Track Listing

1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
2. I Got It Goin' On
3. Different Rhythms Different People
4. It's Like That
5. Just Another Brother
6. Cruisin'
7. I Go To Work
8. Tukka Yoot's Riddim
9. Knowledge Of Self
10. Lazy Day
11. Eleven Long Years
12. Make Tracks
13. Dark Side

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8128 in Music
• Released on: 1994-05-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Two DJs had a simple idea: sample their favourite jazz albums to make new dance music. It was very good idea, which took off in the clubs of London in the early 1990s and one that led to a call from the fabled Blue Note Records. The call wasn't to demand royalties but to offer the cellars of the label to the two men. It was an offer they couldn't resist. Teaming up with young musicians such as Gerard Presencer and Steve Williamson they produced Hand On The Torch. With it's astute use of samples, funky groove, cool cut rapping and sense of the sheer joy of jazz, this can count as one of the truly great jazz albums of the 90s. Every track is a stand out and possible single. Included are the two which were hit singles, "Cantaloop (flip fantasia)" and "Tukka Yoot's Riddem". Being fine numbers in themselves, they also introduced a new audience to Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" and Grant Green's "Sookie Sookie", which are the samples for the two numbers respectively. It is this building upon the jazz tradition, creating something contemporary that makes this album so enthralling. --Phil Brett

Customer Reviews

Interesting crossover of Jazz and Hip Hop/Rap
The mixture of Jaz and hip hop is good. This is a good if you just want some decent background music as it is inoffensive and catchy enougth to occasionally draw you in. Cantalopp stands out the best track, but they are all good. The rap seems alright but it does become a little bit repetitive, but then I am not a great fan of rap. I would recomend this to any one looking for something slightly different but with a touch of quality which is somehow missing from much of the chart stuff today. Its also pretty good value.

Funky , groovy and blue
From the start to the end, it's funky, it's groovy and it's somewhat blue. Good tracks for parties, yet comfortable enough to play at the background - while you are lying a hot bath. My favourite track has to be "Cantaloop", but I really loce the entire album.