Music Evolution

Buckshot LeFonque, Branford Marsalis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 1, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002BJ4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MiniDisc
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,754 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here We Go Again

2. Music Evolution

3. James Brown, Pt. 1 & 2

4. Another Day

5. Try These On

6. My Way (Doin' It)

7. Better Than I Am

8. Jungle Grove

9. Weary With Toil

10. Black Monday

11. Phoenix

12. Samba Hop

13. ...And We Out

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tight, September 9, 2003

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Strogie "rochstar" (South Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music Evolution (Audio CD)

Tight is what it is. The rhythmn section is locked on every groove, from straight ahead to rap. The improvisation is fiery. There's a ton of attitude on every track. Branford displays a musical genius in his work that is undeniable; that goes for all of his records, including this one. But if you could break free of all the labels regarding form and category, and just make an album of kickin' music, what would you do? I think that's what Mr. Marsalis may have asked himself before venturing off on this one. In my opinion, he hit it way out of the park. It doesn't have to be jazz, rap, techno-absurd or anything else. It just has to be right. And tight. This one makes it on both levels. Get into it, and it will get into you.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome blend of jazz and hip hop!, August 8, 2000

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"ahills" (massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music Evolution (Audio CD)

This is one of the most incredible CDs I've ever heard. Marsalis has done an excellent job of blending his wonderful jazz sound with complex beats. Not only are the melodies good, but the improvisation by Marsalis, Calderazzo, Gunn, Sanborn, and the rest bring this CD to a whole other level. This CD shows that this talent covers numerous genres of music. From the up-tempo, intricate Jungle Grove, to the slow, moving Pheonix, to the heavy, My Way (Doin' It); the music never loses its good sound. It's been one of my favorite CDs for the three years that I've had it. I deffinatly recommend it to anyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music, whether you call it jazz, fusion, rap, R&B, January 11, 2007

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Larry Ketchersid "author of Software by the K... (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Evolution (Audio CD)

This is one of those rare albums that you want to listen to over and over again, where you keep hearing new pieces you never heard before.

Like on the track "James Brown Part I and II": Carl Burnett's starting guitar, followed by a drum machine? then the horns, with Branford on tenor and David Sanborn on Alto, point/counter point all the way through. One of my favorite driving songs. Then part II goes into record scrachin' rappin'....then back to the horns. Fantastic.

"Another Day" slows it down, smooth. Then "Try These On" is one of the best mixes of jazz, rap, everything, that I've heard...always with Branford's horn.

"Samba Pop" starts out with a descriptive lyric: "Even if it's jazz in the quiet storm/Bebop converted in a hip hop form". That describes this track perfectly.

And don't miss the unnamed unmarked bonus track (#17 on the CD)...a very tight 4+ minute jazz tune.

I keep wishin' for a 3rd Buckshot album. How 'bout it, Branford? PLEASE!