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Jeff Goldblum’s Power Of Jazz - Episode 2

Jeff Goldblum uncovers the connections between jazz, hip-hop & other forms of dance music. Featuring contributions from De La Soul's Plug One, Robert Glasper, Yazz Ahmed & others.

In this second episode Jeff Goldblum uncovers the connections between jazz and hip-hop, and early jazz & dance music. He explores the wave of hip-hop artists who've spent their time ‘crate digging’ for jazz samples and ‘breakbeats’, mixing these with their DJ scratching and rapping to create brand new musical expressions. De La Soul’s Plug One talks us through the creation of their hip-hop classic ‘Stakes Is High’ using a jazz sample from pianist Ahmad Jamal and explains the connections between rapping, scatting and improvisation. Prince gets in on the act too and the saxophonist Eric Leeds talks about his jazz project collaboration Madhouse with this multi-faceted megastar. We also hear from some of the female trailblazers in the word of hip-hop, embracing jazz including Grammy winning artist Queen Latifah. Featuring contributions from Robert Glasper, Lizzo, Yazz Ahmed, Herbie Hancock, Shabaka Hutchings, Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band and insights from broadcasters Tina Edwards and Kevin Le Gendre.

A Â鶹ԼÅÄ Audio Scotland Production produced by Sushil K Dade for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Us3

    Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)

  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

    Stretching

  • Digable Planets

    Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

  • Golden Gate Orchestra

    The Charleston

  • Dream Warriors

    My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Manteca

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

  • Gang Starr

    Jazz Thing

  • Queen Latifah

    Ladies First [Radio Edit] (feat. Monie Love)

  • Queen Latifah

    Lush Life

  • Lauryn Hill

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

  • Ezra Collective

    Life Goes On (feat. Sampa the Great)

  • Missy Elliott

    Get Ur Freak On

  • De La Soul

    Magic Number

  • Ahmad Jamal

    Swahililand

  • De La Soul

    Stakes Is High

  • Nas

    It Ain't Hard To Tell

  • Herbie Hancock

    Rockit

  • Public Enemy

    Fear of a Black Planet

  • Average White Band

    Pick Up The Pieces

  • TLC

    Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

  • Average White Band

    Schoolboy Crush

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    Microphone Fiend

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Complexion (A Zulu Love) (feat. Rapsody)

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Jazz (We’ve Got)

  • Madhouse

    One

  • Madlib

    Slim's Return

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Jul 2024 00:00
  • Wed 31 Jul 2024 03:00