Style of Music
This musical element makes jazz hip-hop fusion unique by allowing artists to create melodies freely in the moment.
What is improvisation?
This brass instrument is commonly heard in both jazz and jazz hip-hop fusion.
What is trumpet?
Jazz hip-hop fusion became especially popular during this decade.
What are the 1990s?
Trailblazing American saxophonist, composer and producer starting in 1980s?
Greg Osby
This Kendrick Lamar song from To Pimp a Butterfly repeats the line “We gon’ be alright.”
What is “Alright”?
Greg Osby described his aggressive jazz and rap blend with this two-word phrase
What is “Street jazz”
Herbie Hancock helped popularize jazz hip-hop fusion using this keyboard instrument.
Synthesizer or piano?
As jazz hip-hop fusion grew, it helped introduce younger audiences to this older American music genre
What is jazz?
Jazz saxophonist who is best known as the leader of The Tonight Show Band from 1992-1995?
Branford Marsalis
This 1983 Herbie Hancock song became famous for its scratching and futuristic music video.
What is “Rockit”?
Jazz hip-hop fusion commonly combines rap vocals with these live, non-digital musical sounds
What are acoustic instruments?
This reed instrument was played by artists like Branford Marsalis and Greg Osby.
What is the saxophone?
This additional element was mixed with jazz to create an early sub-genre of jazz hip-hop called acid-jazz.
What are Percussion tracks?
American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and composer in the 1940s-1980s
Miles Davis
This Gang Starr song was created for Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues soundtrack and featured jazz influences.
What is "Jazz Thing"?
Jazz hip-hop fusion became known for thoughtful lyrics and introspection instead of focusing mainly on this common mainstream rap theme
What is violence, partying, or materialism?
Jazz hip-hop fusion heavily relies on this percussion instrument to create beats and grooves
What are the drums?
The rise of this music technology allowed producers to reuse old jazz recordings in hip-hop tracks, helping create jazz hip-hop fusion.
What is sampling
American Pianist and keyboardist in the 1970s
Lonnie Liston Smith
This Buckshot LeFonque track used rap techniques like scratching, sampling, and layered textures.
What is The Scratch Opera?
One thing that makes jazz hip-hop fusion unique is its blending of hip-hop rhythms with this complex jazz instrument pattern
What are syncopated jazz rhythms?
This type of performer mixes music live and often performs scratching in jazz hip-hop fusion
What is a DJ?
The blending of live jazz instruments with programmed beats marked a major turning point because it combined traditional musicianship with this modern production style.
What is Electronic or digital music?
Two-time Grammy-winning American jazz trumpeter and composer in the 1970s
Roy Hargrove
This Roy Hargrove track featured rapper Common and showed how jazz, neo-soul, and hip-hop could blend together in the 2000s.
What is Common Freestyle?