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Steve Coleman and Five Elements · 1991 · Ouverture funk de Five Elements

Context

Track on Black Science, recorded in December 1990 in Brooklyn for Novus (6 min 45 sec). Cassandra Wilson sings on it. The press noted its mix of contemporary funk and street music, sometimes described as hip-hop jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to M-Base. Among the origins and influences of M-Base: Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, AACM.

By the same artist

• Twister (1991)
• Destination (1988)
• Motherland Pulse (1985)

Sources

• EN: Black Science (Steve Coleman album)

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