Jazz Articles about Universal Supersession

Universal Supersession: Abracadabra

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 1999

You could spend a lot of time debated what music this is. It isn’t jazz, although the fluttering trumpet fits in that category. There’s a lot of funk in this sound, but there’s also oriental scales and Moroccan instruments. And there’s rapping – but a lot of it’s in German! So what is it? It’s different – stop the debate and start the disc.

You first hear the gembri, an exotic string instrument played here like a bass. The sound ...