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...coming up on the new millennium. It's time to tamper with things," says Christian McBride, a 27-year-old bass player who has recorded with everyone from Betty Carter to Diana Krall. A Family Affair (Verve), his third album as a leader, was released last summer. It includes some smart electric tunes (though listeners who actually lived through the 1970s may not be eager to reacquaint themselves with the sound of Moog synthesizers) but reaches its peak with an acoustic, rhythmically virtuosic version of the Sly Stone title song that somehow manages to swing while also suggesting the original...
...surprise of the evening. Hoss had flown to Rochester earlier that day to teach and returned to Boston for the concert before traveling to Europe for another show. His passionate playing contained sounds reminiscent of the same African drumbeats that lead to the beginnings of jazz. Lonnie Plaxico on bass, who had lost his waist-length dreds for a shaved look, rounded off the quartet...
...Chemical Brothers. When they hit the Manchester club scene in the early '90s, the two DJs were the Dust Brothers, attracting a cult following at the clubs Naked Under Leather and Most Excellent. Their mixing philosophy and music choice at the time are best described by Rowlands himself, "Big Bass, Big Drums, Siren, Mad." Brother's Gonna Work It Out includes several songs frequently mixed by the Dust Brothers during their early shows. Samples from DBX, Serotonin Project and Dubtribe Sound System all provide glimpses into the past of the Chemical Brothers...
...Work It Out starts off with Willie Hutch's 1973 Motown Records song which lends its title to this album. The song commences the record the same way it kicked off the Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole tour shows: by easing the listener into the complex drum and bass rhythms which are the defining characteristic of Tom Rowlands' and Ed Simons' music. Shortly, a dazzling fusion of "Block Rockin' Beats" and "Not Another Drugstore" dominate the play-back as the well-known beats from the U.K. chart-topper mix with the dope rap lyrics from the song originally found...
...distinct. It should be listened to in its entirety as it's pretty much non-stop mad beats from start to finish. The themes introduced at the end of the first track continue into the second as the familiar vocals blend with a prominently repeated bass riff. A few minutes later, the mix takes on a retro feel while incorporating samples from Kenny Dope, Badder Than Evil and Unique 3. This sound--which mixes several samples and songs together--is omnipresent in Brother's Gonna Work It Out and gives the record its live DJ performance feel. "It's brought...