A LIFE IN THE DAY OF B19: TALES OF THE TOWER BLOCK - SOWETO KINCH
It’s always seemed as though there’s a natural affinity between jazz and hip-hop, but few artists have managed to make anything believable out of this potentiality. An exception is the English sax man Soweto Kinch. “A Life in the Day” is Kinch’s second album, and he not only does a remarkable job of blending jazz and hip-hop into a fascinating groove, but he also pulls together a concept album as a bonus. Follow the dreams and tribulations of S, Adrian and Marcus–residing in postal district B19 in Birmingham, England–and partake of some very cool jazz. For a simultaneous jazz/ rap interlude, try “Ridez.” As a jazz stylist, Kinch is a man of various moods, from the basic ballad form of “Adrian’s Ballad” to the dissonance of “The House That Love Built” and the angular polyphony of “Out There.” Billboard
