The Grio

Guru’s ‘Jazzmatazz’ gave agency to three decades of hip-hop and jazz fusion

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The landscape of hip-hop was rapidly changing by 1993, as its commercial ...
Essence

Revive Big Band’s Vinyl Release Honors Jazz And Hip-Hop’s Shared Legacy

From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...
Forbes

The 50 Years Of Hip Hop Celebration Continues At Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley

Despite turning a half century old this year, Hip Hop music is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, it’s expanding faster than DJ Kool Herc was spinning records in the Bronx on August 11, ...
WJHL-TV

Paramount Bristol to host Shaolin Jazz: hip-hop fused with martial arts films

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — A group that mixes hip-hop music to martial arts films in real-time, Shaolin Jazz, is hosting its “Can I Kick It?” event at the Paramount Bristol in August. According to the ...