24 May 2010
By Lyov
In Jazz
Tutu
After 30-plus years with Columbia Records, Miles Davis departed to sign with Warner Brothers Records. TUTU finds Miles entering the world of MIDI, chaperoned by former sideman, Marcus Miller and pop jazz hitmaker Tommy LiPuma, and beat box music would never be the same again.
TUTU is the birth of a new kind of cool, based on the emblematic street beats of the mid-1980s, brimming over with orchestrally-styled keyboard programming. The album is a showcase for Miles’ evocative muted horn, functioning like a featured vocalist. Not since his work with Gil Evans had Miles deferred so much to a collaborator, and TUTU is a platform for the arranging talents of Miller, who in addition to his distinctive, popping bass lines, plays nearly every instrument on the session–from keyboards to bass clarinet....
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bebop, Blues, fusion, Jazz, Miles Davis, trumpet, Tutu
10 January 2010
By Lyov
In Jazz
Louis Armstrong Remixed
Picking right up where he left off with his Miles Remixed project, The Apple Juice Kid tackles another legend with Beautiful Warriors 2: Louis Armstrong Remixed. The project is a collaboration between AJK and Battalion Armour. Battalion Armour put together a series of six holiday videos featuring six women from six ethnic backgrounds posing to Louis Armstrong, remixed by Apple Juice Kid. The vids are semi-nude and a little racy (check them here). Says Battalion Armour of the project: “I chose Louis Armstrong to provide the soundtrack to the Beautiful Warriors for the whimsical nature of his music and its ability to bridge cultural boundaries with expressions of love. It takes a special type of sound to create the right mood for this ethnically diverse cast of women. The only producer who could give Louis’ music a new twist while respecting the perfection was Apple Juice Kid, who I first met while creating a video for his critically acclaimed Miles Davis Remix album.” For AJK’s jazz meets hip-hop soundtrack in full, follow me after the jump....
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Apple Juice Kid, Hip-Hop, hiphop, Jazz, Louis Armstrong Remixed, Miles Davis, turntablism
03 October 2009
By Lyov
In Jazz
Music From Siesta
“Music from Siesta” is an album released in 1987 by Miles Davis and Marcus Miller. It is the soundtrack of the 1987 Mary Lambert film of the same name....
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Los Feliz, Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Siesta
ABBA
Simply Red
Norah Jones
Idina Menzel
Mary J. Blige
