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A Hip-Hop Jazz Thing @50 - Part 1

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 19, 2023
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Hip-Hop's birthday has been officially identified as August 11, 1973 and many initiatives marking its fiftieth anniversary are already under way. Should you catch yourself wondering—as a jazz fan—about how jazz and hip hop influenced one other... you may find a few clues on this program. And since you're in a celebratory mood, you can also celebrate the airing 250th episode of Mondo Jazz.

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Playlist

Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

Gang Starr "Jazz Thing" Mo' Better Blues—O.S.T. (CBS) 0:16

Host talks 5:02

Pigmeat Markham "Here Comes the Judge" Here Come the Judge (Chess) 6:58

Host talks 9:29

Langston Hughes

" data-original-title="" title="">Langston Hughes,

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Boogie: 1 A.M." Weary Blues (Verve) 12:37

Gil Scott-Heron

vocals
1949 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Flying Dutchman) 14:26

Frankie Crocker "Radio excerpt" 17:31

Host talks 18:03

Herbie Hancock

piano
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock "This Is Rob Swift" Future 2 Future (Columbia) 19:59

Aesop Quartet "Cuttin'-n-scratchin'" Fables for a New Millennium (8th Harmonic Breakdown) 26:52

Host talks 35:49

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman and the Mystic Rhythm Society in Collaboration with AfroCuba De Matanzas "The Seal" The Sign and the Seal (Transmissions of the Metaphysics of a Culture) (BMG) 38:03

Greg Osby

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Osby "Rocking Chair" Black Book (Blue Note) 47:39

Host talks 52:29

Cassandra Wilson

vocals
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Cassandra Wilson "Domination Switch" Jump World (JMT) 54:56

Gary Thomas

saxophone
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Gary Thomas "The Godfather Waltz / I'm a Villain" Overkill (JMT) 1:01:11

Steve Lehman

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Lehman "Bamba" S��l��b��yone (Pi Recordings) 1:07:22

Host talks 1:13:39

Vijay Iyer

piano
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Vijay Iyer,

Mike Ladd

synthesizer

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Ladd "The Color of My Circumference I" In What Language? (Pi Recordings) 1:14:55

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