Word: jazzing
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...aspects of the musical movements which preceded it. Both spirituals and the blues were rooted in rootlessness—songs such as “Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child” illuminated the feelings of slaves and former slaves in a strange new America. West cited jazz great Louis Armstrong and rapper Tupac Shakur as examples of this feeling of displacement in modern times. Armstrong wore a smile onstage, but he was racked with the knowledge that he could never be a fully-integrated part of society. This “double-consciousness?...
...Don’t sell your soul for a mess of pottage!” Is West entreating the new wave of hip-hop artists to refrain from the commercialism and degradation of an introspective art form? Is he asking them to familiarize themselves with the works of great jazz, R&B, and blues artists as well as the foundation of Negro spirituals and apply that rich history to their music? Although he did not fully treat these issues, West ended his lecture with an assertion that music provides a description of history “for those...
...turn to offer their DJ-Kicks mix. The Trüby Trio are a group of three DJs: Rainer Trüby, Christian Prommer and Roland Appel. The latter two also work together as Fauna Flash, and apparently have earned quite a name for themselves on the German club jazz scene. The Trüby Trio refer to their style as “Dance Music Fusion” as it combines elements of jazz, house, latin, Brazilian and techno music. The jazz influence is unmistakable in this mix from the opening Medley: “General Science/Ish/Papa LaBas?...
...disc, produced by Danny Goldberg for Artemis Records, contains recordings of West speaking in his trademark style, deemed “preacher-like” by some, over a background of blues, jazz, and rap tracks...
Last year, the residents of the Pforzheimer Bell Tower suite reserved Thursday nights for the boys. Twenty guys converged in the room each week. They puffed on cigarettes and cigars, forming a smoky haze that mingled with the jazz music playing in the background. Over 30 forms of liquor lined the bar, and beer flowed from a tap. But the main attraction was always the card table in the middle of the room...