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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.
Apr 24, 2024 · A sold-out show at the Kennedy Center featuring Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Ravi Coltrane celebrated the interconnected relationship between hip-hop and jazz.
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.
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The fusion of avant-garde hip hop with live jazz improvisation, instrumentation, and arranging may seem like a new phenomenon, though one could date it at least as far back as the Roots’ early 90s debut. “Hip hop’s love affair with jazz goes back more than 30 years,” Lewis writes.
Jan 22, 2024 · Snag tickets to the Kennedy Center's inaugural Hip Hop & Jazz Festival. Robert Glasper and other music biggies are coming soon to the Kennedy Center. Photo: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images. Ticket sales for a new hip-hop festival at the Kennedy Center go live today for the general public.
Jan 16, 2024 · Each year, the “Hip Hop &…” series will explore the evolutionary and multitude of ways that the music genre affects culture. The festival kicks off March 27 with a special jazz and hip-hop edition of the Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop Listening Sessions.
Mar 27, 2024 · The Hip Hop & … 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.
