Blackmagic
Context
Title track of José James's second album, released in 2010 by Gilles Peterson's London label Brownswood. The record was made at Lofish Studio in New York between April 2008 and June 2009, with a team combining a jazz rhythm section, brass (including trumpeter Takuya Kuroda), and programming. It marks James's shift toward a blend of vocal jazz, soul, and electronic production.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Renaissances (Los Angeles, London), Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz. Among the origins and influences of Renaissances: 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).