OK, so while a lot of non USA based folk would leave out the baseball, this is a pretty accurate take on what a profound influence Jazz has had on music culture worldwide for over 100 years. The history of Jazz is wide and deep and far too complex to do justice to in a few sentences, so anyone keen to learn about the history of this incredible music is urged to seek out Ken Burns’ Emmy Award winning, 10 part TV series, ‘Jazz’.
Many contemporary music genres are influenced by Jazz in some direct or indirect way. From the endless jazz samples woven into the fabric of hip-hop, to the deep jazz sensibilities that inform contemporary r’n’b, through the jazz modes that have influenced many post-rock bands including Tortoise and Stereolab, to the jazz roots that lay under contemporary electronic labels such as Brainfeeder and Ninja Tune, Jazz is the motherlode. Here at Flying Nun we don’t pretend to be Jazz experts, but we know a good tune when we hear one and strive to stock reissued Jazz classics by artists including Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis and Gil Scott-Heron, alongside contemporary Jazz and Jazz influenced works like Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and Thundercat.
Find a curated selection of the best new and classic Jazz albums on vinyl LP, Record, CD at the Flying Nun Records Stores. Buy online and get free shipping in Aotearoa New Zealand on any order over $40.
