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Album Of The Day | Jazz Is Dead 6 – Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge | 01/04/2021

Jazz Is Dead 006 (coloured vinyl)

Veteran saxophonist Gary Bartz joins forces with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Young for the sixth installment of the Jazz is Dead series. Gary is fine fettle primarily on alto throughout on this fine piece of contemporary Jazz which links the tradition with modern production featuring real instruments. The uptempo ‘Black and Brown’, Hip hop influenced beats of the down tempo ‘Spiritual Ideation’, ‘Soulsea’ and ‘Blue Jungles’ and mid tempo ‘The Message’ are all highlights. ‘Visions Of Love’ has a really nice soulful feel with background vocals in the hook line. Really nice album from one of the masters of Jazz, and certainly one of the best in the series so far.

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Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Spiritual Ideation
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Visions Of Love
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Black and Brown
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Blue Jungles
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Day By Day
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Distant Moods
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – The Message
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Soulsea