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Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated
lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obliterate
everything in its path. His literate, intelligent, nimbly performed rhymes and political consciousness certainly didn't fit
the fashions of the moment, but he was able to win a devoted cult audience. By the late '90s, a substantial underground movement
had set about reviving the bohemian sensibility of alternative rap, and Common finally started to receive wider recognition
as a creative force. Not only were his albums praised by critics, but he was able to sign with a major label that guaranteed
him more exposure than ever before.
John Coltrane
John
Coltrane is sometimes described as one of jazz's most influential musicians, but one is hard put to find followers who actually
play in his style. Rather, he is influential by example, inspiring musicians to experiment, take chances, and devote themselves
to their craft. Compilations
and releases of archival live recordings brought him a series of Grammy nominations, including Best Jazz Performance for the
Atlantic album The Coltrane Legacy in 1970; Best Jazz Performance, Group, and Best Jazz Performance, Soloist, for "Giant Steps"
from the Atlantic album Alternate Takes in 1974; and Best Jazz Performance, Group, and Best Jazz Performance, Soloist, for
Afro Blue Impressions in 1977. He won the 1981 Grammy for Best Jazz Performance, Soloist, for Bye Bye Blackbird, an album
of recordings made live in Europe
in 1962, and he was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, 25 years after his death. Coltrane was one of the greatest if the greatest
to ever play the saxophone.
Miles Davis
Davis was the son of a dental surgeon, Dr. Miles Dewey Davis, Jr., and a music teacher, Cleota Mae (Henry) Davis, and thus
grew up in the black middle class of east St. Louis after
the family moved there shortly after his birth. He became interested in music during his childhood and by the age of 12 began
taking trumpet lessons.
Throughout a professional
career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a
stem less Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his
approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the
early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that
period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own performances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and
collaborators who forged new directions. It can even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward. Davis was one of the greatest if the greatest
to ever play the trumpet.
Dead Prez
The
Florida-based political rap duo Dead Prez consists of Stic.man and M-1, a pair of rappers inspired by revolutionaries from
Malcolm X to Public Enemy. They immersed themselves in political and social studies as they forged their own style of hip-hop.
They went on to work with Big Punisher on his 1998 album Capital Punishment and released singles like 1998's "Police State
with Chairman Omali" and 1999's "It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop." Their debut album, Lets Get Free, was released in early 2000.
A two-volume mixtape project -- Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape, Vol. 1 and Turn off the Radio: The Mixtape, Vol. 2: Get Free
or Die Tryin' -- followed in 2002 and 2003, boasting tracks and new productions, and their proper studio follow-up, RBG: Revolutionary
But Gangsta, appeared in 2004.
Two
years later the group collaborated with the three remaining members of the Outlawz for Can't Sell Dope Forever, followed shortly
after by Soldier 2 Soldier, a joint record between Stic.man and Young Noble.
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