hi y'all...
... reading recent threads about jazz/blue note/new jazz/nu beats etc etc
got me wondering:
Instead of one artist trying to master everything (jazz, improvisation, new
technologies etc etc), how many people have tried collaboration as a way
forward? I've heard some nice collaborations between 'jazz artists' and
'beats artists' (I'm only asking peeps to accept these categories for the
purpose of conversationsss). Sometimes these collaborations seem to avoid
the pitfalls involved in jazz artists trying to 'do beats' (and sounding
like they're just cashing in) or electronic artists trying to 'do jazz'
(and not having the musicianship to pull it off). For example, 4 Hero
sound much better with Chris Bowden (to my ears) ... they get beyond using
dull-ish patterns of 'jazzy sounding' chords. They apparently tried to get
Alice Coltrane involved in the Two Pages project, which would have been
very interesting! I also like the things that The Angel has done with
Jacky Terrasson on piano (on that blue note remix project and the jaz klash
lp). The DJ Krush thing with the trumpet player (Toshi someone...?) was
kinda nice....
So, anyone got any other examples of established artists collaborating
across genres with interesting results?
peace,
kboi
by the way, for those wondering about different 'jazz' things coming out at
the moment ... it's not all blue note re-issues!! :-) One group that is
using more traditional jazz instrumentation (double bass, vibes, horns,
real drums, no electronics, etc) and doing some great stuff at the moment
is the Dave Holland quintet. Check out their _Prime Directive_ on ECM (I
notice it's got some play recently on Jazzadelica) ... this is a fricken
great record!!
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