It’s All Jazz

Here’s an interesting article I read yesterday:

(editor’s note: this was a JazzWax dot com article regarding the girl from ipanema)

I like his inclusion of the Percy Faith recording, but what I like the BEST is his inclusion of Maynard Ferguson’s version in his 3 WORST recordings of the song!

Here’s what I wrote in the comments:

Amen to Maynard’s version being in your worst! The first time I heard it I didn’t even know what song it was!
The melody is horribly underplayed while the entire song focuses on a new, high trumpet part (gee, i wonder why) and some backbeat from otherwise great drummer Stockton Helbing.
WHAT???!!!!

So that’s a tidbit for this morning. More news later!

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In a world filled with samples, it’s strange that Jazz hasn’t appeared more often in the creations of DJs and hip-hop beat wizards. But here’s 7 Jazz-Sampling songs (in no particular order) that you should own or at least know.

1. The Garden- Cut Chemist: This song borrows vocals from Astrud Gilberto’s Berimbau and uses the same string samples as another favorite tune of mine, Goldrush by The Herbaliser.

2. Convolutions- Freestyle Fellowship: This 46 second interlude is a freestyle over a sped-up and slightly inverted version of Miles Davis’ So What.

3. The Gentle Rain (RJD2 Remix)- Astrud Gilberto: This remix of a bossa song also includes an inverted piano sample from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger’s Dat Dere.

4. Splattiorium-Pharcyde: This rap’s background is Vince Guaraldi’s Fly Me to the Moon with a hiphop beat.

5. Rodney Yates- David Holmes: Remember that killer electronic bossa from the beginning of Ocean’s 11? Well that groove came from Chico Hamilton’s MSP. Just take a listen!

6. Kraftworks- The UMC’s: This trippy, bouncy old-style hiphop track features Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder as its beat.

7. Down The Line- Nice & Smooth: the “A Night In Tunisia” bassline. Need I say more?

So that’s that. Hope you found some grooves you really like.