From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...

Right from the jump, the horns hit with crisp urgency, heralding the arrival of Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band at the Tiny Desk. This is not your grandparents' — or even your great-grandparents' — big ...

What would it sound like if someone bridged the gap between large ensemble jazz and classic hip-hop anthems? One multi-generational group of... Revive Big Band At Berklee What would it sound like if ...

Photography by Deneka Peniston and Erik Bardin for Okayplayer. "All of it really is one; it comes from one place. You can call jazz the great-grandfather of hip-hop: it might speak differently, it ...

Tonight all roads lead to the West Village (NYC) where Okayplayer Pharoahe Monch and “The city’s most electrifying young lions of jazz” (-Village Voice) AKA the Revive Big Band will invade the Blue ...

Better than: Thinking about the GOP convention. “Simon says, get the fuck up! Y’all heard me, get the FUCK up!!” Street versifier Pharoahe Monch has yelled those words countless times since “Simon ...

What would it sound like if someone bridged the gap between big band jazz and classic hip-hop anthems? Between Art Blakey and A Tribe Called Quest; between Freddie Hubbard and J. Dilla? One answer is ...