Def Jazz

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 9, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B000A2H65A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,218 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely get this album!, January 20, 2006

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Soldier77 "the Cross, then the crown!" (Lanhaml, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Def Jazz (Audio CD)

If you grew up in the times of old school hip hop onward, you will recognize all the tracks on this album. The best cut by far is Slick Rick's "Hey Young World," but every song is good. I gave it four stars because while it's very good, it's not perfect.

I say not perfect because with all the big jazz names on the album(Roy Hargrove, Gerald Albright, Hubert Laws and Rick Braun to name a few), their appearances in the album alone sets the expectation bar pretty high. Although they all did a great job, it wasn't the absolute best work they could put, therefore it was perhaps two or three steps away from being perfect.

The horn arrangement on Jay-Z's "Can I Get A..." struggled to match the energy that the original track is known for. On Method Man's "Bring The Pain," I was looking forward hearing the original beat, but they changed it up some to the point where I couldn't audibly recognize it until the vocals came in. Also, since Rick Braun was on there it would have been good to have Kirk Whalum somewhere on the album too. But that's really the only major flaws I found in the album. "Hey Young World" was perfectly done, even had a go-go/reggae feel to it. "All I Need" was excellent, and they go WAAAAAAYYY back with Oran Juice Jones' "The Rain. It's a really good album. Not perfection, but definitely not a waste of money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Def Jazz Is Good, December 4, 2005

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Kappa With Klass - See all my reviews

This review is from: Def Jazz (Audio CD)

This is a very nice cd with a good mixture of jazz fusion. Those who wrote bad reviews on this obviously are not musically inclined. Yes, I highly recommend this cd and asure you, you will not be disappointed. And no one had to pay me to recognize good music.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressed, December 23, 2005

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R. Tell "bernie" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Def Jazz (Audio CD)

I had heard the Hey Young World song on a jazz station and absolutely loved it. I never imagined that the entire CD would be as good. I could listen to this CD over and over again. If you are in to hip hop, rap and all that, THIS IS NOT the CD for you. But if you like old school songs with a twist of jazz acoustics, you will love this. I recommend it to anyone, it just depends on your taste in music.