Title | The new cool: how Kamasi, Kendrick and co gave jazz a new groove |
Publication Type | Web Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Author | Lewis, John |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/06/new-cool-kamasi-kendrick-gave-jazz-new-groove |
Publication Language | English |
Keywords | African American Music History, fusion, genre-bending, Hiphop, jazz, rap, Sampling |
A generation of jazz musicians has grown up with hip-hop in its blood. The result is the thrilling reinvention of a genre that has been guilty of fixating on its past.