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Koop: Waltz for Koop
ByMusicians such as DJ Spooky would melt together hip-hop and various genres with jazz, but they sound more like an extension of hip-hop than anything else. The tracks on here actually sound like great jazz! Since the day Herbie Hancock started mixing and experimenting with electronics in jazz on the genre destroying Future Shock , music would never be the same. Taking the new genre of hip-hop and releasing "Rockit" defined a whole new look at jazz. Koop have taken this experiment full circle. Instead of sounding like something entirely different -like Hancock's work- it pays tribute to the old school players and sounds.
What is interesting is that Koop realizing how many jazz fans feel about any type of fusion, they consider this to be an electronica release, but it is much more, it's the next level of jazz-fusion.
Track Listing
1. Waltz For Koop Feat.Cecilia Stalin
2. Tonight Feat. Mikael Sundin
3. Baby Feat. Cecilia Stalin
4. Summer Sun Feat. Yukimi Nagano
5. Soul For Sahib
6. Modal Mile Feat. Earl Zinger
7. In A Heartbeat Terry Callier
8. Relaxin' At Club F****n
9. Bright Nights Feat. Yukimi Nagano
Enhanced DVD:
1. Summer Sun (Video)
2. Glomd (Video)
3. Summer Sun (Markus Enochson Remix)
4. Relaxin' At Club F****n (Dorfmeister vs Madrid de los Austrias Version)
Personnel
Oscar Simonsson
Magnus Zingmark
Dan Berglund - Bass
Martin Hoper - Bass on Baby
Ola Bothzen - Bongos
Magnus Lindgren - Reeds and Flutes
Mattias Stahl - Vibes
Album information
Title: Waltz for Koop | Year Released: 2002 | Record Label: Quango