By
sweeney kovar
on
Dec 31, 2015
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Kamasi Washington released one of the heaviest records of the year with the The Epic. Fuck a single visionary image, worlds exist within the very appropriately titled LP. If you've ever caught the L.A. magician live, you've surely experienced a slice...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Sep 18, 2015
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Jazz is the foundation of American music, but you wouldn't know that by turning on the radio unless you're a seasoned musician or musicologist. The improvisational aspect has bled into and formed pop music as we know it, and its tones and rhythms bir...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Jan 29, 2013
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Jazz guitar can be awesome, just ask Wes Montgomery or DJ Premier. A good jazz guitar lick can be a vacuum, sucking you in and creating a world unto itself. Many hip-hop beats are based around little more than a jazz guitar loop and a drum break -- i...
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