Having just taken the piss out of Xenu's footsoldier over on the Crap Jazz Covers blog, I thought it would be fair and balanced to throw out the only Corea album I've kept. Obviously, it's more out of respect to the label that released it, Groove Merchant and that's another reason it's here: to beef up El Goog's new Groovy Merchant site. Be sure to check it out for more GM goodies!
AMG Review by Scott Yanow Recorded during the same period as "Is," "Sundance" has four very advanced (if forgettable) Chick Corea compositions interpreted by a septet that includes trumpeter Woody Shaw, Hubert Laws on flute and Bennie Maupin on reeds. Actually, this is a lesser Corea item with plenty of rambling moments (although it is generally not as free as "Is") and is recommended mostly to completists of the pianist who are interested in his early development.
LA FUNK MOB Breaking Boundaries Messing Up Heads 1994
Welcome one and all to the 100th post at Soundological Investimigations! This was the week of milestones for SI, as we've received 10,000 hits just prior to wrapping up the first six months since we've kicked off and we'll be welcoming our 5,000th visitor sometime this afternoon! All we can say is... THANK YOU!!! All of you have made this endeavour a distinct pleasure! However, I would like to say a special thanks to a handful of folks in blogopolis for their inspiration, support or just plain awesomeness:
However, as a special thanks to ALL of those enjoying the blog, I've chosen to post the two groundbreaking EPs by French duo La Funk Mob. The Royaltie$ Overdue compilation on Mo' Wax we posted in July is far and away the most popular with 245 downloads compared to the next most popular post, Gato Barbieri'sChapter One which is clocking in at 140 (based on Rapidshare activity). They're followed by Blue Mitchell'sBlue Mitchell, Marden Hill'sHijacked and Roy Ayers'All Blues in that order, all with 125 give or take a few. Although it's a great comp all around, it seems the LFM tracks on Royaltie$ stand up best to the test of time so I thought some folks out there would appreciate hearing more. Especially my fave track, 357 Magnum Force, which is rarely seen.
Another reason these were chosen to celebrate this milestone is that the the top two cities visiting us so far are London and Paris. What could better represent that electrosonic solidarity than the seminal sounds produced by French duo Boombass(interview and mix here) and Phillipe Zdar(some more Zdar sounds here) that were released on the incredibly influential UK label Mo' Wax?
BTW, if you're interested in where your fellow readers come from, here's the top ten urban centres ranked by Soundological citizens:
1 London, UK 2 Paris, FR 3 Berlin, DE* 4 Shinjiku, JP 5 Athens, GR 6 New York, US 7 Rome, IT 8Melbourne, AU 9Malaga, ES 10 Milan, IT
*Actually, the #3 city is "not set" due to net-savvy anonymous browsing and has been removed from the list.
Boombass and Zdar are using the moniker Cassius these days and have seen some deserved success in this century with their hyper-hiphop-French-touch-house-pop. Not much more to say about these legendary EPs of which these are the '96 reissues, except that Ravers Suck Our Sound And Get Fuck will always be one of my favourite song titles, even if only for nostalgic reasons.
Tribulations Extra Sensorielles 63.7 MB 256+ VBR LAME mp3 Vinyl rip & scans from Mo' Wax MW017
357 Magnum Force
1 La Doctoresse 2 Motor Bass Get Phunked Up 3 Suspense 4 Ravers Suck Our Sound And Get Fuck 5 357 Magnum Force 6 Blunt Konnection
This one's a freebie for all our visitors but next time there's a milestone, y'all will have to do a bit of work since it'll be all about the comments. Although Royaltie$ Overdue is our most plundered post, it also has one of the worst grab-to-blab (download to comment) ratios going here - only four folks found the time to drop a line. One thing you won't get from Soundological is a guilt-trip on leaving comments because it's the nature of the beast and we only have this to say: we'll go out of our way to please those who do participate so keep in mind how easy it is to leave a comment - it'll count as a vote for more of the same!
MILT JACKSON Soul Fusion with the Monty Alexander Trio 1977
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Uncle Milty should need no introduction to regular readers of Soundological. Neither should Jamaican-born Alexander but unfortunately he's not as popular as you think he would be with the masses, considering his energetic drive and accessible style. For a taste of more Monty, it's highly recommended you head on over to the colossal Call It Anything.
Pianist Monty Alexander had first appeared on a Milt Jackson record in 1969. Eight years later the great vibraphonist used Alexander's trio (which included bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton, future big-band co-leaders) for this spirited Pablo session that was subsequently reissued on CD through Original Jazz Classics. Much of the material is obscure (including Jackson's three originals), with Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" being the only standard. The music, however, is as straight-ahead as one would expect from these fine musicians, and can easily be recommended to their fans.
1 Parking Lot Blues 2 3000 Miles Ago 3 Isn't She Lovely 4 Soul Fusion 5 Compassion 6 Once I Loved 7 Yano 8 Bossa Nova Do Marilla
Fuse your soul with Milt, Monty and Soundological HERE or HERE.
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Just tryin' to put back into the music blogosphere by fillin' in any blanks I can with out-of-print vinyl as well as the occasional mix, remix, re-edit, art or rant. But mostly vinyl. Mostly.
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