Renaissances (Los Angeles, London)

Movement · 2012 → · Los Angeles, London · Hybrids and world

Robert Glasper's Black Radio (February 28, 2012, Blue Note), Kamasi Washington's The Epic (May 5, 2015, Brainfeeder), Ezra Collective (Mercury Prize, September 7, 2023, the first jazz act awarded in 31 years). Spiritual jazz, hip-hop, grime, afrobeat.

Where it comes from

• Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz
• Spiritual jazz
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk
• British jazz
• Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz
• ECM and European jazz
• Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide)

Artists

• Nubya Garcia (1991, tenor saxophone)
• Kamasi Washington (1981, tenor saxophone)
• Robert Glasper (1978, piano, keyboards)
• Vijay Iyer (1971, piano)
• Shabaka Hutchings (1984, saxophone, clarinet, flutes)
• Brad Mehldau (1970, piano)
• Sullivan Fortner (1986, piano)
• Yazz Ahmed (trumpet, quarter-tone flugelhorn)
• Moses Boyd (1991, drums)
• Kokoroko (afrobeat band (trumpet, saxophone, trombone, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion))
• Ezra Collective (band (drums, bass, keyboards, trumpet, tenor saxophone))
• GoGo Penguin (trio (piano, double bass, drums))
• Anthony Joseph (vocals, lyrics)
• Zara McFarlane (vocals)
• Thundercat (1984, bass, vocals)
• Theon Cross (tuba)
• Yussef Dayes (1992, drums)
• Alfa Mist (piano, keyboards, production)

Tracks to start with

• Victory Dance — Ezra Collective (2022)
• Afro Blue (Glasper) — Robert Glasper Experiment (2012)
• Change of the Guard — Kamasi Washington (2015)
• Smells Like Teen Spirit — The Bad Plus (2003)
• Lingus — Snarky Puppy (2014)
• Hopopono — GoGo Penguin (2014)
• Liquid Spirit — Gregory Porter (2013)
• La Saboteuse — Yazz Ahmed (2017)
• Rye Lane Shuffle — Moses Boyd (2016)
• Abusey Junction — Kokoroko (2018)
• Quest for Coin — Ezra Collective (2019)
• Hustle — Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings) (2021)
• Unspeakable World — GoGo Penguin (2016)
• Fists of Fury — Kamasi Washington (2018)
• Lost Kingdoms — Nubya Garcia (2017)
• Kamau — Anthony Joseph (2021)
• Peace Begins Within — Zara McFarlane (2017)
• Tron Song — Thundercat (2013)
• End of Innocence — Shabaka Hutchings (2024)
• Activate — Theon Cross (2019)
• Black Classical Music — Yussef Dayes (2023)
• Retainer — Alfa Mist (2019)

Sources

• EN : Ezra Collective

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