iRock Jazz LIVE! with Pianist Robert Glasper
Breakthrough success can often be a tough act to follow. But with a little help from some notable friends, Robert Glasper Experiment is set to up the ante with the follow-up to his successful GRAMMY-winning album Black Radio. Flaunting a diverse array of featured guests including Common,Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Brandy, Jill Scott, Dwele, Marsha Ambrosius, Anthony Hamilton,Faith …
Gizmo: My Music Is An Honest Expression of My Life
Bass players have historically worn many hats. To be able to stop on a dime, keep it all together, and let it groove, is no easy undertaking. Anyone who has ever listened to Motown understands this whether they know it or not. James Jamerson’s driving bass lines provided the solid …
Being Told That We’re “Not Jazz” is The Highest Compliment
I remember hearing Bitches Brew for the first time. I was new to the Jazz scene and it seemed appropriate to first navigate Miles Davis. Up to this point in my travels, I had made stops at Kind of Blue, ‘Around Midnight,’ and Sketches of Spain, but the moment I …
The Great Jazz Debate: What is JAZZ?
iRock Jazz interviewed several groundbreaking musicians asking them, what is JAZZ? Great insight and commentary from Robert Glasper, Casey Benjamin, Danilo Perez, George Bohanon, Delfeayo Marsalis, Victor Goines, Gary Bartz and Etienne Charles. Jazz is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, arguably earlier, within …