Gurus Jazzmatazz feat The Roots | ja

2006年にダラスで結成されたポストハードコアバンド。初期はサザンロック色が強かったが、1st EP以外はポストハードコアにシフトしている。 2枚の音源をリリースした後、インディーズ大手であるRise Recordsへ移籍。2014年までに4枚のアルバムをリリースしているが、最新作である4thアルバム「Unconditional」はビルボードチャートにて4位を記録し、バンドの出世作となっている。 .

Roots Manuva, born Rodney Smith is a British hip-hop artist, who mixes hip hop with reggae and dub as well as electronica, and even some gospel. He grew up around Stockwell in South London. His parents were from a small village in Jamaica called Banana Hole where his father was a preacher and tailor. Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colossal Insight". Smith made his recorded debut in 1994 as...

There are 2 groups with the name Roots. 1) Roots were a short-lived band comprising Barney Rachabane (alto), Dennis Mpale (trumpet), Duke Makasi (tenor), Sipho Gumede (bass), Peter Morake (drums) and Jabu Nkosi (organ). Replace Jabu Nkosi with Abdullah Ibrahim, add Basil Coetzee on sax and you have the group that recorded the seminal African Herbs LP under the direction of Abdullah Ibrahim. Roots are often cited as a key strand in the development of an indigenous afro jazz sound that links the Drive, the Pelican Club house band under Dick Khoza, Spirits Rejoice and later Sakhile. The liner notes...