![]() ![]() Reissues Supervised by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for CTI/Kuduīesides working with some of the all-time best jazz drummers (from Osie Johnson, during the Bethlehem years in the Fifties, to Grady Tate in the Sixties, Jack DeJohnette in the Seventies, Ndugu in the Eighties, and Dennis Chambers in the Nineties), producer Creed Taylor also frequently recruited the services of the three most versatile drummers ever: Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd and Idris Muhammad. Idris Muhammad: "House of the Rising Sun" ![]() Liner Notes written by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for the Japanese CD reissues of ![]() Cole "Crab Apple" sampled by Biggie Smalls, Too Short, 2Pac, Mary J Blige & Grand Puba "Say What" sampled by NAS, EPMD, Eminem & LL Cool J. P.S.: Idris is one of the most sampled drummers of all times: "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" sampled by Drake, Lupe Fiasco & J. Johnson/Kai Winding, Hank Crawford, Eric Gale, Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington Jr. Not to mention Idris' disco hit "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" (from his third Kudu album, "Turn This Mutha Out"), the fantastic DVD with Ahmad Jamal ("Live in Baalbeck"), Roberta Flack's monster hit "Killing Me Softly," Lou Donaldson's best-selling Blue Note LP and acid-jazz anthem "Alligator Bogaloo," the original "Hair" soundtrack, Nat Adderley's masterpiece "Calling Out Loud" (with Joe Zawinul), Bob James' signature song "Angela," the successful albums with John Scofield, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, Grant Green, the CTI All Stars, Paul Desmond, J.J. Masterpiece), Raul de Souza ("Soul & Creation"), and Bob James' "One" (that superb version of "Feel Like Making Love"). He played in dozens of albums I love, mainly Luizīonfa's "Jacaranda" (I also produced the first CD reissue of this In as many compilations as possible, from "CTI Acid Jazz Grooves" to "A And I used to include tracks from Idris' albums Reissue ever of "House of The Rising Sun" (for CTI in Japan, and al so One of my all-time favorite drummers passed away: Idris Muhammad.īack in 2001, I was blessed with the chance to produce the first CD ![]()
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