02/27/12: Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show No. 7: High Jazz (2011)

02/27/12: Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show No. 7: High Jazz (2011)

1. Steppin' Into Tomorrow (Prelude) (The Jackson Conti Band)
2. Electronic Dimensions (Generation Match)
3. Pretty Eyes (Jahari Massamba Unit)
4. High Jazz (The Kenny Cook Octet)
5. "Medley: Don't You Worry Bout a Thing (Live at Spear for the Moondog)" (Stevie Wonder & Miles Davis) (Yesterdays New Quintet)
6. Interlude
7. Reality or Dream (The Big Black Foot Band feat The Black Spirits)
8. Drunk Again (Russel Jenkins Jazz Express)
9. Funky Butt, Part 1 (Poyser, Riggins & Jackson)
10. Wonderin'/Nightime (Jahari Massamba Unit)
11. Space & Time (R.M.C.)
12. Conquistador (Yesterdays New Quintet)
13. Tarzan's Theme (The Big Black Foot Band feat. The Black Spirits)
14. Interlude
15. Kimo (Joe McDuphrey Experience)

     Time for another entry from last years "Madlib Medicine Show" project. This is album 7 in the series and features jazz music produced and arranged by Madlib. I was doing my research about this music and apparently Madlib has done Jazz albums before. I know he's a multi-instrumentalist so I am sure he played some of the instruments on each track (not sure what or which tracks) From what I gathered these songs were recorded at a bunch of different times and they are listed here as being recorded by different Madlib aliases. Most of the aliases are Madlib, but I believe there are still a fair share of guest artists and musicians in these recordings.
     This album was actually really great. The recordings span a wide range of modern Jazz music styles as well as adding that hip-hop production and turntableist approach that is very much Madlib's own. Despite being recorded in different sessions at different times, Madlib created an incredibly cohesive and free flowing album. This album seems to be the furthest removed from the rest of the entries in the Medicine Show series that I have heard. If you like Jazz, this is a really unique journey within the Jazz genre that in my opinion is a must listen.  (058)