Grant Green - Ain't It Funky Now - Blue Note
Mulgrew Miller - Pressing The Issue - Maxjazz
The Very Tall Band - Caravan - Telarc
Common - The Hustle - MCA
The Roots - Quills - MCA
Slum Village - Tainted - Capitol
Jay Dee - The Clapper - BBE
Jay Dee - Jungle Love - BBE
Slum Village - We Be Dem - Barak
Common feat. Bilal - Play Your Cards Right - Island
Erykah Badu - Soldier - Motown
Supreme Team - See (Suite) - Stones Throw
The Jahari Massamba Unite - Umoja (Unity) - Stones Throw
Fireside Chat
Karriem Riggins
Los Angeles, USA
If jazz and hip hop passionately and cleverly intertwined with one another, the hybrid result would be a musically gifted lovechild - Karriem Riggins has such a gift. A musical rarity, Detroit born Riggins turned his love of music (introduced by his Jazz musician father Emmanuel Riggins) into a profession, moving to New York City at nineteen. After working with Betty Carter and "Jazz Ahead", Riggins went on to perform with and appear on recordings with various jazz greats including Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson and Mulgrew Miller. However that is just the start. Riggins has also made major accomplishments within the hip hop world as a musician and producer. He produced tracks on some of Common's albums and worked with artists such as Slum Village, The Roots, J Dilla, Dwele, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli and Kanye West. Not to mention his continuing projects with multi-instrumentalist Madlib. The queue of diverse talents beating down his door to get a look in is in no danger of slowing. This will be of no surprise when you hear his softly spoken modest manner and the genius that is so obviously manifested in his music, showcased here in his Fireside Chat.
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