Modern jazz music has never sounded so good. A brazen release from young Los Angeles jazz giant, composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington. “The Epic” is unlike anything jazz has seen and not just because it emanates from the Flying Lotus’s boundary-defying Brainfeeder label. The album was recorded at a breakneck pace, with eight albums by eight […]
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Toronto jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD caught the attention of pretty much everyone in the music loving section of the internet with their album lll. After a brief delve into the collaboration world with Black Milk on “Now or Never“ and Ghostface Killah and Danny Brown on “Six Degrees, ” they are back with an original track. “Velvet” […]
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We posted The Souljazz Orchestra’s dope version of Andy Bey’s rare groove classic “Celestial Blues“ back in January,now the band turn up the heat once again with their new latin,afrobeat come bossa single “One Life To Live”.The track is taken from their recently released Inner Fire LP.Check out the visual which sees the band in their element,jamming out,laying down this […]
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Japanese trumpeter/composer Takuya Kuroda recently made his Blue Note Records debut with the release of “Rising Son”,produced by labelmate Jose James.Kuroda started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve and list jazz greats such as Miles Davis,Count Basie and Freddie Hubbard as his main influences. With his take on modern jazz he brings a truly unique sound to the […]
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