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Eddy Louiss - Cantaloupe (Fox Binaire) (Cantaloupe Island, Herbie Hancock Cover) (Soul-Jazz)

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Channel: CoverVerse · 2012 · Music

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From '' Eddy Louiss ''
Label: Barclay – 920.128
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: France
Released: 1968

Tracklist
A1 Mazurka Cacodou (Mazurka)
Written-By – Eddy Louiss
A2 Colchiques (Lent)
Written-By – Traditional
A3 Flomela (Medium)
Written-By – Traditional
A4 St. Louis Blues (Médium)
Written-By – W. C. Handy
B1 Tout Pitit (Biguine)
Written-By – Pierre Louiss
B2 Cantaloupe (Fox Binaire)
Written-By – Herbie Hancock
B3 African's Moment (Melopée)
Written-By – Eddy Louiss
B4 Les Anges Noirs (Slow)
Written-By – Andres Eloy Blanco
B5 Clift (Fox Medium)
Written-By – Clifford Jordan

Arranged By, Music Director – Eddy Louiss (tracks: A2 to A4)
Arranged By – Ivan Jullien (track: B4)

Bass – Luigi Trussardi (tracks: A2 to A4)
Drums – Jean-Louis Viale (tracks: A2 to A4)
Trumpet – Ivan Jullien (track: B4)

Liner Notes – Claude Dejacques
Photography By – Jean-Pierre Leloir

Producer, Engineer – Yves Chamberland

Notes
Jean-Louis Viale & Luigi Trussardi are not credited on Track A3.
This information comes from the Flomela cd.


🎵 [SONG INFO]

"Cantaloupe Island" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock and recorded for his 1964 album Empyrean Isles during his early years as one of the members of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet. It is one of the very first examples of a modal jazz composition set to funk style groove. The musicians for the original 1964 recording were: Hancock (piano), Freddie Hubbard (cornet), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams (drums).

Awards

"Cantaloupe Island" was recently named no.19 in the Jazz24.org list of 100 quintessential jazz songs of all time.

Covers

El Chicano covered "Cantaloupe Island" on their 1970 album titled Viva Tirado.
The song was one of nine songs released on this initial album, which included the number one hit "Viva Tirado".

Other samples and covers

The song was sampled by the group Us3 on their song "Cantaloop", and has been used as bumper music on National Public Radio.
Versions have been recorded by many artists, including:
Hugh Masekela,
Brian Bromberg,
Poncho Sanchez,
Donald Byrd,
Pat Metheny,
Jean-Luc Ponty,
Tanghetto,
Jack DeJohnette,
Yonderboi
and Milton Nascimento.

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