Jazz Dance Come-Up at Thrift
vinylstalker
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Had a half day off yesterday, so I made the thrift rounds.My city has 12 active thrifts, 2 SA's, 2 GW's, 4 SVDP's, and4 NRR ones. This score was at the last one, the biggest SVDP.Anyway, some "moder dance" instructor must of kicked the bucket.--"Advanced Jazz- The Spoken Jazz Class By Art Stone" -Statler 1005. ("Music by The Night Shift with todays sound!", pretty ill Tramp-esque jam w/ braeks, too bad dude talks over it.)--"Jazz Dance Session, Gus Giordano" -Orion LP101--"The Jazz Class, Percussion Trio" -Orion LP108--"Encore Jazz Dance Session w/ G. Giordano" -Orion LP103--"Giants Of Jazz Dance, Johnny Frigo Sextet" -Orion LP109--"Electric Jazz of Gus Giordano, J. Frigo Sextet" -Orion LP117 (YESSSSS!! Finally got this personal grail.)--"Jazz Class by Luigi" -Hoctor HLP4062 (This one aint so hot, has some nice jazz drums, nothing too funky. Its Yello. Anyone know what the good ones are? the thrift has like 8 other Luigi joints.)Also, some 45's:--Little Archie, "I'm a Carpet" Dial Wlp. Funky cut.--Len Woods, "Do it Funky" Revue. Pretty funky, not mindblowing.--Party Brothers, "A&T's Party" CanUsa Wlp. Jamo Thomas prod.O-Dub or others, any help on the Luigi Lp's? I would just go buythem all, but I'm trying to cut down on the garbage....
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I think I've got this one. I like 'relax and last stretch' (or something similar) with the jazzy piano.
Actually, I dj an opening slot for a NOLA trumpeter named David Dunbar
whenever he gigs around here, and I have played Hoctor Jazz Dance tracks
at these gigs. His band members always dig on 'em.
I was reffering to THE Luigi Lp, whatever it is. I have read
somewhere that there is one that is funky and braeky.
Idunno, maybe it was just ebay hype.
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T.N.
I am a die hard JazzDanceInstructoLP afficianado for many years.
I have a good clutch of Statler/Hoctors, but the Orions are somehow
raer around these parts.
Any Orion recomendations appreciated. I have noticed things dont
seem to get funky til the 110's and up, yes?
Sharon Abel brings it, from my memory...Orion steez
still lacking the big one in the middle unfortunately
And is that just a 1-track-er?
So, nobody here can hip me to wich Luigi Lp is the heat????
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No the one on the far right is Chi Jazz Rock. It is an All-But-One-Tracker. Heat-tastic. The middle one is the one with Scorpio which is the only track I've heard off of it.
Luigi has a hot one? I have the jazz class one.. I think I still do anyway.. and the tracks are OK but definitely drum break novelty.
my cover is different. My cover has G.D. in some kinda wrestler
one-piece leotard get-up with some ill cowboy boots on.
From what I can tell, I scored all but the middle one and the one
on the far right.
As for Luigi, aren't all of them called "Jazz Dance Class" of some
sort, and don't they all have the same cover, different color?
And yeah, I know that they are known more for braeks than the music,
but I swear I read that there is one that is an exception.
dam... amazing how frigo pretty much turns up exclusively at thrift stores. i have three orion's and all three came from thrifts around the country.
you're talking about this one:
there's a handful of decent tracks on it, but it pretty much is a one-tracker with the cut being "Gazebo" which is pretty tasty latin jazz w/ a strong buildup.i dig it.
I guess old Jazz-Dance-Instructors don't sell their
records to stores, they just die and their kids dump
all of it at StV.D.P. Sweet for us.
Oh, and you wanna trade me that one for a bunch of
early-2-mid 60's Orions that suck?
i really need to start hitting the thrifts down here a bit more often than i do. thrift store shopping is often when i'm out of town. i've never gone to a thrift in BR... and i pass through there like once a week for work.
cool finds!!!
Don't waste your time!
Really!
Hoctor 4273, I think is the one with break that is on the first Status Breaks. I think the one you got is just as good. I understand they both exsist with and without spoken instructions and count offs. Obviously if you have the spoken instructions you missed out.
I remember them both being acoustic piano and drums, maybe some bass. I thought both records had good moments. There are other good Hoctors. I talked to the drummer once. He spent years drumming with a famous female jazz piano player who's name I can't remember. He only used brushes behind her.
Dan
I need to work on a Jazz-Dance-Heat mix.
Anyone knows if this has been done before?
Most Statler's I have are kiddie joints.
I do have that Afro-Cuban Jazz one that's pretty good.
A jazz dance heat mix would strictly be for geek's sake - after all, what separates jazz dance LPs from library records? They're practically the same thing, just purposed differently. I'm just saying - make a good mix but don't box yourself in with a theme that just seems for the sake of, UNLESS you're coming with the illest fucking jazz dance tunes that no one's ever heard.
wow...i like that cover a lot.
all i have is chicago jazz rock, and it is a damn good record.
is adagio spelled wrong on the label of every copy?
What makes JazzDanceTrax appealing to me as that they were meant
to be DANCED to, and therefore are most often very percussive,
melodically simple, and repetitious. Did somebody say JB?
And I'm not even talking about just JazzDanceDiscs, more about
dance instruction records in general. This then includes all of
the Kimbo, Melody House, Edu. Activities etc...
I dunno, it just seemed like an obvious thing to tie together.
With the right track selection and doubles, it could be a BBoy
dream.
Did you catch the Xian Funk mix at Rehash (I think)?
That was excellent, and was all united by the mere fact that the
songs were Xian, (mostly) obscure, and funky.
Well, I gotta put my money where my mouth is and make a mix.
http://thewaxcrusade.com/jazm.wav
Enjoy!
Peace
T.N.
First track I could do without.
Second track - that's more like it! Raw...
Third track, where's luke vibert? Sounds like some of his stuff, with the tongue in cheek synth and everything.
Luigi Jazz Technique - Dancing from the Inside [ayo!] (with the Freedom Jazz Ensemble) on Roper Records, RRLPS 7007, 1985.
It doesn't sound '85 to me, a few nice breaks (including some 3/4 action).
Please to spill the beans,
what label is this?
yeah... i like that.. what this squirel's name be?
anybody got the jazz dance type record with a cover of holywood swingin on it?
really lo(wer)fi but cool cover. "I always wanted / to get into a band / to sing my song / and become a bad conga playin maaaaaaaan"
rest of that record is ass tho.
Luigi Hoctor 4032 - No spoken instruction. I can put this on and listen all the way through no problem. Acoustic Piano and drums, improvising giving each other lots of room. Not at all loungey, just solid jazz playing. Piano player sounds like how Roberta Flack would sound if she played jazz instrumentals. The drummer, phil Faieta, played for years with Barbra Carroll. He told me she wouldn't let him use sticks, only brushes, so he enjoyed the freedom of playing with Joe Nedwidek for Luigi. I think he told me he remembers playing for Luigi's classes, but didn't remember the recording session. Plenty on here for the creative producer or dj.
Luigi - Hoctor 4062 -No spoken instruction - Not as good a listen. Paino and drums are accompanied by bass, guitar, sax, flute and occasionally strings. Last Stretch is a nice low key funk track with break, wah wah guitar and a sax solo. Just For Kicks is the Status Breaks cut I think, lots of open drums, driving guitar piano and sax. There is a latin cut, some are almost dixieland. The funk cuts are good jazz funk and worth a listen, some other cuts need to be skipped, plenty for the dj and producer.
Dan
Look like some discotech shimmying.
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T.N.
Peace
T.N.