weekend music: Summer in the City
Posted: January 17th, 2009 | Author: kamau | Filed under: music, music video | Comments OffAs I write this the temperature outside here in New York City is 7 degrees … Fahrenheit. The wind chill is 0 degrees. I have images of warm places firmly planted in my head (Diani beach, midday in February) to avoid trying to wrap my head how cold 0 degrees really is. I’ve also been listening to a lot of jazz lately. The cold must then be why I’m trying to link in a single post early 70’s jazz fusion and jazz funk that evokes languid warm days in summer with “golden era” hip hop that was inspired by 70’s jazz funk and jazz fusion.
“Summer in the City” by Quincy Jones (audio only)
“Passin’ Me By” by The Pharcyde [YouTube] (contains sample from “Summer in the City”).
“Red Clay” by Freddie Hubbard (audio only)
“Sucka Niggas” by A Tribe Called Quest [YouTube] (contains sample from Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard).
“Where I’m From” (remix) by Digable Planets
