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Jahari Massamba Unit
Pardon My French
A1
Je Prendrai Le Romanée-Conti
A2
Les Jardins Esméraldins
A3
Un Bordeaux Pré-Phylloxéra
A4
Deux Fakes Jayers
A5
Riesling Pour Robert
A6
Du Morgon Au Moulin-À-Vent
B1
Trou Du Cul
B2
Etude Montrachet
B3
Le Feu
B4
Merde
B5
Inestimable Le Clos
B6
La Closerie
B7
Hommage À La Vielle Grande
The Jahari Massamba Unit features Madlib on all instrumentation with the exception of drums, which are laid down by Karriem Riggins. Like Madlib, Riggins is well-versed in both the worlds of Jazz and Hip Hop. Musically, Madlib’s label says “we would call the project Spiritual Jazz, but jazz great Phil Ranelin told us to call it Black Classical Music, so that’s what we’re going with.”
This is an album put together by students of jazz in its myriad and historic corms who are also proponents of jazz’s future. The resulting recording reflects a lifetime of record collecting, musical study, woodshedding, and a reverential respect for one another’s craft. Regardless of categorization this is an exciting an all new entry in Madlib’s Yesterdays New Quintet canon of difficult-to-categorize music.