João Donato joins Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge to head the seventh and last edition of the Jazz Is Dead series. Way beyond a simple homage to Donato’s impressive body of work, Jazz Is Dead 007 is just a great (and new) jazz album.
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A hero to both Muhammad and Younge, Carn was more than an inspiration in their respective careers. His compositional and improvisational integrity, presented in this fifth installment of the Jazz Is Dead series, remains indisputable.
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The Jazz Is Dead project, curated by the legendary duo composed by Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, has been presenting a very intimate and smooth perspective on great names of jazz music. Following a Various Artists’ compilation, Roy Ayers and Marcos Valle, Azymuth are in charge of the fourth installment of the series.
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Over the course of its eight original compositions, Jazz Is Dead 002, made in collaboration with Roy Ayers, sounds startling, new and unexpected. Like an unearthed an unreleased album from Ayers’ classic period in the 1970s.
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