Who sampled Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon?

Sampled by

Title	Performer	Info
Cellphone’s Dead	Beck	Keyboard tune
If My Homie Calls	2Pac
Open Your Eyes	Organized Konfusion

Who wrote cantaloupe?

Cantaloupe Island

“Cantaloupe Island”
Song by Herbie Hancock
Released	1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Modal jazz

Who played trumpet on Cantaloupe Island?

Freddie Hubbard

Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island” was one of just four tracks on the 1964 LP “Empyrean Isles” (Hancock’s fourth solo record for Blue Note). His quartet at that time would today be considered a supergroup: Hancock on piano, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter at bass and a drummer known as “Anthony” Williams.

Who played Herbie Hancock on Chameleon?

“Chameleon” is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock with Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason, all of whom also performed the original 15:44 full-length version on the 1973 album Head Hunters, and featuring solos by Hancock and Maupin.

Who played bass on Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon?

This instrumental was composed by Herbie Hancock in collaboration with saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bass guitarist Paul Jackson and drummer Harvey Mason. All four songwriters played on the original version on Head Hunters, which features solos by Hancock and Maupin.

What type of jazz is Cantaloupe Island?

On this day (June 17) in 1964, pianist Herbie Hancock recorded what would become perhaps his most famous composition ever: “Cantaloupe Island.” The perfect convergence of hard-bop, soul and modal jazz, the song originally appeared on Herbie’s fourth Blue Note album, Empyrean Isles, which featured Hancock in the company

Is melon a cantaloupe?

Honeydew melon and cantaloupe are two members of the same species, Cucumis melo. Although they are closely related, they’re two different fruits. They are both sweet, but their appearance is different.

What movie is the song Cantaloupe Island in?

American Pop. American Pop is a 1981 American animated musical drama film starring Ron Thompson and produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi.

Who named cantaloupe?

The name “cantaloupe,” though, definitely did come from either Italy or France, and arrived in English to describe the melon by 1739, when Philip Miller described “The Cantaleupt Melon” as having “Flesh…of a rich vinous Flavour” in his Gardeners Dictionary.

What do British people call cantaloupe?

In England they don’t call cantaloupe “cantaloupe.” They call it melon or orange melon.

Why do we call it cantaloupe?

The name cantaloupe was derived in the 18th century via French cantaloup from The Cantus Region of Italian Cantalupo, which was formerly a papal county seat near Rome, after the fruit was introduced there from Armenia. It was first mentioned in English literature in 1739.