Le Mellotron - From Jazz To Hip Hop

Le Mellotron - From Jazz To Hip Hop (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2011-08-16 It's not news and even less an insult to say that hip-hop drew from the jazz catalog to build its empire. Le Mellotron picks in the hidden side of its Original Samples to deliver to their friends of Paris DJs a mix made up essentially of jazz tracks, dust-cleaned by the hip-hop movement, and quite often magnificiently emphasized. Will you be able to find which fantastic diggers went on a quest for the perfect sample that led them to the tracks played in this mix? We're letting you wonder… Answers will be published early september. Ce n'est pas une nouvelle et encore moins une insulte lorsque l'on dit que le hip-hop a puise dans le repertoire du jazz pour fonder son empire. Le Mellotron pioche dans la face cachee de ses Original Samples pour livrer a ses amis de Paris DJs un mix compose essentiellement de titres jazz dépoussieres par le mouvement hip-hop et souvent magnifiquement mis en valeur. Saurez-vous retrouver ces diggers hors pairs partis a la recherche du sample parfait? On vous laisse mijoter… Reponse debut septembre. (Le Mellotron) Tracklisting : 01. Bjorn Jason Lindh - Daphnia (from 'Ramadan' album, 1971 / Metronome) 02. Gary Burton - Las Vegas Tango (from 'Good Vibes' album, 1971 / Atlantic) 03. Bob James - Westchester Lady (from 'Three' album, 1976 / CTI) 4. Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfa - Saudade Vem Correndo (from 'Jazz Samba Encore!' album, 1963 / Verve) 5. Gap Mangione - Boys With Toys (from 'Diana In The Autumn Wind' album, 1968, GRC) 6. Enoch Light And The Light Brigade - Hijack (from 'The Disco Disque' album, 1975 / Project 3 Total Sound) 7. Ramsey Lewis - Respect (from 'Up Pops Ramsey Lewis', 1967 / Cadet) All the original cover artworks are available on the Paris DJs blog Credits : Selected and mixed by Le Mellotron (lemellotron.com) Audio Mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com) Artwork layout by Djouls (djouls.com) Links Le Mellotron : official | facebook | myspace | twitter | soundcloud | vimeo Paris DJs : official | facebook | myspace | soundcloud | twitter | youtube