Music Evolution

Buckshot LeFonque

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 Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,197 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here We Go Again

2. Music Evolution

3. Wasineveritis

4. James Brown, Pt. 1 & 2

5. Another Day

6. Try These On

7. Buckshot Rebuttal

8. My Way (Doin' It)

9. Better Than I Am

10. Paris Is Burning

11. Jungle Grove

12. Weary With Toil

13. Black Monday

14. Phoenix

15. Samba Hop

16. ...And We Out

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

While he releases his straight-ahead jazz projects under his own name, Branford Marsalis pursues his fusion experiments under the group name of Buckshot LeFonque, even though he's the only consistent member from track to track. Marsalis and such jazz colleagues as trumpeter Russell Gunn, keyboardist Joey Calderazzo, saxophonist David Sanborn and bassist Ben Wolfe seem to be having great fun as they run changes over the funk beat of "James Brown," the hip-hop loops of "Try These On," the Latin-jazz heat of "Jungle Groove" and the harder-than-hard-bop on the untitled, hidden bonus track. The album stumbles, however, when it tries to come to terms with words, as it does on eight of the 13 full-length numbers. There's some marvelous music in the background of these songs--the rhythmic punch of hip-hop linked to the harmonic imagination of be-bop-but it's hard to get past the awkward wordplay dominating the foreground. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	"ahills" (massachusetts) - See all my reviews

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 Tight, September 10, 2003

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

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funk-de-fined!, July 16, 2007

By	Alan C. Roberts "hearmuff" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Pop this in, go for a spin, and do it again!