Houdini’s – Unleashed And Remixed

Tracklist

• 1. Blue Ribbon Jury
• 2. Fat Groupie
• 3. The Emergendizer
• 4. Orvathology
• 5. Catch 22 Hot
• 6. Hybrid
• 7. No More Yesterdays
• 8. My Lost Hand Crumbles
• 9. Brads Feast
• 10. Unleashed
• 11. Catch 22 Hot (The Jazzinvaders Remix)
• 12. My Lost Hand Crumbles (Eddie Roberts Remix)
• 13. Fat Groupie (Lack Of Afro Remix)
• 14. Blue Ribbon Jury (Buscemi Remix)
• 15. Orvathology – Natural Self Remix
• 16. No More Yesterdays (Gianni De Luca Remix)
• 17. The Emergendizer (AIFF Remix)
• 18. Brads Feast (Nostalgia 77 Remix)
• 19. Unleashed (Solo Moderna Remix)
• 20. Hybrid (Diesler Remix)

Released: 2007-05-01

Notes

It was in the beginning of the 90’s that I started to get interested in jazz music. I began listening to all this Blue Note classics by Art Blakey, Hank Mobley and Donald Byrd. I was also looking for live music in different jazz clubs but almost every concert was a disappointment. The Dutch jazz musicians weren’t into the hard bop sound I liked. I gave it one more try with this new group called The Houdini’s. I read their story and they had just recorded an album with the famous Blue Note producer Rudy Van Gelder. The man with the sound I loved so much. Well, they blew my mind! What power, what energy! The Houdini’s showed me that jazz was all about fun. This was the live sound I had been looking for. These guys were like a rock ‘n roll band playing jazz. I have been a fan ever since and they have kept growing and developing their music, releasing other great albums. In 2001 I started doing some gigs with them and I formed The Jazzinvaders with two of the members. In 2007 we got together to work on a project together. You’re now looking at the result. An album on which we wanted to go back to the Houdini’s roots. I think we succeeded in getting that powerful energy of their great live sound on tape. To make this project even bigger I asked a couple of my favourite producers to give their interpretation of the tracks. What a big surprise! It shows that the material of the Houdini’s is funky, danceable and irresistible.

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