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Steve Coleman and Five Elements Fuse Jazz and Hip-Hop Live at the Village Vanguard

Steve Coleman and Five Elements Fuse Jazz and Hip-Hop Live at the Village Vanguard

On Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II, Steve Coleman and Five Elements blend New Jazz and hip-hop. The sound is liquid and flowing, tidal and a tidal wave.

Jazz Guitarist Miles Okazaki Returns with a Quartet for ‘The Sky Below’

Jazz Guitarist Miles Okazaki Returns with a Quartet for ‘The Sky Below’

New Jazz guitarist Miles Okazaki brings back his brilliant quartet for a follow-up to and transformation of 2017's Trickster, daring some new challenges and sometimes coming through with answers on The Sky Below.

Steve Coleman and Five Elements Promise That Jazz Remains Our Endless Well of Creativity

Steve Coleman and Five Elements Promise That Jazz Remains Our Endless Well of Creativity

The program recorded here across two sets at the legendary New York club is immaculate in sound and conception—as good a summary of the core idea of Steve Coleman's music as we will ever have.

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