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JamiroFan2000
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JamiroFan's Tribute to Roy Ayers & Herbie Hancock!!
 Hello, :bm_r:
Hope everyone had a nice & comfortable weekend, mine was ok, finally made up on some backlogged & much needed sleep  . Well, after listening to all the great covers that Jamiroquai has performed in their tours from 92' to 99', I decided to start delving into the actual artist versions of these songs. First I checked out Roy Ayers, and man, I can see why JK really dug him, he is a amazing artist! His catalogue of music is so impressive, I went and bought his "20th Century Masters: Roy Ayers" CD compilation of his best hits! Mind you I'm still a novice to his music, but my fav songs of his so far (From what I have been able to expose to myself to):"Coffey Is the Color", "Mystic Voyage", & "Everybody Loves The Sunshine", Roy is the king of Acid Jazz & the xylophone! Then I moved on to the Headhunters, Herbie Hancock's mid to late 70's experimental jazz/funk group, you might remember Jamiroquai covered their song "God Made Me Funky". So after browsing their albums, I picked up their 1972 reissue of their debut album "The Headhunters", and man, like the sticker said on the CD cover "The record that redefined Funk & made Herbie Hancock a superstar", this album is tight! Yeah, the album is only 4 tracks long, but the tracks like "Chameleon" (with probably the best bassline riff I have heard from the young Stu days of the first two Jamiroquai albums!) & "Sly" (Mentioned in the CD booklet interview with Herbie, the song was in honor of Sly of the Family Stone!), this album goes off in musical adventures that I have never even fathomed  ! I plan to pick up more of Herbie's & Roy's albums, when I can, one at a time. Also I checked out Archie Bell & The Drells, the group who came up with that nice number "Tighten Up", they are also very talented. I recommend that all fans who are only familiar with JK's fav music from the recent Jam edition of "LateNightTales, go and check the past music offerings of Roy Ayers & Herbie Hancock, their music will take your ears to a place that you've never been too before  ! Happy listening, and the Roy Ayers CD and Headhunters CDs I mentioned are pretty much available everywhere, and they are REALLY inexpensive. Thanks for listening and much respect and honor to the masters: Roy & Herbie ! Peace!
Sincerely,
JamiroFan2000
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T_R_S
Joined: 02 Jun 2004
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Location: Nørwåy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 15:18 |
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The funk originals
You are absolutely right, the Head Hunters are one of the best instrumental funk groups there ever was. The album itself (Head Hunters) made people go crazy about alot of things musically. After that, everybody got themselves a Fender Rhodes and/or a clavinet. (yes, me too ) And Roy Ayers has a lot of good stuff, particulary from the Coffy soundtrack. If you're digging deep for more old funk, you should check out old blaxploitation soundtracks, with people like Curtis mayfield, Bobby Womack, Roy Ayers, James Brown.... everybody made one, you might think!
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tahoe
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Location: Berkeley, California
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 23:16 |
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Herbie's Rhodes work on "Chameleon" is amazing, I love it. A word of caution though: I once bought a greatest hits album of his once, and it was loaded with a bunch of extremely cheesy disco tunes. It's quite a shock after hearing Headhunters.
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T_R_S
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 07:38 |
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Ah yes, he started making disco in the late 70's. Complete with synths and vocoders. Here's a list of his better stuff:
1970: Herbie did a soundtrack album from Cosby's animated show "Fat Albert". More James Brown-type funk, but make sure you listen to Wiggle Waggle, his solo is funkier than ten cans of shaving powder.
1970 - 72: Jazz fusion (pretty spacey, but if you like Miles Davis' stuff from that period, it's a bit similar)
Crossings
Mwandishi
Sextant
1973 - 76: jazzfunk. Some of the world's BEST jazzfunk.
Head Hunters
Thrust
Man-Child
Secrets
Secrets is a bit more mellow and the tunes are not all as original as the earlier stuff, but it's still very good (and funky). Stevie Wonder guests on harmonica on a track on Man-Child.
And yes, Herbie plays the funkiest Rhodes there ever was!
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