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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, William Samuels wrote:

quoted 2 lines Also is there any word on when the 4 Hero remix of John Coltrane's -

> Also is there any word on when the 4 Hero remix of John Coltrane's - > 'Naima' is due for release. Sounds interesting.

That sounds about as interesting as Kenny G overdubbing himself over Louis Armstrong. Tell me this is a joke. The Laswell Miles Davis dub thing was pushing it, but at least it wasn't completely out of left field like a 'Naima' remix. I have severe doubts that 4 Hero are in the same league as Coltrane, and I find it downright offensive of them to take it upon themselves to rework a MASTERPIECE. What a bunch of fucking jerks. If Coltrane was still alive, I really doubt he'd want people remixing his songs. I'm really surprised they got the rights to do it (but the label probably owns all the rights anyway.) Fans of "Naima" should check out "Amian" which is (obviously) "Naima" played backwards, the melody, the changes, everything, it's cool. He did it because he was under contract with Atlantic but recorded this one on a date for Prestige. I prefer the Impulse! recordings myself, he was a lot better after he got off heroin, IMO. .Bil. soy una fotocopiadora. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org