Jazz Articles about Yohimbe Brothers

Yohimbe Brothers featuring Vernon Reid and DJ Logic

by Mark F. Turner
May 2, 2008

Yohimbe Brothers Yohimbe Brothers featuring Vernon Reid and DJ Logic La Huit 2007 This live concert captures footage of the Yohimbe Brothers: guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour, Free Form Funky Freqs) and DJ Logic (Zen of Logic, Ropeadope, 2006) and their multiform collage of hard rock, Latin, funk, jazz, and hip hop turnablism. Add some artistic post production visuals by French documentary filmmaker Jerome de Missolz and you get a DVD ...

Yohimbe Brothers: The Tao of Yo

by Andrew Durkin
November 13, 2004

Let's face it: sometimes the claim that a given work “defies genre" (as the press materials for The Tao of Yo , the second release by the Yohimbe Brothers, put it) is more the result of aggressive marketing than anything else. Indeed, “eclecticism" has become something of a PR mantra among musicians in recent years. Its invocation should give us pause.

After all, what is wrong with a good album that clearly leans on one musical tradition or another, or ...

Yohimbe Brothers: The Tao of Yo

by Mark F. Turner
October 9, 2004

Hard rock psycho-turntabulism that pushes the envelope.

The Yohimbe Brothers once again deliver their eclectic blend of rock, DJ mixing, rap lyrics, and other elements on The Tao of Yo. The duo, whose name is based loosely on an African herbal aphrodisiac, consists of guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour, Vernon Reid & Masque) and turntablist DJ Logic ( The Anomaly ). Their fertile collaboration began in 2002 with their well-received debut, Front End Lifter , and the new music continues ...