[youtube id=”sggjSJ3qh8U”] Adrien Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad give a quick look at their work with Roy Ayers for their Jazz Is Dead series. Here they are in the studio working on “Hey Lover.” Ayers, Younge and Muhammad wrote the songs for the album that take inspiration from Ayers’s ’70sContinue Reading
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge have collaborated with jazz icons for the Jazz Is Dead 001 compilation. It is the first release from the Jazz Is Dead label. Muhammad and Younge have fulfilled creative dreams working with Roy Ayers, Azymuth, Brian Jackson, Gary Bartz, Doug Carn, Joâo Donato andContinue Reading
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge’s The Midnight Hour is their latest collaboration. The jazz, hip-hop, Latin, and R&B-influenced album has appearances from Ladybug Mecca, Raphael Saadiq, CeeLo Green and more. They cite the Harlem Renaissance and Black excellence as their inspiration. The 20-song album shines brightly despite its referenceContinue Reading
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge bring out another single from their upcoming Midnight Hour project with their version of Luther Vandross’s “So Amazing.” The song receives new sonic elements with Latin rhythm, harps and jazz guitar but Vandross’s original vocals are intact. Muhammad and Younge explained the origins of theContinue Reading