TALKIN' ALL THAT JAZZ



last weekend i was hangin' out with my boy dj shadow, diggin' for beats at some swap meet somewhere and i came across this amazing record:

sacramento high school jazz band class of 1977

in mint sealed condition. i bought it cuz it seemed like a funny thing to have and plus it cost only 50 cents. the front cover is a black and white photo of sac high, with the jazz band superimposed up in the trees. i didn't really get around to listening to it until last night when i finally busted it out. holly smokes! the first track i played was a cover of the getz/gilberto classic "girl from ipanema" 100% funk-a-fied. other songs were classics like herbie hancock's "chameleon". the rhythm section was superb, and the horn section sounded like what you would expect from a high school jazz band.