Yesterday we unveiled Nextbop's Best Jazz Albums of 2019, which was compiled by our staff as a whole. Today, we continue our Season of Lists with Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dean-Harris' Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019. There's something kind of lovely about the lack of one major cohesive idea present in the genre of jazz at the moment. The idea of what the music can be is larger … [Read more...]
Stream Kneebody’s “When It All Comes Down” featuring Gretchen Parlato from New Album ‘Chapters’
Kneebody, the innovative jazz group made up of trumpeter Shane Endsley, saxophonist Ben Wendel, keyboardist Adam Benjamin and the extraordinary Nate Wood taking the simultaneous roles of drummer and bassist, is back with their seventh album, Chapters, coming October 18th to Edition Records. “The title references the episodic nature of life and the way our personal stories … [Read more...]
Jazz Group Kneebody Covers Rapper Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” (Video)
You’ve all heard “Bodak Yellow” by now, the 2017 hip-hop anthem that propelled rapper Cardi B to superstardom. With its dark and hypnotic vamp and its aggressive and provocative lyrics by a woman, it’s no mystery why it landed the number 24 spot on the year-end Billboard Hot 100, right above Childish Gambino’s “Redbone”. But what would happen if “Bodak Yellow”, the epitome of … [Read more...]
Kneebody Covers Beck’s “Dear Life” (Video)
Kneebody is continuing their cover series with a new song this week-- their take on Beck's "Dear Life" off his latest album, Colors. Comparing the two songs, Kneebody is definitely taking Beck's tune and sprinting with it. If this is the pace the group is taking all their recent pop covers, this will stay a series to stay up on. Give the video some play after the … [Read more...]
Kneebody Cover Rihanna’s “Work” (Video)
I wasn't really asking for this, but I also make it a habit to sleep on Rihanna (hell, I still like Sia's earlier work), but "Work" is a catchy song and it certainly has its place in the culture. It certainly reached the guys of Kneebody who just dropped their take on the song which is certainly still Rihanna's hit but also very much a Kneebody tune, with its production, Shane … [Read more...]