High Jazz (Vinyl LP)

Madlib Medicine Show #7: High Jazz is an all-new Madlib jazz production. High Jazz, the name itself a tribute to the landmark jazz-fusion album released by Stanton Davis's Ghetto Mysticism in 1976, shows a marked development in Madlib's craft. Since the introduction of Madlib's Yesterdays New Quintet releases nearly a decade ago, the producer's core group of musicians and collaborators (known collectively as "Yesterdays Universe") has grown by the dozens. The notoriously elusive, publicity-shy and anti-commercial ethic of the group has kept many of the recordings from every being released, while others have been pressed anonymously, kept within the group or distributed only among private collectors. Among the newly released tracks on High Jazz are a collaboration with extraordinary jazz/hip-hop drummer/producer Karriem Riggins - together they make up Jahari Masamba Unit; the debut of groups Generation Match, The Big Black Foot Band, and RMC, a Madlib, Riggins & James Poyser collab; and a 15-minute live piece by Yesterdays New Quintet (recorded at a secret show in 2000). The 15-track album runs a total of 61 minutes.

Tracklist

1 Steppin’ Into Tomorrow - The Jackson Conti Band
2 Electronic Dimensions - Generation Match
3 Pretty Eyes - The 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) - Yesterday’s New Quintet
6 Interlude - Madlib
7 Reality or Dream (Feat. The Black Spirits) - The Big Black Foot Band
8 Drunk Again - Russell Jenkins Jazz Express
9 Funky Butt, Part 1 - Poyser, Riggins & Jackson
10 Wonderin’/Nightime - The Jahari Massamba Unit
11 Space & Time - r.m.c
12 Conquistador - Yesterday’s New Quintet
13 Tarzan’s Theme (Feat. The Black Spirits) - The Big Black Foot Band
14 Interlude - Madlib
15 Kimo - Joe McDuphrey Experience