https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/genres/jazz/Latest entries for the tag JazzenMon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/berlioz-the-tetris-method-of-jazz-house/2016 was the year that SoundCloud broke through into the mainstream. And for Jasper Attlee, producer, beatmaker and jazz-house auteur, the music streaming and sharing platform came at just the right time. Born in Cape Town, raised on the English seaside and fed a diet of contemporary art and jazz,…Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/berlioz-the-tetris-method-of-jazz-house/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/potatohead-people-producers-in-the-pocket/How does a pair of hip-hop producers evolve from being crate-digging sample hounds into a jazz-funk band beloved by certified rap legends? For Canadian duo Potatohead People it happens on a very long, circuitous path of pursuing their influences and slowly gaining the admiration of the artists they admired. Potatohead…Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:24:38 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/potatohead-people-producers-in-the-pocket/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/leo-abrahams-rethinking-improvisation/Already a classically trained pianist before discovering guitar at the age of 12, composer and producer Leo Abrahams began his musical career as lead guitarist for Imogen Heap’s touring band alongside Jon Hopkins on keyboards. Since 2005, Abrahams has released six solo LPs while co-writing film soundtracks, producing for dozens…Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:35:47 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/leo-abrahams-rethinking-improvisation/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sirintrip-carbon-captured-in-sound/Climate change is an inescapable part of our current moment, and it’s no surprise artists are engaging with the subject on an ever-increasing scale. There are of course many ways to approach such a broad and complex topic, from conceptual studies and site-specific projects through to urgent expressions of anxiety…Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:52:49 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sirintrip-carbon-captured-in-sound/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kiefer-how-to-b-u/Kiefer is passionate about sharing his process - “This is my life's passion. I love talking about this stuff. It's my favorite thing!” But let’s be clear, this is not a passion of self-reflective, navel-gazing inquiry into only his own process, the LA-based artist is passionate about exposing how music…Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:04:16 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kiefer-how-to-b-u/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/afriqua-presents-principles-of-black-music-improvisation/Part Five of a Five Part Series Read Part One here, Part Two here, Part Three here, Part Four here In the beginning, there was Improvisation. There had to be. Before music could ever be remembered, written down, or recorded, some intrepid caveman just had to bang it out. That…Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:24:04 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/afriqua-presents-principles-of-black-music-improvisation/ArtistsNewshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marysia-osu-harp-jazz-angel-sound-and-beyond/The harp is having a moment. There’s new Warp signing Nala Sinephro who combines harp and modular synth, Chicago’s Brandee Younger who records with beat scientist and drummer Makaya McCraven, and now, Londoner Marysia Osu. The harpist-beatmaker is an embedded part of London’s producer-inspired jazz scene: she played with rising…Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:21:17 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marysia-osu-harp-jazz-angel-sound-and-beyond/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tijn-wybenga-a-composer-runs-amok/Like many cities, Amsterdam has been struggling to retain spaces where grassroots music can develop. Fortunately, there are a number of repurposed industrial buildings in the outskirts that are picking up the slack. Places like old car repair garages or the pink-painted gas station Roze Tanker are bearing many fruits…Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:55:53 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tijn-wybenga-a-composer-runs-amok/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-afriqua/Afriqua turns an initial Rhodes idea into a summery jazz-funk track. Learn how the accomplished pianist uses MIDI editing tools to find the right groove, transforms elements of his Rhodes part into other instrument lines, and captures improvised melodies on the fly.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:41:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-afriqua/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/makaya-mccraven-beat-scientist/Drummer, ‘beat scientist’ and multi-instrumentalist Makaya McCraven is sitting outside his home in Chicago, reflecting on his lockdown through the medium of Zoom. “I took a really hearty pause from doing music-related things except for taking some guitar lessons and giving my kids some music lessons,” he says. “I wasn’t…Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/makaya-mccraven-beat-scientist/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sowall-jazz-chops-finger-drumming/Some artists lay all their sounds and tricks on the table, then subtract and add things back in to complete a track. Others are builders, starting with core blocks of sound and patterns with space to breathe, then progressing with layers of increasing complexity. Lee Sowall is a builder whose...Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:04:56 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sowall-jazz-chops-finger-drumming/ArtistsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/anomalie-keys-chords-and-beats/Is that a jazz ensemble playing in the pocket, or talented studio wizardry? For the aptly-named Anomalie, the answer is often “both, and then some”. Born Nicolas Dupuis, Anomalie emerged from the fruitful Montreal music scene, where immersion in jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music all informed his unique style. He...Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:35:56 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/anomalie-keys-chords-and-beats/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/selebeyone-new-york-paris-dakar/2016 saw the emergence of Sélébéyone, a project that tied together so many disparate sounds, musical disciplines, geographical locations, and even languages, that the result was basically unimaginable before the group came into existence. A collaboration between renowned American saxophonist/composer Steve Lehman, French saxophonist/composer Maciek Lasserre, Senegalese rapper Gaston Bandimic,...Fri, 26 May 2017 13:06:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/selebeyone-new-york-paris-dakar/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/henrik-schwarz-and-bugge-wesseltoft/What happens when a veteran house producer collaborates with a renowned jazz pianist? What musical common ground do they share and how can they improvise on equal footing when their respective instruments are so different? In an highly insightful and entertaining presentation at the 2015 Loop summit, Germany’s Henrik Schwarz...Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:36:16 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/henrik-schwarz-and-bugge-wesseltoft/ArtistsLoophttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/aron-ottignon-question-of-balance/New Zealand-born, Paris-based pianist Aron Ottignon has been steadily expanding his instrumental craft as a jazz pianist – both on his own and in collaboration with artists such as Stromae and Woodkid. For his latest release, Ottignon sought out the production talents of fellow-antipodean Rodi Kirk, and enlisted UK steel...Tue, 05 May 2015 09:08:35 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/aron-ottignon-question-of-balance/ArtistsVideos