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Us3: Broadway & 52nd
by Chris M. Slawecki
It's hard to imagine a more hallowed jazz address than broadway & 52nd , the site of the original Birdland. In 1993, British underground DJ turned hip-hop producer Geoff Wilkinson shook up the jazz world with Hand On The Torch, a collection of hip-hop and rap tunes based on samples from classic Blue Note ...
Us3: Hand On The Torch
by Jim Santella
Much of the talk about Us3, hip hop, and its mixture of rap with jazz has centered around the sampling of legendary jazz tunes. While rap remains the centerpiece, jazz sampling takes a back seat to the fine mainstream jazz presented by the members of Us3, including trumpeter Gerard Presencer, guitarist Tony Remy, trombonist Dennis Rollins, ...
