In the '70s, guitarist Grant Green turned to an R&B and funk style in order to keep up with the times and invite as wide an audience as possible. At the time, critics cried foul at what they called "selling out" and disavowed Green from their critical radar. Fast forwarding to the '90s, this period of Green's career became in great demand as the "acid jazz" craze came into vogue. BLUE BREAKBEAT...
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Ok, so maybe you don't think of Memorial Day as a time for fairly smooth instrumental jazz tunes, but for me it is a time to think. Which for the most part comes down to why..Even though I have an idea about the answer, my hope is that our military will be serving in peacetime very,very soon.I have nothing but respect for the folks who serve and have served in the military. They are, unfortunat...
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Taken from the Blue Note release "Groove Train: Get off at Blue Note Grooves Station", we have guitarist Grant Green proclaiming "Ain't It Funky Now"
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Building on Cody's "incredible post":http://mog.com/Cody_B/blog_post/129281 of sampled breakbeats, here is a famous organ sound that was sampled by a few classic early '90's hip-hoppers.Grant Green and a live band, playing in some club in NJ, laying the root down on some electric guitar jazz in a funky way.
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So for today's sample, I decided to go with one sample and two producers that both flipped it in different ways. The source is Grant Green's "Maybe Tomorrow," which Marco Polo spun to make "Nostalgia" with Masta Ace, while Dre flipped an entirely different part on "Still D.R.E." with Snoop. Marco Polo feat. Masta Ace - "Nostalgia" Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - "Still D.R.E." Grant Green - "Maybe
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In the '70s, guitarist Grant Green turned to an R&B and funk style in order to keep up with the times and invite as wide an audience as possible. At the time, critics cried foul at what they called "selling out" and disavowed Green from their critical radar. Fast forwarding to the '90s, this period of Green's career became in great demand as the "acid jazz" craze came into vogue. BLUE BREAKBEAT...
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| 2 Tico Tico |
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| 3 Exodus |
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| 4 My Little Suede Shoes |
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| 5 Brazil |
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