pretty fucking sick. Lionel Hampton w/drum machine and FAT synth bass http://dreamchimney.com/tracks/20836
― jaxon, Thursday, 21 August 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
corny + awesome
― Jordan, Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― jaxon, Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 21 August 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― san frandisco, Thursday, 21 August 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― deej, Sunday, 24 August 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― jaxon, Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
drum fills on concorde are hot
― deej, Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
thats a great fucking cover too
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"Tell Everybody" also has some pretty over-the-top echoed synth drums that seem to be foreshadowing the 80s drum sound.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
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. "
― san frandisco, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a2/c7/cb_8.JPG
(that's "november 1981")
― Lawrence the Looter, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
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?
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 13 September 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Also,
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 13 September 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
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/1021440Anyone 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).
― Andy K, Saturday, 13 September 2008 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
That Gabor Szabo album cover is awesome. Looks like a still from a film in this series
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 September 2008 03:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Went on a spree of getting Yukihiro Takahashi albums today.
His '77 debut (Saravah!) fills this bill PERFECTLY.
― WE ARE ALL GEETIKA (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:19 (fifteen years ago) link
weird, i heard my first kukihiro takahashi song today on http://balearicblog.blogspot.com/
― jaxon, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link
or whatever the hell is name is
― jaxon, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:30 (fifteen years ago) link
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:
― WE ARE ALL GEETIKA (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:34 (fifteen years ago) link
and along these lines, here's "solid slider" by Tatsuro Yamashita. my friend owns the record. think it trades hands for like $50
― jaxon, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, that is nice
― WE ARE ALL GEETIKA (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, this is why it's so expensive i guess http://72records.com/ebay-aud/tatsurospacy.mp3
― jaxon, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 06:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I think this might qualify:
Minako Yoshida - Town
― fuck washing a cat (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
And another from her:
Minako Yoshida - Let's Do It
― fuck washing a cat (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
just picked up 'turn this mutha out' by idris muhammad, spinning it right now. pretty sick album.
― spiritual giant Cubby Culbertson (omar little), Thursday, 25 June 2009 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAijAjixYX8&feature=related
― spiritual giant Cubby Culbertson (omar little), Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
and it's got 'could heaven ever be like this'!! still need a copy of this album/single
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
It's all about the A-side on this one for me. Three excellent tracks.
― matt2, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Moodymann sampled the title track for his track "Amerika", one of my Moodymann favorites:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOdaUEFnDG4
― matt2, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRL54DjLJ2g
Maybe the best version of this oldie.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Idris Muhammad - Sudan
What a fucking groove!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Idris Muhammad - Rhythm
Once this song kicks in it never stops.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Tuomas, Thursday, 25 June 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Has Turn This Mutha Out ever been reissued? I've never seen it in the local record stores.
― Tuomas, Friday, 26 June 2009 13:05 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
ya. westchester (the neighborhood in la i grew up in) lady and Storm King fucking kill it
― A. Roddick City (jaxon), Thursday, 9 July 2009 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i just remembered where i'd heard that track sampled before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzVBtUA4rU
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
The Michael Jackson fervor has caused me to seek out Greg Phillinganes's solo work.
His 1981 album fits the bill here, especially "Girl Talk":
http://img.snowrecords.com/lp/20342.jpg
― PappaWheelie V, Sunday, 12 July 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i love phillinganes. he covered (and got eric clapton to cover) a YMO song. how fucking rad is that?!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQTWNPL2PJQ
and had donald fagen to write a song for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFBS9H_tFLo
― A. Roddick City (jaxon), Monday, 13 July 2009 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
You are still a sick sick man jaxon. Although i too have a soft spot for that glossy hitech 80's production style.
― mully, Monday, 13 July 2009 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
KEYTAR!
― A. Roddick City (jaxon), Monday, 13 July 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Just discovered Kimiko Kasai & Herbie Hancock's 1979 collab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_hjzm9ehso
― PappaWheelie V, Monday, 12 July 2010 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i mentioned that song on this threadfolk, jazzy, slightly funky, sorta smoothed out Singer Songwriter stuff (sort of a post Steely Dan thread)
you've heard the original, ya? (o, i mentioned it in the original post of this thread)
― jaxon, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I got a couple of FUNKY fusion records off emusic by The Headhunters that I never could find on CD that are pretty great. There are some vocals on a few tracks, but it is all still pretty intense funk. If you like Herbie's 70s stuff, they are well worth searching out.
Straight from the GateSurvival of the Fittest
― earlnash, Monday, 12 July 2010 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS0SKQnpddM
― ('_') (omar little), Friday, 10 September 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link