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Stream Two New Songs of Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington’s Upcoming Double Album, ‘Waiting Game’

August 23, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington is always ahead of the curve. She's endlessly innovative and makes music that often seems to have deeper meaning at its core. On her upcoming new double album, Waiting Game, with her group Social Science of pianist Aaron Parks, guitarist Matthew Stevens, emcee & DJ Kassa Overall, vocalist Debo Ray, and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Guerin, is … [Read more...]

Johnny Butler – “Crossing the River” (feat. Kassa Overall) (Video)

May 4, 2018 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Saxophonist Johnny Butler has always had a diversity of influences in his music. It's worth noting, though, that one of those influences is the drummer/rapper/producer Kassa Overall. They all come together for the video for "Crossing the River" of Butler's latest album, HyperViolet, with his group The Epic Fail. It's got jazz, hip hop, interpretive dance, and a hypnotic quality … [Read more...]

Kassa Overall – ‘Drake It Till You Make It’ EP (Stream)

April 13, 2018 By Anthony Dean-Harris

The multi-talented Kassa Overall keeps busy and keeps finding ways to meld all those various talents in his works. His latest effort, the four-song EP Drake It Till You Make It, combines Kass' love of hip hop and jazz (and continuously reminding folks in the jazz world that yes, Kass is still drumming and he's still putting in work); providing his take on Snoop, Kanye, and, of … [Read more...]

Thums Up Live at the 2017 Ecstatic Music Festival (Stream)

March 9, 2017 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Thums Up is one of those projects that has floated around for a little while but I've yet to hear but sound like so awesome a configuration that I would leap at them the moment recorded work came to light. I've always been extremely excited to hear the work of the collective pianist Vijay Iyer, guitarist Rafiq Bhatia, drummer Kassa Overall, and rapper Himanshu Suri (aka Heems … [Read more...]

Painting – “You Were Right All Along” (Video)

July 22, 2015 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy premiered the new video from pianist Emanuel Ruffler and drummer Kassa Overall, a.k.a. Painting, for the song "You Were Right All Along" off their upcoming EP out next month. It's a time lapse video of various parts of New York that fits in perfectly with this moody music. Check out the video after the jump.Emanuel Ruffler … [Read more...]

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