Friday Night Jazz Fourth of July Funk
No time for a full Friday Night Jazz -- off to watch the fireworks if the rain holds off -- but here's a funk tune you should check out: James Brown (Part 1 & 2) Buckshot LeFonque : Music Evolution.
Buckshot LeFonque was a group Branford Marsalis formed in his post Sting days (1994 & 97). The goal was to meld classical jazz with rock, rap, R&B and hip-hop. Its really all over the place, with no defining sound.
Except this song. Its got a great groove, with a pure funk first half. Its hip-hop meets be-bop. It manages to meld in some rap in the second half, in a harmonic way that works, and pays an homage to JB at the same time.
You don't need to buy the whole album -- just find this song somewhere and buy it.
UPDATE: I found an embeddable version on imeem.com
Hey Branford, here's an idea -- do an entire funk album. You don't have to channel James Brown on every track (2 or 3 would be fine). But a song with this powerful of a groove is calling out for more . . .
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Previously:
Soul Man
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2007/01/soul_man.html
James Brown, Godfather of Soul: RIP
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2006/12/james_brown_rip.html
Reflections on James Brown
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2006/12/reflections_on_.html
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anybody here a fan of the dj premier remix of "music evolution?" (track 2)
Posted by: m3 | Jul 4, 2008 10:12:52 PM
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