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By orangepress

Miller's Maputo

Last night David Sanborn performed 'Maputo' live in Cape Town. The tune was created by Marcus Miller, who has been dubbed the 'Superman of Soul' and declared one of the 10 most influential bass players of the '90s by Bass Player magazine.
He's often credited (or charged, depending on your point of view) with having invented 'smooth jazz', through tracks such as 'Maputo', which he wrote for Bob James and David Sanborn in 1986.
Even though the smooth jazz genre found its origins in the soft side of players like Sanborn and Sample, who performed last night, at the time of making the music Miller and his collaborators felt like "renegades".
Miller said: "We were doing something new, and we were criticised for it. We were told: 'how dare you use drum machines in instrumental music, let alone in jazz music?'"
Here is the link to the tune: http://youtu.be/pzA58UwK0V0

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