Credit: Heather LaShun
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Trap Jazz is the brainchild of Atlanta born piano prodigy Chris Moten who is a widely acclaimed musical director/band member for several of the music industry’s biggest stars. Moten envisioned something deeply personal and unique. It wasn’t about being sidemen or producers for others; it was about exploring their own distinct sound as both friends and musicians. Thus, trap jazz was born.
In Moten’s own words, “Trap Jazz is the community, the hood, the streets. The pain, the struggle, everything that you go through in the hood… mixed with the medicine or therapy of music, to be able to overcome it.” It’s just not the music, it’s the culture. It’s the family, it’s your friends, it’s the loved ones, it’s all of that together.
If this is your first time hearing the words Trap Jazz together, then look no further than the new docu-film by the same name, premiered exclusively on HULU.
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"‘Trap Jazz,’ a revolutionary project blending the rhythms and themes of trap music with the melodies of jazz, is making waves…" – ESSENCE MAGAZINE
"So what happens when three best friends from Atlanta – each packing their own estimable music credits – come together to pool their talents? A new genre tagged ‘trap jazz’." – Billboard
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