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Jafar Barron: The Free-Bop Movement

by Joel Roberts
May 1, 2001

Philadelphia trumpeter Jafar Barron offers an impressively cohesive mix of bebop, hip hop and spoken word on his debut album on Q Records. But jazz purists (at least those with open ears) need not fear - this is a jazz album, albeit one that draws on both rap and electronics.

Barron's approach most directly paralells that of Steve Coleman's M-Base Collective and, to a lesser extent Ornette Coleman's “free funk." Barron and his colleagues - including brother Farid, a member ...

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Album Review

Jafar Barron: The Free-Bop Movement

by Joel Roberts
April 1, 2001

Philadelphia trumpeter Jafar Barron offers an impressively cohesive mix of bebop, hip hop and spoken word on his debut album on Q Records. But jazz purists (at least those with open ears) need not fear - this is a jazz album, albeit one that draws on both rap and electronics.

Barron's approach most directly paralells that of Steve Coleman's M-Base Collective and, to a lesser extent Ornette Coleman's “free funk." Barron and his colleagues - including brother Farid, a member ...

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