David Axelrod

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If you're a hip-hop head and think you've never heard the music of David Axelrod, you're probably unknowingly lying. The jazz and funk musician is perhaps one of the most frequently sampled in hip...



David Axelrod

Largely self-taught in classical music, David Axelrod is best known for his production work at Capitol Records, with Lou Rawls and Cannonball Adderley; the latter who asked specifically for his services. Mr. Axelrod has earned one Grammy with five nominations, and has seven gold records (I jacked this info from the Marchin’ liner noters), yet he still he remains curiously obscure. Real jazz enthusiasts might recognize the name from his early West Coast jazz work, such as Harold Land’s The Fox, which was a landmark record that proved that not all West Coast jazz was lightweight. The album was also a big break for Axelrod as a producer, who was previously assigned to crank out a few records for a small label that was basically a tax write-off.

Why are beatheads interested in him? you ask. Well, first of all Axe was fond of drums, plain and simple. From classic, live-room breakbeats (see Songs of Innocence and “Tensity") to the slicker, studio beats (see Seriously Deep and Gene Ammons), drums were usually more-than-an-integral part of his compositions/productions. Unfortunately, his own albums are fairly pricey and hard to come by, especially the first few, Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and Earthrot, the former two being based on the poetry of 18th century poet/radical/visionary William Blake (Axe was a deep soul, you know). They sound like some funky symphonic soundtrack music with butter breakbeats galore (which makes me wonder why he never did any soundtracks other than Cannonball...that I know of).

David Axelrod is known for his great, and sometimes sparse production, having a tendency to open up the music, break it down in parts; nice for sampling, if you’re into that sort of thing. But more importantly, Axelrod was/is an incredible composer, fond of big horn and string stabs, in a style that is no doubt recognizably his own, as one can tell by some of the tracks heard here. Axelrod was and is an American genius, not to mention a visionary. The clips of the tracks heard on this website only give you an indication of some of the beat-like substances he liked to produce (for this website specifically deals with Axelrod on the beat level); therefore it is not an overall perspective of his musical history. You cannot understand, nor appreciate the beauty of his music without listening to some of his solo albums in their entirety.

The Human Abstract
Holy Thursday
The Smile
The Mental Traveler

Courtesy of the David Axelrod Information Society

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