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swamp says:

September 9, 2012 at 1:06 pm

Briscoe – Stepping Into Tomorrow mix

Tracklist:

Roy Ayers – For Real
Bobbi Humphrey – Harlem River Drive
Grover Washington Jr – Mister Magic
Funk Fusion Band – Can You Feel It?
Azymuth – Maracana
George Benson – The World Is A Ghetto
Hiroshi Fukumura – Hunt Up The Wind
Surface Noise – The Scratch
KID – You Don’t Like My Music
Rah Band – Rock Me Down To Rio
David Bendeth – Feel The Real
Ashford and Simpson – Bourgie Bourgie
Los Conquistadores – Chocolates
Lalo Schifrin – To Cast A Spell
NCCU – Supertrick
Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions
Idris Muhammad – Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
Charles Earland – Let the Music Play
Lenny Williams – If You’re In Need
Hubert Laws – The Chicago Theme
The Crusaders – Snowflake

I dared not call this Dazz (disco jazz) because I have used the disco tag too often, so let’s just call it 4/4 jazz. I snagged the title from the Donald Byrd song, but didn’t use it (that and a Santana track missed the cut). I have been collecting mid to late 70’s jazz lps for a while, and have wanted to make a mix of the 4 to the floor songs that remind me so much of what house music sounds like when it’s good and deep.

lenodd says:

September 11, 2012 at 1:46 pm

Yes! Loved this – id argue bourgie bourgie is just plain disco, but who cares – its not everyone’s cup of tea but i was smiling throughout. weird I’ve been playing a rmx of the grove Washington Jr truck a lot lately. ace mix anyways – loved how it was stitched together.

Briscoe says:

September 11, 2012 at 9:37 pm

Thanks much Lenodd! I was choosing from a few Grover Washington Jr tracks (judging by his album covers, he spent the 70’s without a shirt on). I tried to sprinkle vocals tracks in to keep the mix from too much jazz noodling. I love how disco influenced so much music in the late 70’s (even country music oddly enough), and jazz brought about some great songs from it. Bourgie Bourgie I first heard on a Larry Levan mix, and I was hooked and had to wait for the right mix to put it into. If Ashford and Simpson sang on the track, I would have kept it for another (I love “Found A Cure” used on Dimitri From Paris’s Playboy mix). I appreciate your comment, esp since your mixes are so killer.

lenodd says:

September 12, 2012 at 9:30 am

no worries man, I love this sort of stuff 🙂

bong says:

September 12, 2012 at 1:08 pm

boss mix briscoe

had me groovin’ round the pad happily doing the mundanest of tasks with aplomb 😈

ta la

Briscoe says:

September 13, 2012 at 12:07 am

Bong! Thanks man! If radio was still alive, I would like to hear these type of songs on Smooth Jazz over Kenny G.

bong says:

September 13, 2012 at 10:22 am

deffo!
….we should do a seance!!

😈

shining steve says:

September 25, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Loved most of this, apart from the Rah Band track which is just a bit too cheesy for me. Expansions, on the other hand, is imo one of the best tunes ever in any genre – and definitely has a proto-house vibe I think.

swamp says:

September 25, 2012 at 3:42 pm

great stuff indeed. im familiar wiv many ov these artists: grover, benson, schifrin, lonnie liston, idris, crusaders. “images” was the last crusaders rekkid i got & probably me favourite (altho “2nd crusade” cums close, hehe). tucked away a few trax fer a fusion mix yonks & ages ago, but only about 1/2 wot i need

Briscoe says:

September 26, 2012 at 2:50 am

Thanks guys.
I like songs that make era obsolete (70s,80s,00s) but I wanted to stick to mainly the 70s with a little 80s this mix. I love Expansions, and am guilty of first hearing it from Scott Grooves feat Lonnie. Great remake, but the original just kicks all kinda butt. Swamp, this mix has been ages in the works for me, so I know what you mean. I still have a disco-rock mix that may never see the light of day (Chicago “I’m A Man”, Kongas “Gimme Some Lovin”, Four on the Floor “Lady Jane”, etc), because I am only 1/4 way through the list after 6 years. This mix was a weight off my shoulders, so I’m glad you guys like it.

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