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, ...
KQED

Alphabet Soup Spelled Out Jazz and Hip-Hop Fusion in the ’90s

Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to make sense of the news. Episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Emma’s Must-Sees See TV Programming Manager Emma ...
Yahoo

Juicy J infuses jazz with his signature Hip Hop style on ‘Caught Up In This Illusion’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juicy J is inviting fans to get Caught Up In This Illusion, his new Hip Hop-jazz album, released on Friday (Aug. 15). The trippy ...
AllHipHop

Saxophonist Mike Phillips Talks Combining Hip-Hop And Jazz For A Generation

Artist breaks down how Rakim is a great example of how the two genres overlap. As the world celebrates Hip-Hop’s 50 anniversary, AllHipHop.com endeavors to explore all the ways that the culture has ...
PBS

How Max Roach fused jazz and hip hop

Max Roach was excited by the premise and promise of rap when it first hit the music scene. Max Roach was excited by the premise and promise of rap when it first hit the music scene. Roach was ...
Gigwise

111 Best Old School 90s Rap Songs Playlist

Want the ultimate 90s rap playlist? Explore golden era classics from Biggie to Tupac. Hit play and relive hip hop's greatest ...
Okayplayer

Without Wayne Shorter's Weather Report, Jazz Rap Wouldn't Be What It Is

Weather Report, the jazz fusion group co-founded by the brilliant Wayne Shorter, is integral to the rap subgenre known as jazz rap. Few musicians have left Earth with resumés that match Wayne ...
Jazz

Stax Revisits Roots of the Hip-Hop Generation with "The Soul of Hip-Hop, Volume 1"

Fourteen-track collection due March 31, 2009 – includes original Stax hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s later sampled by contemporary hip-hop artists All-Star Set Includes Isaac Hayes, Booker T & The MGs, The ...
WWNO

Lil Wayne’s New Orleans Jazz Fest headlining set is a big moment for hip-hop artists

The first weekend of the 2025 edition of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is underway, with one historic moment for the festival and the city set to take place during the first Saturday. New ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Jazz Fest act Butcher Brown knows the spot ‘where jazz and rap dovetail’

Audiophiles have been lamenting that jazz — the ever-evolving sound that has offered its own soundtrack to the changing tides of modern culture — has been relegated to fading cult popularity over the ...
The New York Times

Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’

The 23-year-old pianist, drummer and rapper puts a pandemic-era spin on jazz-rap on his debut, “More Better,” and he always keeps the faith. By Marcus J. Moore At a recent Sunday afternoon performance ...