Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
06:13 on Sunday, July 2, 2006
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
09:08 on Friday, July 7, 2006
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
23:54 on Friday, July 7, 2006
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
21:44 on Sunday, July 23, 2006
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myoung23 (32 points)
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R&B, as far as I'm concerned, stands for "rhythm and blues", and it is a broad term for a style of music; it encapsulate many sub-category into the one catergory. The Cuban influences of "Two Shoes", although latin orientated, are still rhythm and blues. However, there many occasions there is fusion. The Cat Empire are predominantly r&b, but also have songs in different styles (as you mentioned with the latin styles, etc). They have also done songs in
Ska - ie: The Chariot, Two Shoes, Saltwater
Trad Greek - ie: Red Wine
"Cities" was really a mixed bag: it had songs written in many different influences in mind. Because of this, the band decided that it contained attributes that are not normally associated with the Cat Empire, and decided to release the album under the name "The Cat Empire Project".
I don't like see songs as hits, as popular taste does not neccessarily reflect on quality of the song. Also, I don't like the use of the word "jazz", because anything can be considered as "jazz". There are many categories of "jazz", and r&b is one of them. So is funk, bebop, bop, fusion, and swing. However, by branding something as "jazz" is too much of a generalisation. In fact, as far as I am concerned, "Jazz" does not really exist anymore: it's just a word that is used to describe the styles of music that have evolved from the work songs and spiritual song sung by black slaves during the 19th Century in America.
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
19:54 on Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
04:00 on Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
04:44 on Saturday, December 30, 2006
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
10:33 on Friday, January 12, 2007
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AdrianS (11 points)
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I didn't know Cat empire were so famous, I'm from Melbourne Australia where they are from and have met these guys playing around in the same scene.
They do have a side project which is a lot more jazz / improvisation oriented, instead of trying to be accessible pop, I don't think they play outside of Melbourne with that one. And there is a lot of good bands there that you can see they got there influences from. One is 'The Hoodangers' which is the best band in the world but doesn't have as wide a commercial appeal, it is a old style jazz band (trumpet, clarinet, trombone /vocals, banjo, bass, drums.) that are influenced by ska and reggae and soul and jazz, and they really use Aussie accents. (Most commercial singers in Australia try to sound american, or can't help sounding American, but if you sound american in Australia, you suck.)
myspace.com/adrianshaw
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
15:15 on Wednesday, June 6, 2007
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Re: Cat Empire jazz and or everything else?
02:42 on Friday, June 29, 2007
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