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Jazz Remixed

Posted Mon Oct 6, 2008 6:00pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

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A remix is an alternate audio mix of a song that distinctly changes it from the original version. It's done through use of editing and may incorporate elements of dance music. Remixers often create an upbeat version of a song for playing by disc jockeys in nightclubs. But a remix can also simply put a fresh or modern spin on a classic track. This can invite the ire of purists, but can also help attract new fans that may not have been familiar with the genre being reworked.

If there is any music that truly deserves new fans, it's jazz. This is a genre that is outsold by almost every other genre out there except maybe new age and spoken word. Yet for someone to be considered even a mediocre jazz musician takes the kind of virtuosity that only decades of dedicated practice can produce. The best practitioners of jazz have both impressive technical ability and exceptional creativity.

This playlist features remixes of jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Cal Tjader, Billie Holiday, Archie Shepp, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, George Benson and more. So if you're not a jazz fan my hope is that these remixes may pique your interest.

Jazz Remixed

   1. Manteca (The Funky Lowlives remix) - Dizzy Gillespie   

   2. In A Silent Way (Remix) - Miles Davis   

   3. Lover Man (Jazzelicious remix) - Sarah Vaughan   

   4. Feelin' Good (Joe Claussell remix) - Nina Simone   

   5. Salt Peanuts (The Peanut Chronicles) - Hal Willner's Whoops I'm an Indian   

   6. Soul Sauce (Fila Brazillia remix) - Cal Tjader   

   7. Straighten Up & Fly Right (Jazzelicious remix) - Carmen MacRae  

   8. Whipped Cream (Anthony Marinelli Remix) - Herb Alpert   

   9. Don't Explain (Dzihan & Kamien remix) - Billie Holiday   

   10. Attica Blues (Chief Xcel Of Blackalicious remix) - Archie Shepp   

   11. Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub) - Hugh Masekela   

   12. II B.S. (RZA's Mingus Bounce Mix) - Charles Mingus   

   13. This Masquerade (N.O.W. Remix) - George Benson   

   14. Baby, Did You Hear? (Danger Mouse remix) - Danger Mouse   

   15. Baby, It's Cold Outside (Mulato Beat remix) - Louis Armstrong   

   16. Now's The Time (No Time Like Now) - Red Hawk   

   17. Trinkle, Tinkle - Jazz Remix -  Gonzalo Rubalcaba   

   18. Angel Eyes (Layo & Bushwacka Remix) - Ella Fitzgerald   

   19. Jet Sounds (Nu Spirit Helsinki remix) - Nicola Conte 

 

3 Comments

1. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Unfortunately I do not know much about Jazz...=/

2. DUDE -
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