Jay sans ces influences musicale ne serait pas Jay. Jamiroquai n'existerait certainement pas tant ces influences la sont importante.
Voici un petit recapitulatif des chansons preferees du boos de Jamiroquai, les reprises du groupe, les samples (parfois avoue, parfois non),
les chansons selectionnes pour des compilations, des phrases lu dans des magazines, etc... Bonne
Are You Experienced (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
"I remember sitting and being on a trip and not being in a good mood, which is rare for me, and listening to this and it all
capturing that experience. Everybody loves this album, don't they? It's raw energy. It's Jimi. It's manic depression.
It's very improvised, which I'm into. His drummer was a jazz drummer, that was the beauty of it. And what I love was that here was
a black guy and two white guys in the backing band, and the white guys were British" (Jay Kay for the magazine Q in '99)
Bad Girls (Donna Summer)
"Jamiroquai played this song with Anastacia at the Brit Awards in 2002, and many many times during the "AFO Tour". Here the original.
California Dreaming (Jose Feliciano)
"A cover of The Mamas & The Papas' classic, you have to remember this: certain specific sets of chords and keys stimulate
certain parts of the brain. This is just a beautiful song for everyone to enjoy." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Chameleon (Herbie Hancock)
"Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Coffy Is The Color (Roy Ayers)
"Jamiroquai played this song of Roy Ayers during the "TWM Tour". Here the original.
Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Idris Muhammad)
Alright by Jamiroquai contains (maybe) not only a sample of "It's All Right Now" by Eddie Harris.
The bassline of "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" by Idris Muhammad at around 1:36 is incredibly similar.
Don't Stop The Feeling (Roy Ayers)
"Jamiroquai played many times this song of Roy Ayers during the "Space Cowboy Tour." Here the original.
(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell... (Curtis Mayfield)
"... Later on in the afternoon, he plays me a new song, 'Revolution'. It's an outrageous, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink production,
where hurtling layers of horns, strings, military snare fills, flutes and funky fuzz-bass pile one on top of the other, while Jamiroquai cries,
in that voice that has already become almost as much of a trademark as that of his most obvious influence, Stevie Wonder.
"Sometimes I think that music is the only chance we have for a revolution," he comments.
It's another naive statement, but he means it: music has liberated him from the run-of-the-mill in the past year, so for him it has worked.
I tell him that the feel of 'Revolution' reminds me of Curtis Mayfield's '(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go',
but Jamiroquai looks blank, leaving it to his drummer to nod in agreement.
If he's really ripping off the funky originals, how come he doesn't know a classic like that?" (From the UK magazine NME)
Everybody Is A Star (Sly And The Family Stone)
Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Roy Ayers Ubiquity)
"I think Roy Ayers makes jazz understandable for people who are not into Thelonious Monk and Coltrane and stuff.
I mean I'm not a trained musician, I do everything by vocals and by ear, and so he brought all that stuff into focus for me.
And he's the master of the vibraphone. And Everybody Loves The Sunshine is just the living summer track.
It's the real leviathan of that age - the fusion of dope-smoking fucking jazzers. It's Central Park on a hot evening. I met him briefly.
There was him and Donald Byrd: "Er, er, I just want to say, er, er, I love you, Roy" (Jay for the Magazine Q in '99)
Fantasy (Johnny Hammond)
"This is just, well, the reason why I'm in this business. Johnny Hammond: the man." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Fight The Power (The Isley Brothers)
Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Footsteps In The Dark (The Isley Brothers)
Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
For The Love Of Money (The O'Jays)
Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Free (Deniece Williams)
Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Girl I Think The World About You (Commodores)
"This is so bad. A classic tune. Where do you hear tunes like these any more. It's such a beautiful, sweet lyric with beautiful chords and that break. The way the bass and guitar react off of one another is incredible. Pure bass-driven funk." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
God Make Me Funky (The Headhunters)
"Jamiroquai played many times this song of the Headhunters during the "EOPE Tour". Here the original.
Got To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn)
Jamiroquai sampled this song of Cheryl Lynn for their song "Funktion". Here the original.
Happiness (Pointer Sisters)
"I love that bluesy feel: Ella, Nina, Dinah Washington, as an opening track, you can't improve on this. I'm the kind a guy who's such
a traditionalist that tracks I heard when I was a teenager have stuck with me through my life. This is one of them."
(Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Here, My Dear (Marvin Gaye)
"It doesn't quite get you first time. And a lot of the songs are quite similarly paced. It's almost like the same song being subtly changed ten different ways. A lot of it, lyrically, is about the break-up of his relationship. There's a track called Anger, which is lyrically really brillant; and there's a track called Time To Get It Together using, I think, a marimba and it's just dreamy and lovely.
He was a deep man at the time but I think the charlie was eating him up. It's all about struggling and fighting, and you can feel it.
Look (pointing at his forearm) it makes the hairs stand right up." (Jay Kay for the magazine Q in '99)
Here's To You (Skyy)
"I love this. The groove never changes, as there's no real verse or chorus as he's just curving over that title lyric.
He's got a nice, consistent key and works it, hard." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Hollywood Swingin' (Kool & The Gang)
Jamiroquai played many times this song of Kool & The Gang during the TWM Tour. Here the original.
I Am (Earth, Wind & Fire)
"It could have been Rays. But it's I Am, and I'll tell you why. Because Boogie Wonderland is just the consummate disco track.
I love the philosophy that's placed across the music... the stars and sun and planets and Egyptians. That very '70s awakening in America, everybody doing their thing and wanting to smoke pot and take drugs. I watched one of their live shows in the States,
and it was unbelieeeeeeeeeeevable. I just watched it and thought, Oh, OK then, I'll become a producer" (Jay Kay for the magazine Q in '99)
I'll Never Forget (Dexter Wansel)
"An all time great. A disco classic. All I can say is, Please, I don't want to go to Ibiza and hear some dodgy version of that next year.
If only I could have made a compilation of his whole LP." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
I'm Kurious (Kurious)
"Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Innervisions (Stevie Wonder)
"I think the first tracks that really hit me were Higher Ground and Golden Lady. I had never heard music that combined so many different elements... the rocky guitar, the clavinet, the weird synthesizers. This was what turned me on to the central core of our sound today.
But I still don't know where people got all that stuff about me sounding like Stevie Wonder. Black voices and white voices are very different.
And he's a much bigger guy. I stood next to Stevie Wonder once, and he was fucking huge. (Jay Kay for the magazine Q in '99)
In Time (Sly And The Family Stone)
"Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
It's All Right Now (Eddie Harris)
Alright contains a sample from the recording "It's All Right Now" by Eddie Harris. Here the original.
It's Your World (Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson)
Jamiroquai played this song of Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson during the "TWM Tour". Here the original.
Lady Sun (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Track selected by Jay for the japanese compilation "Jay's Selection".
Last Night Changed It All (Esther Williams)
The '96 album version of "High Times" contains a sample from the recording "Last Night Changed It All". Here the original.
Life On Mars (Dexter Wansel)
"Since I was 16 years old. I used to smoke on this. One of the greatest tracks of all time. I'm a space freak so I love the song's size.
The backing vocals: super-fly loads of reverb, man, this is just there." (Jay Kay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Los Conquistadores Chocolates (Johnny Hammond)
"When You Gonna Learn" contains a sample from the recording "Los Conquistadores Chocolates" by Johnny Hammond.
Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music)
In 2002, Jamiroquai performed this song for a TV show in the UK. Here the original.
Miss You (The Rolling Stones)
This song was played many times by the band during the "Synkronized Tour".
Music Of The Earth (Patrice Rushen)
"I didn't want to go for her big tunes Forget-Me-Nots or Roll With The Punches, whose break I love.
I'd love to be able to work with her." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Mysterious Vibes (The Blackbirds)
Track selected by Jay for the compilation "Soul Drive With Jamiroquai" (compilation only available on the site of Spotify Japan).
Natty Dread (Bob Marley)
"I'm noticing that most of these records were actually in the same room, and literally played one after the other.
It must have been the same trip, and I turned into a black man. The magic about this album is the way he uses those backing singers,
and the notes they hit behind him. You dream about having backing singers like that. Like most of these records,
I got into this when I was about 17, when you really shape your outlook, so it's affected everything. If I'd been brought up with
Kajagoogoo and Tight Fit things might have been different." (Jay Kay for the magazine Q in '99)
Once You Get Started (Rufus & Chaka Khan)
"Another beautiful song, which shows that funk doesn't always have to be heavy.
For me, it's one of the best examples of the classic simple funk groove." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Our Time Is Coming (Roy Ayers)
Jamiroquai played many times this song of Roy Ayers during the "Space Cowboy Tour" and some TV shows. Here the original.
Places And Spaces (Donald Byrd)
'You don't know this? Fuck, man! (paces around and mimes punching the interviewer).
Donald Byrd is another one of these people, like Johnny Hammond, Roy Ayers... it's jazz in an understandable form.
It has such freedom, unusual arrangements, Really funky changes, and it moves along. That's what I like, music that rolls along.
To do music with that tempo and make it boogieable, it's about where they haven't played notes - the spaces.
That's what they're masters of. They're masters of the groove.' (Jay Kay for the magazine Q in '99)
Pretty Baby (Sister Sledge)
"You can't argue with songs like these. This is a sweet song, but it isn't soppy. For me it's some of their best work but just because
it's not well-known to the masses doesn't mean that it isn't great." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Rainin' Through My Sunshine (The Real Thing)
"An English band from Liverpool. This reminds me of being on tour and having a day off driving with my mate Mark.
He'll sing one line and I'll sing the other. One for the old soul boys, definitely." (Jay for the compilation LateNightTales)
Rapper's Delight (Sugarhill Gang)
Jamiroquai played many times this song during the "EOPE Tour" & "TROTSC Tour". Here the original.
Recado Bossa Nova (Hank Mobley)
Track selected by Jay for the compilation "House Party" (compilation only available on the site of Spotify Japan).
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (Stevie Wonder)
Jamiroquai played many times this song of Stevie Wonder during the "EOPE Tour" & The Space Cowboy Tour". Here the original.
S Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (Stevie Wonder)
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
Songs In A Minor (Alicia Keys)
Stand! (Sly And The Family Stone)
T The Best Of Pleasure (Pleasure)
The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff)
Theme From Enter The Dragon (Lalo Schifrin)
Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells)
Turn Off The Lights (Larry Young)
W We Gettin' Down (Weldon Irvine)
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)