Madlib – Madlib Medicine Show #7: High Jazz 2LP

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“In 2010,Madliblaunched an ambitious series of releases known as theMadlib Medicine Show, which allowed the prolific producer to release new material on a monthly basis. The series touched on all the genres Madlib digs, and that’s just about any genre you can consider — from jazz to rock, soul to disco, myriad African musics, Brazilian and reggae. The seventh entry in the series,High Jazzbeing an all-new Madlib jazz production.High Jazz, the name itself a tribute to the landmark jazz-fusion album released byStanton Davis‘sGhetto Mysticismin 1976, shows a marked development in Madlib’s craft. Among the tracks onHigh Jazzyou’ll find collaborations with the extraordinary jazz/hip-hop drummer/ producerKarriem Riggins– together with Madlib asJahari Masamba Unit; the debut of groupsGeneration Match,The Big Black Foot Band, andRMC, a Madlib, Riggins &James Poysercollab; and a fifteen-minute live piece byYesterdays New Quintet(recorded at a secret show in 2000).”