Clifton "Jiggs" Chase is a jazz-funk organ player and influential record producer from New Jersey, USA. One of the earliest known recordings is his organ playing on the 1967 Buddy Terry recording "Natural Soul" (Prestige), along side Woody Shaw. In 1976, he did a record date in New York as a sideman to tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. During the 1980s he was an in-house arranger and producer for Sugar Hill Records. Although his name is not widely recognized, his groundbreaking rhythm track sequencing on "The Message", by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five helped propel hip hop into the future. The stark synthesizer stabs echoing over the urban funk groove of "The Message" was the work of "Jiggs", who had been brought in to produce the track at the request of label boss Sylvia Robinson. The orignal demo of "The Message" was written by Ed “Duke Bootee” Fletcher, a session percussionist for the Sugarhill Gang who came up with the hook "It's a jungle sometimes". Later in the production process, Robinson added lyrics penned by Melle Mel, who rapped on the track. Along side contemporaries Herbie Hancock and Afrika Bambata, "Jiggs" Chase contributed to hip hop's acoustic to electronic transformation. Chase also received co-writing credit on the Sugar Hill hit "Apache", which contains one of the most widely sampled breakbeats in history. Additional credits include arranging "That's the Joint" by The Funky Four Plus One More. Sadly, Sugar Hill Recording Studio in Englewood, New Jersey where "Jiggs" did some of his best work, was destroyed in a fire in 2002. Woody Herman Shaw II (1944–1989) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Reggie Workman, Pharoah Sanders, and Idris Muhammad, c. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Sugar Hill Records was founded in 1974 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with financial funding of Morris Levy, boss of Roulette Records. ... DJ Grandmaster Flash was one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Sylvia Robinson (born Sylvia Vanderpool, 6 March 1936 in New York) is a singer, musician and producer. ... Melle Mel (born Melvin Glover in New York City, New York) is a hip-hop musician, one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as a member of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five with his brother Kid Creole. ... Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... This article is about breakbeat, the genre. ... Map highlighting Englewoods location within Bergen County. ...

Buddy Terry Discography

Pharoah Sanders Septet with "Jiggs" Chase

"Blender" Magazine article about "The Message"