> Fittest", in particular) and the early 70s Miles Davis stuff; "Bitches Brew" > is perhaps the LP that kick started that deep jazz funk fusion off, though I
this album has some very deep funk on it imo. believe the hype. perhaps also with some relevance to 313: "On the Corner" for the "repetitive beats" tangent or "Dark Magus" for the brief drum machine-y bit. how about Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"? :) but yeah, Deep Space is great. Flanger is nice too. > many have been mentioning L. Naverre..St.Germain //Rose Rouge check it if > havent yet much as i like this track, i kind of agree with Philip McG.'s earlier comments: do a bunch of blue note samples and jazz-y solo riffs etc in a techno/house track make it jazz? perhaps the genres overlap in their emerging alongside a social phenomenon of sorts - jazz began as a form of dance music, right? - as well as the combination of european and african musical elements (to a greater or lesser degree). i saw a programme on improvisation a few years ago (I think it was produced/presented by Derek Bailey) where house djs in New York said that their sets are not usually planned beforehand but take form through interaction with the responses of the dancers (as well I guess with other djs and whatever inspires them at the moment). chris t
