Cantaloupe Island
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| "Cantaloupe Island" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Herbie Hancock | |
| from the album Empyrean Isles | |
| Released | 1964 |
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Genre | Modal jazz |
| Length | 5:33 |
| Label | Blue Note Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Herbie Hancock |
| Music video | |
| Cantaloupe Island (Remastered) 1999 on YouTube | |
"Cantaloupe Island" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock and recorded for his 1964 album Empyrean Isles[1] during his early years as one of the members of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet. Hancock later recorded a jazz-funk fusion version of the track, as Cantelope Island, on his 1976 album Secrets.
Musicians
[edit]The musicians for the original 1964 recording were: Hancock (piano), Freddie Hubbard (cornet), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams (drums).[2] The 1976 recording featured Bennie Maupin (saxophone), Wah Wah Watson (guitar), Paul Jackson (bass), and James Levi (drums).
Samples
[edit]The jazz rap group Us3 sampled "Cantaloupe Island" in their song "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)", from their album Hand On the Torch (1993). "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" was recorded as a demo a year before the group's first release. but in the US, "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" reached, No. 21 on the R&B Single Sales chart No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's only top 40 single.[3] It did not chart initially in their native UK, but after its US success, it was subsequently re-released in UK where it peaked at No. 23.[4] "Cantaloop" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 25, 1994, for selling over 500,000 copies.
Awards
[edit]In 2000, "Cantaloupe Island" placed at #19 in the Jazz24.org "Jazz 100: One Hundred Quintessential Jazz Songs".[5]
In popular culture
[edit]A 1994 computer game Transport Tycoon includes parts of Cantaloupe Island.[6]
The track is featured in the Woody Allen's film Coup de chance released in 2023.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Ouellette, Dan (2005). "Hancock goes beyond Jazz". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 43. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 641. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 599.
- ^ "Official Charts Company: Us3". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ "The Jazz 100". jazz24.org. 2000.
- ^ Sawyer, Chris. "Is the music used in Transport Tycoon available as MIDI files?". Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (4 September 2023). "'Coup de Chance' Review: Woody Allen's Drama of Upper-Middle-Class Murder Is His Best Movie Since 'Blue Jasmine' (or Maybe 'Match Point')". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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