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- Date Released: April 20, 2004
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Contemporary, Hip-Hop
- Label: Amulet Records / The Orchard
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We Say...
The problem with most jazz/hip-hop fusions isn't the rapping, it's the rhythm. Nothing kills a jazz vibe faster than a metronome: relentlessly regular programmed beats can drain the life out of music. (It's one reason why disco haters hate disco.) Medeski, Martin & Wood's drummer Billy Martin understands this: he can play lockdown grooves rock steady, but you can tell there's a person back there. A live musician will give a little without even trying. Hear Medeski, Martin and DJ Olive's "Sleeptalking" for that: Martin's beats are popping, and so are Olive's turntable moves, as creative as old-time radio sound effects.
On the live The Turntable Sessions, Volume 1 Martin round-robins with hip-hop producer Scotty Hard, bellowing vocalist Dean Bowman and some crème de la downtown jazz and improvising scene: Marty Ehrlich on alto and flute, Ikue Mori on electronics, vibist Matt Moran coming on like an avant-garde Roy Ayers and the aforementioned Mr. Olive, who's helped invigorate Uri Caine's classical music recycling projects.
It's loosey-goosey with a groove, and the turntable collaging is dense and shifting enough to keep the ear engaged even when the feet seem a higher priority. Things take a dip when singers Mike Ill and Bowman take center stage for a couple of tracks: one wants to yodel like Jimmie Rodgers, the other like Leon Thomas. But those are momentary lapses. -
They Say...
In 2001, Billy Martin launched a series of live performances called Turntable Sessions. The basic idea of the program, which was held at various clubs in Lower Manhattan, was for a hip-hop DJ to interact with different musicians, including Martin himself -- and those in attendance have been treated to what is basically a series of unorthodox, experimental jam sessions. Recorded from 2001-2003, The Turntable Sessions, Vol. 1 offers some of the highlights of the drummer's series and includes appearances by keyboardist John Medeski (as in Medeski, Martin & Wood), tenor saxophonist Marty Ehrlich, and other improvisers. Essentially, this is a jazz CD, but it certainly doesn't conform to the rigid, dogmatic view of jazz that one expects from the Stanley Crouch/Wynton Marsalis crowd -- this is trippy, eccentric, risk-taking avant-garde jazz that is mindful of hip-hop, funk, rock, world music, electronica, and even country. One of the selections, in fact, is an unlikely performance of Hank Williams Sr.'s "Ramblin' Man," which finds guitarist Mike Ill singing Williams' lyrics while Scotty Hard (one of the DJs) makes some hip-hop moves on the turntables. And that sort of open-mindedness is what makes The Turntable Sessions, Vol. 1 exciting; clearly, Martin and his colleagues aren't trying to please jazz purists and bop snobs, who wouldn't listen to a Hank Williams classic any more than they would listen to something by Anthony Braxton or Jay-Z. At times, the performances on this 46-minute CD become a little too self-indulgent for their own good, but then, a certain amount of self-indulgence is to be expected (and even enjoyed) in the avant-garde realm -- and overall, this 2004 release paints a rewarding (if brief) picture of Martin's Turntable Sessions series.
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| 01. |  |
Announcement - DJ Olive And Ikue Mori |
1:03 |
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| 02. | |
Red Road - DJ Olive And Charles Wood |
3:17 |
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| 03. | |
Illy And Olive - Billy Martin And DJ Olive |
4:32 |
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| 04. | |
Ikue, Olive And Illy - Ikue Mori, DJ Olive And Billy Martin |
3:31 |
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| 05. | |
Sleeptalking - DJ Olive, John Medeski And Billy Martin |
6:09 |
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| 06. | |
Marty - Marty Ehrlich, Matt Moran, Billy Martin And DJ Olive |
6:46 |
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| 07. | |
Ikue And Olive - Ikue Mori And DJ Olive |
3:55 |
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| 08. | |
Ramblin' Man - Mike Ill And Scotty Hard |
4:20 |
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| 09. | |
Giliad - Dean Bowman And Scotty Hard |
3:18 |
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| 10. | |
Bougarabou - DJ Olive And Billy Martin |
5:51 |
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| 11. | |
Eclipse - DJ Olive, Marty Ehrlich, Matt Moran And Billy Martin |
3:56 |
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11 Total Tracks, 46:38 Total Length
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Credits
- Marty Ehrlich - Flute // Marty Ehrlich - Flute // Marty Ehrlich - Flute // Marty Ehrlich - Flute // Marty Ehrlich - Flute // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Tenor) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Tenor) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Tenor) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Tenor) // Marty Ehrlich - Sax (Tenor) // Dean Bowman - Vocals // Dean Bowman - Adaptation // Scotty Hard - Arranger // Scotty Hard - Turntables // John Medeski - Organ // John Medeski - Arranger // John Medeski - Korg Synthesizer // John Medeski - Yamaha Keyboards // Ikue Mori - Arranger // Ikue Mori - Computers // Katsuhiko Naito - Engineer // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Percussion // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Arranger // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Drums // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Whistle (Human) // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Pandeiro // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Producer // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Cuica // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Compilation // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Editing // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // Billy Martin - Bird Calls // DJ Olive - Arranger // DJ Olive - Turntables // Chris Wood - Arranger // Chris Wood - Bass (Electric) // Matt Moran - Arranger // Matt Moran - Vibraphone // David Baker - Engineer // Chippy - Design // Bill Mulvey - Engineer // Michael Fossenkemper - Mastering // Michael Fossenkemper - Mixing // Mike Kilmer - Arranger
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