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Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 1996 04Total Time: 60:22Type: Collection (various artists), InstrumentalGenre: Jazz
Review One of many jazz-rap fusion projects of the mid-'90s, The New Groove found top hip-hop acts of the time -- including Diamond D.,
Guru ,
the Roots , and
Spearhead -- remixing and revamping classic tracks by legendary jazz artists like
Donald Byrd , Lonnie Smith, and
Bobby Hutcherson . Though far from a novel concept even then, the album works better than most similar projects thanks to the talents of the parties involved. The Angel's version of Byrd's "Kofi," which features silky-smooth rhymes from up and coming female MC
Mystic , proves one of the album's high points, as does DJ Smash's ultra-funky, violin-heavy update of
Stevie Wonder 's "Living for the City." But almost all of the tracks work well, pointing out the direct lines connecting the groovy hipness of jazz with the best of modern hip-hop. ~ Bret Love, All Music Guide
Tracks
Credits The Ummah (Performer), Ronnie Foster (?) , Jacob Krachmalnick (?) , Frank Foster (Piano (Electric)) , Horace Silver (Performer) , Ugonna Okegwa (Vocals) , Ernie Watts (Flute) , Noel Pointer (Performer) , Dave Troncoso (Bass) , Bobby Matos (Percussion) , Jacky Terrasson (?) , Nick Smith (Keyboards) , Louis Russell (Guitar) , Pamela Goldsmith (?) , Large Professor (Remixing) , Diamond D (?) , Large Professor (Producer) , Marcus Printup (Trumpet) , Claude Bartee, Jr. (Sax (Tenor)) , Michael Frondelli (Remixing) , Justin Gordon (Woodwind) , Frank Foster (Sax (Tenor)) , DJ Smash (Producer) , Sam T. Brown (Guitar) , Jason Arnold (Digital Editing) , Michael Franti (Vocals) , Ugonna Okegwa (Guitar (Acoustic)) , Donald Byrd (Performer) , Dr. Lonnie Smith (Organ) , Jerome Richardson (Sax (Soprano)) , Dave Valentin (Flute) , Bobby Bryant (Trumpet) , LG Experience (?) , Liz Mercado (Assistant Engineer) , Joe Zawinul (Keyboards) , Nat Adderley (Cornet) , William Bivens (Vibraphone) , Mark Shim (Sax (Tenor)) , Jacky Terrasson (Organ (Hammond)) , George Duvivier (Bass) , Cannonball Adderley (Performer) , Gene Harris (Piano) , Racer X (Producer) , The Roots (Performer) , Ray Fuller (Guitar) , ?uestlove (Drums) , Bobby Hutcherson (?) , Maurice Spears (Trombone (Bass)) , Ronnie Laws (Flute) , Easy Mo Bee (Producer) , Trinna Simmons (Vocals) , Arthur Jenkins (Conga) , Bernard Kundell (?) , Tom Scott (Woodwind) , Bill Harvey (Vocals) , Keith Thompson (Liner Notes) , Sylvester Goshay (Drums) , DJ Smash (?) , Cokni ODire (Scratching) , Gene Harris (?) , The Mystic (Arranger) , Tom Girling (Assistant Engineer) , Gerry Vince (?) , Cannonball Adderley (Saxophone) , Omar Clay (Percussion) , George Devons (Vibraphone) , Ronnie Laws (?) , Bobby Hutcherson (Arranger) , Large Professor (?) , Ralph MacDonald (Percussion) , Horace Silver (Piano) , Wally Traugott (Mastering) , Eddie Cano (Piano) , Edgar Lustgarten (?) , DJ Smash (Remixing) , Dr. Lonnie Smith (?) , Jerome Richardson (Sax (Alto)) , Ernie Watts (Sax (Tenor)) , Luis Russell (Guitar) , The Angel (Performer) , Larry Dunn (Synthesizer) , Dave Grusin (Piano (Electric)) , Donnie Beck (Bass) , Bob Berg (Sax (Tenor)) , Dr. Lonnie Smith (Vocals) , Ronnie Foster (Performer) , Jerome Richardson (Flute) , Melvin Robinson (Guitar) , Ronnie Laws (Vocals (Background)) , Rudy Calzado (Percussion) , Horace Silver (?) , Grant Green (Guitar) , Bobby Hutcherson (Vibraphone) , More Rockers (Bass) , Cannonball Adderley (?) , Diamond D (Performer) , Bobby Hutcherson (Marimba) , Michael Franti (Performer) , Steven Guittierrez (Drums) , Steve Gadd (Drums) , Rudy Jones (Sax (Tenor)) , Blue Mitchell (Trumpet) , Noel Pointer (?) , Oscar Brashear (Flugelhorn) , Constance Pressman (?) , Francisco Centeno (Guitar (Electric)) , P.R. Brown (Design) , The Mystic (Vocals) , Ronnie Cuber (Sax (Baritone)) , Ugonna Okegwa (Bass (Acoustic)) , Will Lee (Bass (Electric)) , Ronnie Foster (Organ) , Bobby Lyle (Piano) , Mark Isham (Sax (Tenor)) , Jacky Terrasson (Piano (Electric)) , Dawn Beckman (Vocals) , Ronnie Laws (Sax (Alto)) , Spearhead (Performer) , John Lowe (Woodwind) , Earl Klugh (Guitar) , Dale Oehler (Arranger) , Joe Quinde (Remixing) , The Angel (Producer) , Tom Harrell (Trumpet) , Jacky Terrasson (Piano) , Diamond D (Remixing) , Larry McGee (Guitar) , Ron Carter (Bass) , P.R. Brown (Art Direction) , Al Foster (Drums) , Jazzyfatnastees (Vocals) , Dave Grusin (Arranger) , Karen Jones (?) , Brian Pugsley (Remixing) , Gordon Edwards (Bass (Electric)) , Marshall Sosson (?) , Jimmy Johnson (Drums) , Johnny Paloma (Percussion) , Easy Mo Bee (Remixing) , DJ Smash (Performer) , Tracy Moore (Vocals) , Nick Smith (Keyboard Bass) , Michael Franti (Producer) , Dianne Reeves (Vocals) , Donald Byrd (?) , Bobby Hutcherson (Performer) , Ras I. Zulu (Vocals) , The Roots (?) , Gene Bertoncini (Guitar) , More Rockers (Drums) , The Angel (Arranger) , Cokni ODire (Sampling) , Dave Grusin (Synthesizer) , Jacky Terrasson (Performer) , Joseph Armstrong (Conga) , Easy Mo Bee (?) , Large Professor (Performer) , Eric Lynch (Remixing) , James B. Mansfield (Remixing) , Katisse Buckingham (Flute) , Cornell Dupree (Guitar) , Grant Green (Performer) , Ronnie Laws (Performer) , Diamond D (Producer) , Oscar Brashear (Trumpet) , Leon Parker (Drums) , Wade Marcus (Arranger) , Bobby Bryant (Flugelhorn) , Michael Wong (Photography) , Spearhead (?) , Josh Chervokas (Remixing) , James Blackwell (Assistant Engineer) , Arlynne Page (Vocals) , Easy Mo Bee (Performer) , Frederick Waits (Drums) , The Ummah (?) , Patrick Smith (Production Coordination) , Kathleen Lenski (?) , Gene Harris (Performer) , More Rockers (Programming) , Guru (?) , Dino Zervous (Remixing) , Donald Byrd (Trumpet) , Gene Bianco (Harp)
