Music

Album Announced
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The American Negro is an unapologetic critique, detailing the systemic and malevolent psychology that afflicts people of color.

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Gary Bartz 
ADRIAN YOUNGE
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
Album Release

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The shadow that Gary Bartz casts over the last six decades of progressive Black music, and his continued dedication to same, makes him a logical and very welcome contributor to the Jazz Is Dead label.

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DOug Carn ADRIAN YOUNGE
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
Album Release

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Founded in Oakland, The Black Jazz label was created to promote the talents of young African American jazz musicians and singers, and released twenty albums between 1971 and 1975.

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Azymuth ADRIAN YOUNGE
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
Album Announced

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Younge and Shaheed Muhammad started by mining Valle’s back catalog for direction and inspiration. Unlike most artists of his stature, Valle is still actively recording and releasing music, but Marcos Valle JID003 is different from all of his others.

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New marcos valle jid003 album 

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Younge and Shaheed Muhammad started by mining Valle’s back catalog for direction and inspiration. Unlike most artists of his stature, Valle is still actively recording and releasing music, but Marcos Valle JID003 is different from all of his others.

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roy ayers JID002

ROY AYERS ALBUM OUT NOW

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In February 2018, Roy Ayers performed four sold out shows in Los Angeles as part of the Jazz Is Dead Black History Month series.  It wasn’t until 2020 that fans of Ayers discovered that in addition to those shows, the legendary vibraphone player had also recorded an entire album of new material with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

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