Cortex - Troupeau Bleu

Year : 2019/1975 

Label : Trad Vibe/Disques Espérance 

Genre : Jazz 

Style : Jazz Funk

 

Impossible to find as original issue, the iconic "Troupeau Bleu" is a major masterwork of French jazz funk composed by the pianist Alain Mion influenced by Herbie Hancock, Parliament and Sergio Mendes. "Troupeau Bleu" have been sampled so many times since the eighties by the greatest worlwide hip-hop beatmakers from Madlib, Flying Lotus to MF Doom & DJ Cam, and even recent american rap icons such as Tyler The Creator. The album opens on "La Rue", a pure jazz funk piece including the singular tone of songstress Mireille Dalbray, followed by a new reading of popular french song "Colchiques Dans Les Prés" (Automne), the two bewitched latin jazz to samba sauce "L'Enfant Samba" & "Troupeau Bleu", the jazz pop-direction with disco rhythms of "Mary And Jeff", and closes on the psychedelic flights synths of "Madbass".

Cortex - Inédit '79

Year : 2006
Label : Underdog Records
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk

Compilation of unreleased tracks recorded in 1979 by iconic French Jazz-Funk duo, influenced by the jazz funk albums of Herbie Hancock, Earth Wind & Fire, Al Jarreau or Roy Ayers. The band was formed around multi-instrumentists, producer/arranger Alain Mion and drummer/percussionist Alain Gandolfi, who released their most famous work, the debut album "Troupeau Bleu" in 1975 featuring Jean Grevet (eb), Jean-Claude D'Agostini (eg), Jo Pucheu (perc), Alain Labib (as) & Mireille Dalbray (voc). Cortex's albums was an inexhaustible source of samples for Hip-Hop worlwide artists including Tyler The Creator, MF Doom, DJ Cam or J.Dilla. All tracks written, composed and arranged by Alain Mion except "Moanin'" by Bobby Timmons, performed by Alain Mion & Alain Gandolfi.