#linear labs

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Adrian Younge - Afro-Disco Makossa

Afro-Disco Makossa is the first Linear Labs album built for the dance floor, and Adrian Younge is uniquely qualified to make it. Having already recorded modern Afrobeat classics with Tony Allen and Ebo Taylor through Jazz Is Dead, Younge asks a new question: what would a Ghanaian producer in '76 have made if he set out to create an American disco record for his hometown? The result is a relentless, hypnotic patchwork of Afrobeat, funk, and disco recorded to tape, built for the DJ of any era. Adrian Younge: Electric bass guitar, Electric guitars, Electronic piano, Monophonic synthesizer, Percussion  Philip Andy Biney: Drums David Urquidi – Baritone saxophone Danny Janklow – Baritone saxophone Scott Mayo – Alto saxophone Katisse Buckingham – Flute Ashley Jarmack – Flute Khristian Foreman – Trombone Tatiana Tate - Trumpet

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Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead (JID 006)

The shadow that Gary Bartz casts over the last six decades of progressive Black music, and his continued dedication to same, makes him a logical and very welcome contributor to the Jazz Is Dead label. An alto saxophonist steeped in the history and tradition of his instrument who is also restlessly experimental and not prone to purism of any kind, he enjoys both the respect and admiration of his peers and the hero worship of several generations after him – including Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, which inevitably led to Gary Bartz JID 006. Bartz brought his historically busy touring and recording schedule into the new millennium, re-establishing his deep jazz credentials even as another generation of DJs and hip-hop producers discovered the untold riches contained in his back catalog. He remains spry, fit and energetic at age 80 and his new collaboration with Jazz Is Dead's Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad is the glorious proof. This is what Gary Bartz brings to this Jazz Is Dead collaboration, and as can be expected, his questing spirit fits the Jazz Is Dead style like a glove and has produced an album that's a cutting-edge addition to his immense canon as he effortlessly interfaces with the next generation. 

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Adrian Younge presents Loren Oden - My Heart, My Love - Adrian Younge’s name on it ensures lush, imaginatively-arranged soul & r&b

Born into a musical family in Compton, Ca., Loren Oden grew up in the church. Oden’s transparency, or in other words, connection to people is what makes him one of the most captivating vocalists of the modern era.

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Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 001, featuring an amazing list of guest artists (Roy Ayers, Gary Bartz, etc.)

It feels like, every week something special is recorded in our Linear Labs recording studio, here in Los Angeles. But this right here? This right here is special. Over the last year Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have been making music with the masters. Composing and producing brand new albums with their heroes. This is our first presentation of work that has come out of these sessions. 1. Hey Lover feat Roy Ayers 2. Distant Mode feat Gary Bartz 3. Nancy Wilson feat Brian Jackson 4. Conexão feat João Donato 5. Down Deep feat Doug Carn 6. Apocalíptico feat Azymuth 7. Não Saia Da Praça feat Marcos Valle 8. Jazz Is Dead feat The Midnight Hour

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The Midnight Hour - Jazz Is Dead 001

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The Midnight Hour delivers 'Harmony' from upcoming album...

Posted on https://www.thewordisbond.com/the-midnight-hour-returns-with-new-song-from-upcoming-album/

The Midnight Hour delivers 'Harmony' from upcoming album...

Taking a break from their fall tour, The Midnight Hour returns with a brand new single that features frequent collaborator Loren Oden. Titled Harmony, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad says that this is “a song for those that have felt a special spark of love, in the moment." The song is t