Sound Directions

One of the many fictional jazz outfits created by DJ/producer Madlib in the 2000s. The releases by these 'bands' on Stones Throw Records often looked and sounded as if they were vintage and discovered in a second-hand record store. Drummer in Sound Directions is Otis Jackson Jr., the most obvious alias for Madlib, since that's his birth name. Some of the Sound Directions recordings credit actual musicians such as trumpeter Hoagie Haven, saxophonist Tracy Wannomae and guitarist Dan Ubick.

Line-up on the album "The Funky Side of Life"

• Morgan Adams III – vocals, keyboards, organ
• Otis Jackson Jr. – drums, kalimba, keyboards, sound effects, voices
• Derek Brooks – electric bass, synthesizer
• Joe Johnson – drums, percussion

Discography

• Skyscrapers (12" single), 2003, Stones Throw Records
• 'Song for my father' on Madlib - Shades of Blue (remix compilation), 2003, Blue Note
• The Horse/Tribe (12" single), 2005, Stones Throw Records
• The Funky Side Of Life (album), 2005, Stones Throw Records
• Wanda Vidal (EP), 2008, Stones Throw Records
• 'Shady Cops' featuring Malcolm Catto, on the limited Madlib Medicine Show edition of High Jazz (compilation), 2010, Madlib Invazion

External links

• Sound Directions - "The Funky Side of Life" on Wikipedia