Jazz Articles about Crash

Crash: Candy Shop

by Dave Nathan
April 12, 2002

The Canadian quintet, Crash, is still one more group made up of talented musicians, like Maceo Parker and Medeski, Martin and Wood, who are reaching out to a younger audience by bridging the gap between jazz and contemporary pop and rock music. The result is a toe tapping, shoulder shaking conglomeration of musical styles incorporating ingredients of hip hop, funk, groove into such jazz styles as swing and fusion. The composing credits on the play list are collegially assigned to ...