Patti Smith, Jon Batiste, and Japanese Breakfast are among the artists set to contribute to a new Spotify EP series, Live at Electric Lady.
Each participating artist will share a short collection of songs recorded live at the famed New York City studio. The artists were encouraged to play their own songs, as well as covers by the many artists who have recorded at Electric Lady over the years.
The Live at Electric Lady series will kick off July 29th with Batiste’s EP, which he recorded in May with jazz greats Kenny Garrett,...
Each participating artist will share a short collection of songs recorded live at the famed New York City studio. The artists were encouraged to play their own songs, as well as covers by the many artists who have recorded at Electric Lady over the years.
The Live at Electric Lady series will kick off July 29th with Batiste’s EP, which he recorded in May with jazz greats Kenny Garrett,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In 2017, the Los Angeles promoter Andrew Lojero had an idea for a new jazz concert series. Along with A Tribe Called Quest DJ-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad and prolific R&b and hip-hop composer-producer Adrian Younge — the duo behind throwback soul project the Midnight Hour and the Luke Cage soundtrack — he began putting together bills featuring esteemed jazz veterans such as Roy Ayers and Gary Bartz, and rising stars of the genre like Keyon Herrold. Lojero dubbed the series Jazz Is Dead.
“I thought the name was bold, provocative and exactly...
“I thought the name was bold, provocative and exactly...
- 3/19/2020
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
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