Freedom Suite
Jazz vocalist and multi Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon joins hip-hop quartet The Beast to release Freedom Suite: a 10-track collection of creative reflections on jazz and hip-hop. Freedom Suite will be available for FREE download, digitally released on Okayplayer’s jazz inspired channel, The Revivalist, on October 26, 2010.
With guest appearances from 9th Wonder, Branford Marsalis, Phonte (of The Foreign Exchange/Little Brother), YahZarah, Geechi Suede (of Camp Lo) and several others, Freedom Suite follows in the tradition of other collaborative jazz and hip-hop projects like the late Guru’s Jazzmatazz. The album features six original songs written and produced by The Beast, which are infused with both a live jazz aesthetic (drums, bass, piano, percussion, strings and horns were all recorded live) and an electronic/sample-based hip-hop aesthetic. Freedom Suite also includes four contemporary interpretations of “standards” from the jazz and hip-hop cannon, including arrangements of Mos Def’s “Umi Says,” Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Charmichael’s “Skylark” and Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop.”
Interludes + Conversations on the Album
In addition to progressive production and songwriting, Freedom Suite also weaves an intellectual discourse into the album. Between songs, Beast emcee Pierce Freelon engages musicians and scholars such as Questlove, Herbie Hancock, Amiri Baraka, Branford Marsalis, Angela Davis and others in one-on-one discussions about music, culture and life.
i’m only on track 3 right now, but this sounds really good!
i’ve been addicted to jazz only for the past 5 or 6 months and i still love hip hop.. i’m really excited for this site! i’m sure i’ll find a lot of new great music through this site too
[...] record, we added the Phonte track as bonus. You can hear the project in full, by heading over to The Revivalist right [...]
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i’m only on track 3 right now, but this sounds really good!
i’ve been addicted to jazz only for the past 5 or 6 months and i still love hip hop.. i’m really excited for this site! i’m sure i’ll find a lot of new great music through this site too
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[...] record, we added the Phonte track as bonus. You can hear the project in full, by heading over to The Revivalist right now. We gotta catch up on some jazz [...]