Root Down (And Get It)

Jimmy Smith · 1972 · Titre-phare, échantillonné par les Beastie Boys

Context

Live album recorded in 1972 in Los Angeles with a younger group, marked by funk and rock; it reached number 24 on Billboard's jazz chart. The title track, written by Smith, was later sampled by the Beastie Boys.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Sagg Shootin' His Arrow (1972)
• Slow Down Sagg (1972)
• Let's Stay Together (1972)
• Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
• When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1960)
• Minor Chant (1960)

Sources

• EN: Root Down (album)

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