Mr. Scruff - Jazz Potato

Mr. Scruff (real name Andy Carthy) is a British DJ, electronic musician and artist. He is a native of Stockport, near Manchester, United Kingdom, and studied Fine Art at the Sheffield College of Art.

Carthys DJ name was inspired by his trademark loose-lined drawing style. He has been DJing since 1994, at first in and around Manchester then nationwide in the United Kingdom. He is known for DJing in marathon sets (often exceeding six hours), his eclectic musical taste, his love of a nice cup of tea and the quirky home-produced visuals and animations that are projected on large screens during his gigs.

His debut album, Mr. Scruff, was released on the small Manchester based label Paradise Records. He soon moved to the larger Ninja Tune label, and subsequently released the albums Keep It Unreal and Trouser Jazz. His most notable hit PlayGet a Move On is built around Birds Lament (In memory of Charlie Parker) , and has been used in several commercials ranging from Lincoln and Volvo automobiles to France Télécom and GEICO insurance. All of his albums contain tracks about fish, whales and other sea-life, which cut up recordings of voiceovers from childrens stories and nature documentaries to create surreal and silly stories. His album artwork and music videos are noted for their distinctive cartoony style; many of the cartoons are drawn by Scruff himself.

In late 2004 Mr Scruff released the first of what is intended to be a series of 4, DJ-mixed compilation CDs, called Keep It Solid Steel.

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[bleachiskool1]

this is a song good for top rocking

[calyx06]

chill tune

[TheSingingBrothers56]

This beats is good for beginners in breakdancing.

[Musiquaiser]

Really cool song.When I first heard it I thought it was St Germain!!

[SVRA100]

@HippieDrummer06: ..."instrumental contemporary jazz is usually informed by some combination of a) fusion -- often slickly produced, with an emphasis on rock and funk rhythms; b) pop-jazz, with its almost exclusive concentration on memorable melodies; c) smooth jazz, with its primary goal of creating pleasant, mellow textures; and d) crossover jazz and contemporary funk, with their blend of polished production and R&B influences"

[SVRA100]

@HippieDrummer06 The following is a quote that fits nicely into my reply: "While jazz may be difficult to define, improvisation is clearly one of its key elements. Early blues was commonly structured around a repetitive call-and-response pattern, a common element in the African American oral tradition. A form of folk music which rose in part from work songs and field hollers of rural Blacks, early blues was also highly improvisational. These features are fundamental to the nature of jazz" "

[HippieDrummer06]

@SVRA100 its not contemporary jazz

[SVRA100]

One of the best contemporary Jazz tunes I have ever heard

[Yzuma18]

I really love the cool flow it gives away.

[JesseReith1]

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