Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Various: Jazz Is Dead 1 LP

Music exists in movement and change, but before any part of it can be pinned down for analysis, it has often moved and taken on a new face. The transformation is often driven by culture as forward-thinking people avoid the proverbial paths in search of revolution. Even though our pioneers prophesized that the revolution would not be televised, the message has permeated. It’s spreading like wild re and leaders are de ned by those that speak rst: Jazz Is Dead. The pluralism behind the mutiny is stark, but the reality is trapped in the eyes of us that eeted the scene years ago. With Jazz Is Dead, a new musical denomination is born, reversing the damage done to the genre. Yes, jazz speaks to all, but the mes- sage was no longer being recorded with reverence to the processes of the past; the dissonance of our movement is serving as the undertow for change. Music is the universal language and we are the interpreter of sound, a message that has been lost in transcription. Under Jazz Is Dead,