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Mar 27, 2024 · Festival opens on Wednesday night, March 27, with Hip Hop Listening Sessions: We’ve Got the Jazz — Jazz and Hip Hop Edition, facilitated by KOKAYI and featuring a panel that includes DJ Raydar Ellis, multidisciplinary artist Paige Hernandez and bandleader Igmar Thomas. DJ Face will provide the musical backdrop.
Hip Hop & represents an annual season focus highlighting hip hop’s intersection with other genres, forms, and disciplines. It is dedicated to celebrating the multi-hyphenate and the evolutionary and unexpected ways that hip hop impacts culture. As we launch our inaugural festival we are excited to celebrate the dynamic relationship between ...
Feb 9, 2023 · Known for electrifying live performances that blend hip hop, jazz, rap, soul, and funk, The Roots regularly sell out concert venues when they are not serving as the house band for The Tonight...
Mar 27, 2024 · Festival, join us for a very special presentation of our Hip Hop Listening Sessions focused on the intersection between hip hop and jazz! Whether it’s classic hip-hop songs with iconic jazz samples such as Eric B. & Rakim’s “Don’t Sweat the Technique”; A Tribe Called Quest’s “Excursions,” “Jazz (We’ve Got),” and ...
A very special Hip Hop Listening Session focused on the intersection between Hip Hop & Jazz. Whether it’s classic hip hop songs with iconic jazz samples, jazz compositions, covers, collaborations, or concept projects, we will be exploring the myriad of ways that jazz and hip hop intersect.
Jan 16, 2024 · The sessions start on March 29 with Igmar Thomas’s Revive Big Band with following performances from musician Robert Glasper, composer Derrick Hodge, the Black Radio Orchestra and drummer DJ Karriem Riggins scheduled for successive dates. On April 19, musicians Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff and bandleader Ravi Coltrane will perform.
May 17, 2024 · 1987 - present. Areas Of Involvement: jazz. hip-hop. On the Web: The Kennedy Center - The Roots (May 17, 2024) the Roots, American jazz / hip-hop jam band that was perhaps best known as the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009–14) and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014– ).
