Here's another album that was sampled heavily:

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Just me with another tribute to the those grooves and the groovemeisters...

The Mizell Brothers



Charles Stepney



Weldon Irvine



and airbody else in that soul/jazz funked it up,



Written off by Jazz Purists from the late 60's through the early 80's, This Music was wrought by the likes of the Mizell Brothers( Larry and Fonce), working with artists like Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz.. also music Maestro Charles Stepney and his work with Minnie Riperton, Rotary Connection, Tery Callier , Ramsey Lewis and of course, Earth Wind and Fire. Roy Ayers ruled the college airwaves, as well as The Crusaders, Ronnie Laws, and Emuir Deodato... Keyboardists like Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Dexter Wansel, Patrice Rushen, Lonnie Liston Smith, and Bob James were exploring the crosscurrents as well, up to Weldon Irvine and his Jamaica Queens, NYC disciples like Don Blackman, Bernard Wright, Tom Browne, and Lenny White. But between jazz purists' disdain, the conservative neo-Bop movement of the 80's, and the disco backlash of the same period, (not to mention the rise of the more vapid Smooth Jazz trends), alot of this music started to get left in the cut out bins. Other than die-hard fans and collectors, the music was largely forgotten--- The general public sure wasn't looking for it. But overtime, DJs and beatmakers started panning for gold, and found it in these electric grooves. Today you hear either the samples themselves or their direct influence thriving in production by the likes of Dilla, Common, Qtip and Tribe, Bilal, Kanye, 4 Hero, Pharoaoh Munche,, Pharrell, Dwele, Little Brother, Questlove, etc.....














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[Edited 10/15/07 16:42pm]