Since its 2017 inception, Jazz Is Dead has remained true to its mission of honoring the legacies of their musical heroes through cross generational collaborations. With Jazz Is Dead Series 2, co-founders Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, have delivered an unimpeachable collection of fresh and captivating recordings inspired by jazz’s past, present, and future.

The series features new albums from legends Lonnie Liston Smith,Jean Carne, Tony Allen, Henry Franklin,Phil Ranelin,Wendell Harrison, Garrett Saracho, and the modern contemporary Los Angeles based collective Katalyst.

For Remixes JID020, the label has tapped a few of their favorite contemporary artists and producers to offer their own take on the music of Series 2. The album features a variety of dynamic personalities with remixes from London based artists Shabaka Hutchins and Theon Cross, New York tastemaker Melanie Charles, LA based producer Bei Ru, Brazil’s Dj Nyack, Detroit based producer Tall Black Guy, Bay Area producer Mophono and the LA based house duo LO & Diisko.

1. Don’t Believe The Dancers (Mophono Remix) (5:15)
2. Phoenix (Theon Cross Remix) (4:05)
3. Reflections (Bei Ru Remix) (3:06)
4. Love Brings Happiness (Tall Black Guy Remix) (5:25)
5. Black Rainbow (Melanie Charles Remix) (3:12)
6. African Sun (Shabaka Hutchins Remix) (8:35)
7. Altitude (LO & Diisko Remix) (2:40)
8. Running With The Tribe (DJ Nyack Remix) (3:51)

The album opens with Mophono’s reinvention of the late Tony Allen cut, a melodically fluctuatingly, atmospheric “Don’t Believe the Dancers” and the bass-fed, trance-led Theon Cross Remix of “Phoenix,” and they are followed by the veritably glistening Bei Ru Remix of “Reflections,” and a stunning Tall Black Guy Remix of the vibrantly funky-grooved, ’70s-imbibed soulful R&B cut “Love Brings Happiness.”

On the remix of Jean Carne’s “Black Rainbows” (featuring vocals by Loren Oden), Melanie Charles plays on the fantasy-like feelings of the original recording, and that is in turn backed by the near ten minute Shabaka Hutchins Remix of the drum heartbeat found coursing throughout “African Sun” (a cut that itself incorporates distinctly West African rhythms alongside jazz modalities), the recording rounding out on the LO & Diisko Remix of the forthright, strong musical sensibilities that drive “Altitude,” closing on the DJ Nyack Remix of the rhythmically propulsive “Running With The Tribe.”

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