 70s jazz fusion/disco shit. "love desire" is a banger for real

pretty fucking sick. Lionel Hampton w/drum machine and FAT synth bass
http://dreamchimney.com/tracks/20836

corny + awesome

i think that's the whole premise of this thread.

i honestly can't tell corny from not corny anymore with all the shit i listen to

I don't ever recall hearing a drum machine with regular non-sampled straight-up vibes. Or even sampled, for that matter! Dude was born in 1908 for ffs, wtf, etc

Vibramatic made a big comeback a few years back thanks to the Joakim remix:

http://www.discogs.com/release/207922

I think the original fell in that vein of Herbie Hancock embracing Celluloid records after they discovered Kool Lady Blue's night at the Roxy.

Paul Hardcastle was the inevitable end of that vein (specifically, Jazzmasters). Or further, Dave A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily was Here in 1989. Ugh.

This thread alone justifies ilm

BTW, a couple Jose Feliciano songs fit the bill of Summery, Jazzy R&B. type thing for me lately (Golden Lady, Wild One, etc)

Also, did I mention Steve Parks' Movin' in the Right Direction yet? Too lazy to ctrl-f

Miles Davis' We Want Miles (1982) is one of my favorite 80s jazz albums

it's definitely not pop/disco. discogs lists it as fusion, which i guess it is with the electric guitar, but because it's all live it feels so much more organic and definitely not overproduced

plus Jean Pierre is fucking amazing

http://www.wiels.nl/blog/images/Gabor_Szabo_-_Night_Flight_front_sm.jpg

this is whats up. cover of bunny sigler's 'keep smiling' is so beautiful it makes me want to get back w my ex

some records should have a disclaimer warning you about things like that

wow. it really is great. i will be on the hunt for. have def seen it around.

drum fills on concorde are hot

thats a great fucking cover too

I finally got Herbie's Feets Don't Fail Me Now, and it's quite good. Mostly it's the sort of synth-laden vocoder disco you'd expect from Herbie of this era, faster and more poppy than Sunlight but less smooth and polished than Lite Me Up, which makes for a nice mid-ground. I'd say it's one of his better dance albums, definitely worth more than the one star AMG gives it. "Tell Everybdoy" has a terrific groove, everyone should check out at least that tune if not the whole album.

"Tell Everybody" also has some pretty over-the-top echoed synth drums that seem to be foreshadowing the 80s drum sound.

i read that AMG review the other day, fucking dick review.

"Herbie falls hook, line and sinker for the disco fad and submerges his personality underneath the plastic vocals and four-on-the-floor disco beat... This time, even the purists were right; this is of no interest to jazz listeners and it isn't even good disco. "

http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a2/c7/cb_8.JPG

(that's "november 1981")

I just found Ramsey Lewis's cover of Stevie's Spring High. Now wondering about Ramsey's Love Notes album:

http://www.discogs.com/release/1021440

Anyone recommend?

Also,

i read that AMG review the other day, fucking dick review.

The original text was worse, if you can believe it. "Idiot" was in there somewhere.

I just found Ramsey Lewis's cover of Stevie's Spring High. Now wondering about Ramsey's Love Notes album:

http://www.discogs.com/release/1021440

Anyone recommend?

It's OK, a bit dry.

Really into these lately: The songs w/ vocals on Ronnie Laws' Flame, Art Farmer's "Crawl Space," Joe Farrell's "Night Dancing" (has a kinda Material-like synth-driven chunk to it).

That Gabor Szabo album cover is awesome. Looks like a still from a film in this series

Went on a spree of getting Yukihiro Takahashi albums today.

His '77 debut (Saravah!) fills this bill PERFECTLY.

weird, i heard my first kukihiro takahashi song today on http://balearicblog.blogspot.com/

or whatever the hell is name is

haha, i posted that video on that jap electronic thread just now

that 1981 album is like, 808 new wave, whereas the 77 album is closer to CTI meets Dr. Buzzard

I discovered his solo work via the Japanese City Pop lastfm group, which is ironic considering how much YMO and Sakamoto I already own.

Elastic Dummy is the best example, but La Rosa is the best available on youtube:

and along these lines, here's "solid slider" by Tatsuro Yamashita. my friend owns the record. think it trades hands for like $50

ok, that is nice

oh, this is why it's so expensive i guess http://72records.com/ebay-aud/tatsurospacy.mp3

I think this might qualify:

Minako Yoshida - Town

And another from her:

Minako Yoshida - Let's Do It

just picked up 'turn this mutha out' by idris muhammad, spinning it right now. pretty sick album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAijAjixYX8&feature=related

and it's got 'could heaven ever be like this'!! still need a copy of this album/single

It's all about the A-side on this one for me. Three excellent tracks.

Moodymann sampled the title track for his track "Amerika", one of my Moodymann favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOdaUEFnDG4

Idris Muhammad is the shit! I haven't that particular album, but Black Rhythm Revolution and Peache & Rhythm (available as a two-fer-one CD) have some dope soulful/spiritual jazz grooves, and House of the Rising Sun is one of the best disco/funk jazz albums ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRL54DjLJ2g

Maybe the best version of this oldie.

Idris Muhammad - Sudan

What a fucking groove!

Idris Muhammad - Rhythm

Once this song kicks in it never stops.

By the way, a while ago I did a mixtape with a lot of disco jazz (including Idris Muhammad), you can listen to it here:

http://8tracks.com/nexinexim/all-aboard-the-groove-machine

Has Turn This Mutha Out ever been reissued? I've never seen it in the local record stores.

been digging bob james a lot lately. picked up "3" on vinyl recently and i gotta say, "westchester lady" is one sick, sick track. i think i'm going to have to invest in some more of his CTI albums.