Hold music
As thoroughbred jazz amateurs, we have the unpretentious but noble intention to let the people, that contact us, taste a little bit of jazz music; and this by the way of the hold music of our telephone system.
In this moment on the telephone, when you are put through, you will hear the song Another Day of Buckshot LeFonque. Some information about the song and the composer you will find below.
Buckshot LeFonque
Buckshot LeFonque was a musical group project of Branford Marsalis. The name Buckshot LeFonque was a pseudonym used by jazz saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley for contractual reasons on the album Here Comes Louis Smith (1958). After playing with Sting, Miles Davis and other artists, Marsalis founded this band to create a new sound by merging classical jazz with rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop influences.
Two albums were released, Buckshot LeFonque (1994) (which featured mostly DJ Premier produced tracks) and the follow-up Music Evolution (1997) (which featured mostly Frank McComb on the vocals). Other frequent collaborators were Branford Marsalis’ brother, Delfeayo Marsalis, and the rapper, Uptown.
Live band members included:
• Branford Marsalis - MC as well as tenor, alto and soprano saxophone
• Frank McComb - keyboards and vocals
• 50 Styles:The Unknown Soldier, Ricky Dacosta - rapper
• Joey Calderazzo - keyboards / first tour
• Kermith Campbell - keyboards / until McComb was available
• Russell Gunn - trumpet
• John Touchy - Trombone - first tour
• Carl Burnett - acoustic and electric guitar
• Reggie Washington - upright and electric bass / first half of first tour
• Reginald Veal - upright and electric bass / second half of first tour
• Eric Revis - upright and electric bass / second tour
• DJ Apollo - turntables “Wheels O Steel”
• DJ Premier - turntables, beats, drum programming, production
• Rocky Bryant - drums and percussion, beat sample triggering
• Mino Cinelu - percussion / first tour
• Black Heart the group - rappers / first tour
Albums
• Buckshot LeFonque (1994)
• Music Evolution (1997) and on this album you will find the track Another Day, that was also released as a single in that year.
Lyrics
Another day
Staring out of my window
Thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow
Wishing things would clear
No nee to rush
I ain’t gonna worry
Any moment my sorrow
Is bound to disappear
Chorus:
Sometimes I tell myself
I’m better off without you
And then I have to face the emptiness
I feel inside without you
And find a way to make it through another day
I need a way
to find the truth within me
Accept the fact that I love you
My blue eternity
I hear they say
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
I must have the heart of a lion
Sifting through love’s remains
Chorus:
My love for you is etched
Forever in my memory
Now I realize that life goes on
Even though you’re not here with me
I wake up looking forward to another day
A day of living without you
Just another day