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DJ Grazzhoppa's DJ Bigband + Aka Moon: DJ Grazzhoppa's DJ Bigband + Aka Moon
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
There is no shortage of matchmakers seeking to arrange the marriage of jazz and hip hop. Back in the 1980s, pianist Herbie Hancock collaborated with DJ DST, while hip hop duo Gangstarr ostentatiously sampled classic jazz records. In the 1990s, rappers A Tribe Called Quest invited bassist Ron Carter to play on The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991), while saxophonist Greg Osby, in turn, brought in Quest producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad on his 3D Lifestyles (Blue Note, 1993). Today, Robert ...
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