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

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.

ya. westchester (the neighborhood in la i grew up in) lady and Storm King fucking kill it

i just remembered where i'd heard that track sampled before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzVBtUA4rU

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

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

You are still a sick sick man jaxon. Although i too have a soft spot for that glossy hitech 80's production style.

KEYTAR!

Just discovered Kimiko Kasai & Herbie Hancock's 1979 collab:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_hjzm9ehso

i mentioned that song on this thread
folk, 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)

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 Gate
Survival of the Fittest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS0SKQnpddM

http://ileoxumare.blogspot.com/

urszula's dope. i love husband/wife jazz combos. her and Urbaniak, abbey & max, sonny & linda, Jean & Doug Carn, airto & flora. annette peacock, paul bley, gary peacock and who ever they're fucking. just uploaded a flora purim song today. she and urszula are totally on the same vibe.

http://www.robotsinheat.com/trax/Sarara.mp3

I've been listening to Larry Carlton's s/t album from 1978. It's kind of incredibly odd: beautiful Gibson ES-335 soloing over some basically straight-up disco arrangements with a couple of yacht-rock-ish vocal tunes thrown in there!

jazz + disco :

http://ireallylovemusic.co.uk/blog/wp-content/lalo.jpg

this makes me wanna sit on the beach w/a fruity cocktail in my hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMldvm8pYYI

^ lalo schifrin produced/written etc. my 12" is called 'dream machine' not 'undercurrents'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVKAt8hAWBY&feature=share

amazing

ha, total jaxon jam

sweeeeeet