Why is no one excited about this?? I hope that when it comes out it creeps into the grammy's like that time that Tony Bennett won album of the year and took it from all the kiddie performers

Jazz is where Prince should stay from now On... the pop crap/elevator music he's doing needs to go... he should stick to funk/r&b/rock/Jazz

Same goes for Mariah, but she's such a stupid air-head she has no clue (thats another subject)

tat2s said:

hey I read elevator music wasnt always frowned upon. what happened

tat2s said:

oh yeah, because Prince's idea of jazz in 2009 is Elixer and Bria's album is setting the whole damn world on fire isn't it?

and his jazz offerings earlier this decade (C-NOTE, Xpectation, NEWS) were the EPITOME of elevator music. pleasant, well-played elevator music, but still...

Link, please, to confirm this.

And, I'm not sure this would be a good pairing. Anita's productions tend to have a warmth and sophistication to them that I don't see Prince being able to replicate in a way that'd be true to her sound.

To that end, I think Prince should stay far away from jazz. He's a great musician but he's a far way from being a jazz master.
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ThreadBare said:

U BETTER GET OUT OF THIS SITE BEFORE WE WHIP YO ASS...
ADMINS!!! ADMINS!!!

hahahaha but 4 real u crazy, P is all about sophistication.

tat2s said:

Noooo, not when it comes to production and engineering. Not in recent years.
To be fair, some of the tracks on Elixer have a sophisticated production feel to them, but those are few and far between for P.

On Anita's and Sade's work, sophistication and nuance come standard.

And, I'd love for you to tell me where you think P stacks among jazz artists and producers like Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Joshua Redmon, Dennis Chambers, Meshell Ndegeocello, Marcus Miller, Terence Blanchard and Birelli Lagene...

ThreadBare said:

boi I will bitch slap u imma really call the admins now!!! admins!!! admins!!! admins!!!!

I for one CHAMPION this idea. All u folks saying that Prince is weak in the "Jazz" realm.....
-What about Madhouse 8 & 16???? Both Jazz/Funk CLASSICS!!!!!
-He has some of the MOST INCREDIBLE Jazz/Funk musicians at his disposal, who could give this project CLASSIC status "out tha box":
-Sheila E. (who got her start w/George Duke)
-Maceo Parker (NOTHING needs to be said!!!!)
-Eric Leeds
-Renato Nato
-Mike Phillips
-Rhonda Scott
-Michael B.
-Sonny T.
.....and so on & so on!!!!!

ThreadBare said:

Yeah, that'd be nice.

Question: Is there minimum age one must be to join this site?

woogiebear said:

Uhm.

No.

ThreadBare said:

pulls up a chair next to ThreadBare and waits for answer

Rogue588 said:

He mentions it during Part 2 of the Tavis Smiley interview.

tat2s said:

You are in Music: Non-Prince now, not Prince: Music & More. We aren't the purple Kool-Aid drinking bunch

I'll reserve judgment for now. I'll take what I can get from either of them.

novabrkr said:

Agreed.
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JackieBlue said:

Same here. Knowing Prince it may never happen.

purplecam said:

Yeah...that Christina Agulera and Lenny Kravitz tracks / albums didnt come out...however I would liek to hear ANita & Prince...but I just think it will end up another set of tunes in the vault....I got excited..but I refrained myself immediatley

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Both Madhouse records are boring and uninspired.

Jazz lives of different musicians feeding of each other's playing.
That is not possible when one sole musician records the entire album by himself (with the exception of the sax).

Let's face it, Prince is not a Jazz musician, and most of his attempts to play Jazz usually end up being pretty embarrassing. And you know what? It's okay that he's not Jazz musician. He has many other musical qualities.

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SilverlakePhil said:

Thanks. Had not seen it before this thread.

woogiebear said:

classics? only in the prince world, baby. not in the real world.

woogiebear said:

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sassybritches said:

I'm sayin'. Why can't people be content with the idea that Prince is a highly talented musician and artist and one of the world's greatest entertainers? He doesn't have to be a master of every genre. What's next, Prince is the new Beethoven because he send some tapes back and forth with Clare Fisher?

MrSoulpower said:

dilwithers said:

Something hard to understand? Jazz albums live of the energy created by various musicians playing and improvising together. That's where the name of the genre comes from - jazzin' around.

If you got one person laying down each instrument by himself on a separate track and mix it together, then you got an extremely stale Jazz track. This may work for other musical styles, but it doesn't work for Jazz, because it prohibits the most important artistic element of Jazz - improvisation.

That is going to be something else if it happens. Glad Prince is sharing his gifts and that Anita has a another chance at making memorable music (I bought the last album but never got into it).

MrSoulpower said:

maybe. see how easy it is to say "maybe" or "I think"?

I think if you can have an extremely stale "jazz" track with a group of musicians you can have a good one with just one musician

and where did you come up with that definition for "jazz"?

dilwithers said:

Co-sign.

dilwithers said:

Jazz History 101, back in College.

Yes, you can have a stale track with a group of musicians. But once again, the essence of Jazz is improvisation. And when you record a track on your own, playing all instruments, you limit down improvisation - unless you can play at least four instruments simultaneously (even then it would be boring because the song would lack the creative input of multiple personalities). For that very reason you find very, very few Jazz albums recorded by just one artist (even though many Jazz musicians are multi-instrumentalists). It takes the live out of the song.

Graycap23 said:

Then show me one, just one, influential or important or at least very good Jazz album which was recorded by just one musician, playing all instruments. Just one.