Tony Allen/Jeane Carne/Henry Franklin/Lonnie Liston Smith etc: Jazz Is Dead Remixes 20

Yes, 20 releases from Adreian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have mixed originals and samples from jazz classics, with a lean towards modern urban R&B and hip  hop. Thick tropical sounds and synthetic percussion prevail as on “Jean Carne’s Black Rainbow” with some Nintendo tones on Henry Franklin’s “African Sun”. Lots of synthesized goo and glue on “Love Brings Happiness” and the textured “The Midnight  Hour”. Key question-is anyone going to want to sample this in 30 years?

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