Tag archive for ‘jazz’

• Mark Ronson and Erykah Badu “A La Modeliste”

  1/31/12 • (0)

  

  Badu shines over an amazing ensemble that includes Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings. The track was written by Mark Ronson for Re-Generation, a marketing campaign by Hyundai which has also worked with DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Skrillex, and remixes Bonobo. The entire film series has been compiled into [...]

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• Gary Bartz Experiment ft. Aloe Blacc and Bilal [Live Review]

  1/30/12 • (0)

  

  Does folk derive from blues? Is hip hop rooted in jazz? They say blues is an off shoot of jazz, and jazz draws from classical music, so is blues a form of classical? No matter how you look at it there’s something special about hearing the different music worlds come together. This last Wednesday, we got to do [...]

• Win Tickets for: Gary Bartz Project ft. Aloe Blacc and Bilal

  1/20/12 • (0)

  

  Gary Bartz is a Grammy Award winning alto saxophonist that has been playing for years. To see him, accompanied by two of the most talented contemporary male soul singers isn’t a treat–it’s special. Introducing Aloe Blacc to any of my readers might be futile, but for those that haven’t heard the growingly popular soul singer’s hit “I Need [...]

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• Fillmore Jazz Festival Controversial Budget Cutbacks

  7/13/10 • (0)

  

  By Rip Empson The Fillmore Jazz Fest has been rocking the Fillmore District on Independence Day Weekend since 1985, offering an earful of high quality local jazz and a venue for local merchants and vendors to showcase their wares. Billed as “the largest free jazz festival on the West Coast,” the two-day block party draws as many as [...]