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Donald Byrd (135 samples) An early jazz pioneer, this blues trumpeter cut his teeth as side man to many of jazzs greats, having played with the likes of John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. However its Byrds Mizell Brothers era Blue Note releases that have been most heavily sampled with the definitively funky jazz track Think Twice on 1975s Stepping Into Tomorrow sampled mostly in the early 90s by artists such as A Tribe Called Quest and Main Source. Think Twice epitomizes the particular strain of jazz funk for which the Mizell Brothers are famed with its effortless blend of traditional jazz brass instruments with the electric guitar, synthesizer, and the accompanying funk vocals of Kay Haith and Donald Byrd himself. Another notable sampled track is Byrds Flight Time from 1973s Black Byrd. The sound effect of an airplane take-off intermingled with high-register brass was sampled by Public Enemy and more famously Nas. WhoSampled pick Erykah Badus Think Twice 9. Miles Davis (146 samples) Taken from one of the most iconic and renowned jazz albums of all time, Blue in Green from Kind of Blue is Miles Davis most popular tune on WhoSampled. Notably, though, its Bill Evans modal piano accompaniment that attracts the most attention for its romantic melodic phrase in the intro of the piece. Popular French hip-hop group Hocus Pocus replay the piano sample as a backing in 73 Touches with pieces of Davis trumpet as a sporadic accessory to the track. Another notable use of the sample is from the late rapper Proofs Life, produced by J Dilla in 1997. Its also noteworthy to mention that while this is his most popular track, his most sampled track is Bitches Brew with sampling artists like Mobb Deep and Lord Finesse. WhoSampled pick Chi-Ali feat. Trugoy the Doves Roadrunner 8. Nina Simone (148 samples) Nina Simones distinguishable low pitch and dramatic tone places her as the eighth most sampled jazz artist. Her highly popular, and most sampled track Feeling Goodis a Cy Grant cover itself, though Simone immortalized the track in her 1965 release of I Put A Spell On You. Its instantly discernable lyrics and brass riff have been covered or sampled many times since its release. Noteworthy samplers range from Jay Z and Kanye West and Mary J Blige to Wax Tailor. WhoSampled pick Kanye Wests Blood On the Leaves 7. George Benson (176 samples) George Bensons multi-genre 60-year career as a pop vocalist and jazz guitarist gives artists a broad range of sampling opportunities. His most sampled track, Give Me The Night, and his most popular track, The Changing World, on WhoSampled emphasizes the diversity of his playing style. Whilst its the 80s pop-soul of Give Me The Night, that has been sampled most with usage by artists ranging from Breakbot to DJ Jazzy Jeff,Bensons earlier jazz material also

provides rich pickings for sample miners. The drifting fusion sounds of 1974s The Changing World, for example provides the backbone to Commons 1994 anthem I Used to Love H.E.R. WhoSampled pick Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs Love Comes and Goes 6. Lou Donaldson (201 samples) The soulful saxophonist Lou Donaldson composed the first and second most sampled tracks on Blue Note Records. His keen ability in linking gospel-type organ melodies with blues guitars and smooth saxophone solos are well displayed in his most sampled track Ode to Billie Joe from Mr. Shing-A-Ling, another track from which many samplers borrow the clean opening drum break. The crisp snare framed by punchy kicks and characteristic drum roll an can be heard in countless tracks, to name just two: Kanye Wests Jesus Walks and Lauryn Hill and Carlos Santanas To Zion. WhoSampled pick Tha Alkoholics feat. King Tees Likwit 5. Grover Washington, Jr. (241 samples) Grover Washington Jr. is in frequent rotation today for his highly successful collaboration with Bill Withers in Just The Two Of Us, which has accumulated dozens of covers and samples. However, its the drum break in the intro of 1975s Hydra which is his most used sample. Offset by its recognizable bass line, its been used by A Tribe Called Quest, The Notorious B.I.G., and Cypress Hill. WhoSampled pick Black Moons How Many MCs 4. Roy Ayers Ubiquity (257 samples) Factoring in the 80+ samples of Roy Ayers solo material not recorded under the Ubiquity moniker (which include the majority of Ayers early more traditional jazz work), Roy arguably deserves the number two spot on this list. Nonetheless, it is the fusion-era Ubiquity material that has been most heavily sampled with 1976s Everybody Loves the Sunshine the runaway winner as both most sampled and most popular track, sampled close to a 100 times by a whos who of hip hop notables. Like many of the artists in upper reaches of this list, Roy Ayers has embraced his hip hop following collaborating for example with Lord Finesse on 1996s Soul Plan. WhoSampled pick Masta Ace Incorporateds Turn It Up 3. Herbie Hancock (282 samples) Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock places third on the list for his dynamic style and legendary genre fusing tracks. The 1973 version of Watermelon Man from the lauded Head Hunters LP contains one of the most unique samples used in the WhoSampled database. Bill Summers is credited for using a beer bottle to recreate wind instruments in the intro and outro of the track, which has been used dozens of times by artists such as Ultramagnetic MCs, J Dilla, and Madonna. Hancock

of course himself experimented with hip hop, the fledgling jazz-electro fusion of Rockit creating an unlikely major pop hit in 1983. WhoSampled pick Digable Planets Escapism (Gettin Free) 2. Quincy Jones (303 samples) Although perhaps most famed for his compositions and production credits for the likes of Michael Jackson, multi-Grammy Award winning Quincys roots lie in jazz. His most sampled track is the timeless jazz-fusion number Summer in the City, borrowed perhaps most famously by Pharcyde for the early 90s anthem Passin Me By. WhoSampled pick Cella Dwellas Mystic Freetyle 1. Bob James (734 samples) Its no wonder that Bob James, who we dubbed an accidental hip hop icon in a recent post, is our most heavily sampled jazz artist. Although at the funkier end of the jazz spectrum, James also takes the cake for most sampled jazz tracks of all time in Take Me to the Mardi Gras, and Nautilus, respectively. WhoSampled pick Nuyorican Souls Nautilus (Mawtilus)

Honorable mention: Lonnie Liston Smith (107 samples) Jazz pianist and keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith falls just short of tenth place on the list but earns a mention for both a broad sampled catalogue and for two key recordings in particular: Of most relevance to the subject matter of this article is 1975 s jazz-disco fusion classic Expansions which provided the inspiration for Stetsasonics ode to the merits of sampling, the aptly named Talkin All That Jazz. Smiths most sampled track though is, A Garden of Peace from the 1983 release Dreams of Tomorrow. This haunting downtempo track has been borrowed by artists ranging from Rick Ross and Nas to DJ Krush, and most famously of course Jay Z. WhoSampled pick Stetsasonic Talkin All That Jazz (Dims Respect for the Old School)

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