0:00, The Blues, Marcus Miller, Radio edit, Pra Records, 4:37, That's Right, George Benson, Radio edit, GRP Records, 9:12, Here To Stay, Pat Metheny Group, Radio edit, Geffen Records, 16:21, So What, Candy Dulfer, Radio edit, Arista, 21:05, Flirtation, Herb Alpert, Radio edit, Almo Sounds, 25:27, Blacktop, Yellowjackets, Radio edit, Warner Bros / Wea, 29:29, Time Bomb, The Crusaders, Radio edit, MCA, 33:24, Butterfly, Herbie Hancock, Radio edit, Island / Mercury, 38:05, Fantasy, Miles Davis, Radio edit, Warner Bros / Wea, 41:30, Nautilus (Mawtilus), Nuyorican Soul (Masters At Work), Radio edit, Blue Thumb, 46:12, Come On, Andrew J. & Kalten...
0:00, The Blues, Marcus Miller, Radio edit, Pra Records, 4:37, That's Right, George Benson, Radio edit, GRP Records, 9:12, Here To Stay, Pat Metheny Group, Radio edit, Geffen Records, 16:21, So What, Candy Dulfer, Radio edit, Arista, 21:05, Flirtation, Herb Alpert, Radio edit, Almo Sounds, 25:27, Blacktop, Yellowjackets, Radio edit, Warner Bros / Wea, 29:29, Time Bomb, The Crusaders, Radio edit, MCA, 33:24, Butterfly, Herbie Hancock, Radio edit, Island / Mercury, 38:05, Fantasy, Miles Davis, Radio edit, Warner Bros / Wea, 41:30, Nautilus (Mawtilus), Nuyorican Soul (Masters At Work), Radio edit, Blue Thumb, 46:12, Come On, Andrew J. & Kaltenecker, Radio edit, Juice Records, 51:00, Oneness Of Mind, Courtney Pine, Radio edit, Polygram UK, 55:46, Summer Song (Blue Note Remix Project), Ronnie Foster & Diamond D, Radio edit, Blue Note Records, 60:00, Groove Holmes, Beastie Boys, Radio edit, Capitol, 62:16, The Lover, Medeski Martin & Wood, Radio edit, Blue Note Records, 66:22, Arroya, Erik Truffaz, Radio edit, Blue Note Records, , 70:38, Ms. Grier , Groove Collective, Radio edit, Warner Bros / Wea,
Great uplifting summer vibes in this jazz lounge set! I selected some of my favourite tracks where real jazz musicians take an excursion into some fusion with hip-hop and funk inspired urban sound. A little bit of smooth jazz, acid jazz and nu jazz but the main theme is real jazz grooves with the likes of Marcus Miller, Metheny, Herbie, Miles, Medeski, Truffaz. Enjoy! I included some wicked scratching from my friend and DMC DJ Teammate, Andrew J.
Love it! Certainly bringing back memories - you gys all seem to be doing this right now (thank you!.
I was actually having a Miles Davis 'session' on Sat night, what a coincidence....
Tracks 2, 4 (not sure which version is my fav but liking this), 5, 8, 10 (maybe cos it's someone elses original), 12, (not sure about Beastie Boys....just yet)....16 (like v. much, great ending to the track too), and as Dj Dimsa said, track 17 is a wonderful track to end.....very smooth yet funky....
Thanks Dimsa for the great review - you obviously know much more about the roots of these songs. Yeah, the Beastie Boys learnt how to play some instruments, sometimes they got hight and recorded these Jimmy Smith sounding excellent organ based stuff - they were scattered on many of their albums but t...
Thanks Dimsa for the great review - you obviously know much more about the roots of these songs. Yeah, the Beastie Boys learnt how to play some instruments, sometimes they got hight and recorded these Jimmy Smith sounding excellent organ based stuff - they were scattered on many of their albums but then released an instumental compilation with all of them.
I agree that Herb Alpert is not the best, his stuff with the Tijuaha Brass is way too overpopularized. However he had some rare gems like the song "Bullish", "Rotation" and this whole smooth jazz album "Second Wind". The speciality of this song "Flirtation" here is that it was featured on Mark Farina's "Mushroom Jazz" I believe Volume 3, that's how I learnt about it and since then the whole album is my favourite.
Andrew J is my good friend and DMC DJ Championship Teammate, his whole album with Zsolt Kaltenecker, the Hungarian piano player and other jazz musicians is excellent (it's titled Melodies). You used one of his track earlier (with Zoohacker) on a lounge mix of yours, they are actually coming out with a new album now in August.
The Ronny Jordan album is called "The Antidote" - I love Ronny and all of his work, he'll definitely be back in my future mixes. I also love his "So What" version, but I basically love any cover of this Miles Davis classic (I have heaps of them...)