Jacob is such a gift to the world. I am so glad that I got to see him perform at a tiny dingy room at 3:30 AM the night before he won his first two Grammy's.
To get a sense for his creativity and technical nous I recommend his IHarmU series [1]. He crowdfunded an album that he recorded entirely by himself. Donors could send him a 20-30 second audio clip and he would overdub those tracks with his magic and upload it to YouTube as linked. I recommend the clip sent in by Herbie Hancock!
I really enjoy the golden age of jazz. At the same time there's so much good music around these days and I can't help but appreciate the richness around us today. I'd love to chat about music (my email's on my profile).
Any GroundUp folks reading this, I'll see you in Miami in a few weeks :)
This was addressed perfectly by Robert Glasper at a workshop that I attended. To paraphrase, he was talking about current day jazz school students talking about jazz like it's a work of Mozart or Beethoven, to be reproduced perfectly. "Hip-hop musicians are more jazz than jazz musicians today"
I wouldn't write off modern jazz though. I truly think that we're experiencing something phenomenal these days. I highly recommend anything by Snarky Puppy. Case in point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc
To get a sense for his creativity and technical nous I recommend his IHarmU series [1]. He crowdfunded an album that he recorded entirely by himself. Donors could send him a 20-30 second audio clip and he would overdub those tracks with his magic and upload it to YouTube as linked. I recommend the clip sent in by Herbie Hancock!
[1] https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=iharmu
P.S. if any HNers are attending GroundUp this year, hit me up!