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Tuesday, 6 December 2016

HSD Top 10 Albums 2016 - No 5

5 BadBadNotGood – IV


BadBadNotGood are present day jazz renegades. This is up front music with one finger on the pulse of trip hop, another on the heartbeat of electronica, with a confident nod to the breaks of hip hop. The album is a glorious, uninhibited foray into a modern take on jazz. When Blue Note Records were releasing their catalogue in the 60s or artists like Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane and Miles Davis were coming to the fore, it must have been incredible to be discovering this astounding new music. BBNG capture a fresh excitement of jazz and no doubt there is a whole new, younger audience who are coming across and falling in love with the music, discovering and being amazed. Jazz has for a long time had a slightly elitist feel, so for the genre to be spreading out and being explored by a newly initiated and eager audience is a beautiful thing. When I saw them recently at The Electric in Brixton, they name checked Kamasi Washington (See HSD Top 10 2016 - no.9) amongst others and there is a thriving jazz scene developing right now. It is happening. Get on board!!

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