Jazz Articles about Slauson Malone

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Slauson Malone: A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018

by John Bricker
June 4, 2019

Like the black hole its cover image evokes, Slauson Malone's debut solo album, A Quiet Farwell, 2016—2018 is a beautiful mystery, using disorienting samples and despondent beats to confuse and captivate. Jasper Marsalis—son of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis—rejected formal musical training, instead establishing himself under his pseudonym as a forward-thinking hip-hop producer through his work with New York experimental collective Standing on the Corner. While A Quiet Farwell, 2016— 2018 uses dusty soul samples, warped vocals and lo-fi drums, familiar ...