Wax Poetics Issue 29

With bright colors for summer heat, Wax Poetics 29 blasts into the funky avant-garde with Herbie Hancock and his Mwandishi band, written by producer Kirk Degiorgio. Mark Skillz returns with another old-school hip-hop cover feature: Spoonie Gee lit up the streets with his tales of gritty realism. Buy the Playlist!

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Featured Articles:
  • Herbie Hancock
    "The Warner period was key in my development. Beginning with the earthy, funky approach of Fat Albert Rotunda to the subsequent journeys into space—which were our response to the avant-garde ventures of those times."
  • Spoonie Gee
    It was the first time on wax that a rapper had weaved together a narrative as gritty as a Donald Goines novel. It was a tale of heartbreak, deceit, and revenge. In fact, the main character could've been a vixen straight out of a Goines book.
  • Lalo Schifrin
    "My biggest problem is I'm a chameleon, and I don't say this to pat myself on the back, but I am very versatile and I know many techniques of music. And I've been using them."
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    Also Includes:
    • Re:Discovery Gregory Isaacs, Missy Dee & the Melody Crew, Compost, Mr. Complex, Primitive
    • Higher Ground Israeli multi-instrumentalist Kutiman gets inspired
    • Root Down Plantlife's Jack Splash cultivates homegrown formula for success
    • The Israelites Chicago expats bring spiritual soul to the Holy Land
    • Songs of Freedom The musical liberation of funky Lagos
    • Ghost in the Machine Overshadowed producer K-Def makes noise with his MPC
    • Primary Colors Back to basics with Pete Rock
    • Mise-En-Scene The Cinematic Orchestra sets the mood with sound noir
    • True to Self Lee Fields rediscovers new ways to make his music
    • Leader of the Free World Jazzman Sam Rivers helmed the New York loft scene and charted a new direction for big band
    • The Life of a Chameleon Composer and jazz pianist Lalo Schifrin harmonizes with his musical surroundings
    • Journeys into Space Herbie Hancock and his Mwandishi band explored the funky outer limits of the avant-garde
    • Street's Disciple Spoonie Gee delivered some of rap's first urban sermons
    • Rhythm Revolution Saxophonist Cedric Brooks weaves the rebellious history of Jamaica into his music
    • Hip-Hop Bound Freddy Fresh produces the encyclopedia of rap records
    • Nova Beat As Jackson Conti, Madlib and Mamao craft stellar Brazilian record

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