Jazz isn't dying—it's changing. And what's emerging is ruthlessly exciting and eclectic. This nascent jazz form, like many that preceded it, is a collage of styles—mixing acoustic improvisation with hip-hop themes, turntable sampling and even black-jazz forms from earlier decades. At the front of this movement is pianist Robert Glasper. As I wrote in th…
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