The Jazz Steppers

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Full Circle 00:00 Tools
Samba For Dais 00:00 Tools
Mellow 00:00 Tools
Give Me The Night 00:00 Tools
Feelin' U 00:00 Tools
Feeling U 00:00 Tools
A-L-J 00:00 Tools
Pull Together 00:00 Tools
Miles Per Hour 00:00 Tools
Take It Slow 00:00 Tools
To The Bone 00:00 Tools
L.A. Drive 00:00 Tools
Inside Your Eyes 00:00 Tools
Wait A While 00:00 Tools
Bella Lisa 00:00 Tools
The Next Step 00:00 Tools
Octaves Apart 00:00 Tools
Reflections 00:00 Tools
Something Else 00:00 Tools
Jazz Steppin' 00:00 Tools
Get Up! 00:00 Tools
Ahead Only 00:00 Tools
Thinking 'Bout You 00:00 Tools
Get Up 00:00 Tools
In Flight Fonk 00:00 Tools
Nafisa - Interlude 00:00 Tools
Samba For Dais - The Jazz Steppers 00:00 Tools
End Of Story - Interlude 00:00 Tools
Nafisa (Interlude) 00:00 Tools
End Of Story (Interlude) 00:00 Tools
Jazz Steppin 00:00 Tools
End Of Story 00:00 Tools
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The Jazz Steppers are Dean Mark, Klay Dumas-Copas and Pat Leacock, all being veterans in the jazz world. On their debut, Get Up!, they succesfully mix some fine jazz with electronic elements and programmed beats. The sax on the title track is deliberately off-kilter during the first minutes, but then the track evolves in a smooth jazz jam (almost Candy Dulfer-style). "Wait a While" is extremely mellow, fantastic to listen to after a hard day, while the highlight "Samba for Dais" adds a bouncy samba beat and some impressive acoustic guitar and keyboard solos. Other tracks utilize cool hiphop beats, such as "Miles Per Hour" and the warm "Mellow" featuring beautiful saxophone work by Jake Telford. "Something Else", "Ahead Only" and "In Flight Fonk" veer towards fusion but never give up the melodic strengths (the latter switches gracefully between smooth jazz and fusion). "Thinking 'Bout You" offers heavenly keyboard improvisation, but the crème de la crème is saved for "Jazz Steppin'". This track has a driving deep house beat and some nice sampled saxophones. The keyboard and the beat continually keep on building to the awesome breaks. Essential for the nu jazz lover. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.