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Routes: A Jazz Impressions Podcast – Episode 5

This time we break free of our jazz shackles, tracing a path between the psychedelic folk rock of Crosby, Stills and Nash’s ‘Wooden Ships’ and the ’90s bossa-infused hip-hop of ‘Runnin’ by The Pharcyde. We dive into West Coast rock and rap, the genius of J Dilla and a certain cartoon bird…

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Tracklists below (SPOILERS!)

Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number

Pop fans may be hearing more jazz than they realise. James Brown’s 1967 single ‘Cold Sweat’ is indebted to Miles Davis’ ‘So What’, the opening track on Kind of Blue (1959) – which came full circle when Davis was inspired by Brown’s funky sounds for On the Corner (1972). Van Morrison (who recently became an “antifascist” because he didn’t want to wear a mask) based ‘Moondance’ (1970) on Kenny Burrell’s jazz guitar classic ‘Midnight Blue’ (1963). And the intro of Horace Silver’s ‘Song For My Father’ is lifted verbatim by Steely Dan’s 1974 hit, ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.’

The Horace Silver Quintet – Song For My Father

In October 1963, coinciding with the recent release of his debut album as leader on Blue Note, a young Joe Henderson was scouted by influential pianist Horace Silver to play in a new quintet he was putting together. From the sessions which followed came Song For My Father (1965), Silver’s most famous album and a bona fide Blue Note classic.