The crazy jazz track


I am not really into rap, but I do dig some of the rap tracks ghost dog was playing in stolen cars. However, the music track he played in the last stolen car, the red Jaguar, was really powerful but also kind of odd. It was some kind of experimental jazz composition. The erratic drum and saxophone clearly meant to portray a state of or descent into insanity. As music plays, we see shots of dilapidated streets as Ghost Dog drives to Sonny's house. I am not quite sure if the music was meant to imply the state of insanity of the world around Ghost Dog or the absurdity of his own life, being a man who leads a life of a Samurai in a world with no place for such characters. Certainly, the music was there for a reason. Anyways, I skimmed briefly through the sound tracks on Ghost Dog CDs and it appears that the crazy jazz track did not make it there, sadly. Does anyone have a youtube link to it?

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The song you are referring to is Killah Priest- from then till now off the album heavy mental. I believe the song is produced by rza (who did the score), or maybe it was 4th disciple, one of rza's students.

To me the music is a reflection of Ghost Dog; inner city urban samurai. And rza was the best choice for this, because he was the man behind wutangclan. A group that blended eastern influences with the urban hiphop sound.
Peace.

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That isn't the track being asked about. He's asking about probably the only song in the movie that isn't wu tang related.

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"Nuba One" by Andrew Cyrille and Jimmy Lyons
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eUF2vf3Wt8A

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If you like that, check out John Zorn sometime.



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