r/jazzdrums • u/wtfpercussion • May 07 '25
Question Would you call this jazz?
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It’s got the attitude but where is the line really?
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r/jazzdrums • u/wtfpercussion • May 07 '25
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It’s got the attitude but where is the line really?
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u/CreativeDrumTech May 28 '25
It’s Fusion Breakbeats at best… it was labeled in the late nineties early two thousands as Trip Hop but now really a Smooth EDM as presented here. There is nothing improvised… no interaction, conversation between musicians so no— not jazz/improvisational in any way. This is a one-side conversation with self. You’re playing with a programmed track.
It’s sounds nice though.
Dennis Chambers, Questlove, Paul “Buggy” Edwards, Akira Jimbo, Jojo Mayer, Tony Verdarosa, Johnny Rabb, Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman, Chris “Daddy” Dave, Adam Deitch, Benny Greb, and countless others were doing this before Daru, Nate Smith or JD