jazz fusion
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CLASSICS WEEK: Though Miles Davis didn’t invent jazz fusion, he did manage to come together with one of the best albums in the genre with Bitches Brew, inviting on some of the greatest minds in the style into the studio to perform in some fiery and amazingly layered sessions.
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Śmierć w miękkim futerku by Niechęć Polish alternative jazz outfit Niechęć has its new album streaming via the widget above, and it ‘s a pretty nice blend of improvisation, aggression, and a driving rock sensibility. Though I wish the recording felt a bit more, well, organic and natural, these guys
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The Bad Plus has been putting out records for over ten years now, and jazz has always remained a cornerstone of the band’s style during that time. However, it’s not like this trio is just a jazz project. While the band unarguably delivers improvisational music performed with drums,
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Sonic adventurer Flying Lotus has dropped a new track from his forthcoming album, Until the Quiet Comes, and it features the terrific Erykah Badu on vocals. I also suspect Thundercat may have something to do with the bassline. This album will be the followup to 2010’s well-received Cosmogramma, and
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Brainfeeder artist Lapalux remixes fellow Brainfeeder artist Thundercat on the track “For Love I Come,” which was originally written by George Duke. Yeah, a lotta conversions going on here. The ‘Cat version was already pretty spacey and open, but this remix brings it to an extreme that’s pretty refreshing.
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So far, we’ve featured Italian musicians twice on the blog this week. That’s a lot more than usual. This outfit is much different than the previously blogged Dumbo Gets Mad, though. Calibro 35 are instrumental funk phenoms, generating soundtrack-ready bangers fans of the Budos Band can dig. “Five
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What am I supposed to say in regards to one of underground hip hop’s most prolific producers releasing one album a month for the entire year? Bring it, mutha. Madlib’s new collaboration with Guilty Simpson might have left me wanting more, but this latest LP in his series
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Orelha Negra is a hip hop and jazz fusion hybrid from Portugal. “M.I.R.I.A.M.” is one of the band’s latest singles. Sadly, I don’t know much about them because I don’t speak Portuguese. According to this, their new LP can’t be purchased
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Track from the third Budos Band album, which is due 8/10 on Daptone. Get the MP3 by clicking below and inserting an e-mail address: MP3: The Budos Band- Unbroken, Unshaven Will the Budos bring the best funk they’ve ever brought on their third LP? What do you think
