| VARIOUS New Jazz Funk |
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Tags: High Note Records | Jafrosax | New Jazz Funk | Nu Jazz | Parov Stelar | Quantic
| Reviews - Sounds like |
| Written by Joe Bodia |
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Quantic, aka Will Holland, features Alice Bussell, who is hailed as one of the best soul singers of this age, in the "So Long" hit. Austrian maverick Parov Stelar, who has gained popularity since his songs were featured in the compilation series Hotel Costes, performs "Chambermaid Swing" with a retro touch. Jafrosax, led by Japanese saxophone artist Kazuki Katsuta, goes hand in hand with Swedish-born Japanese-American female vocalist Yukimmi Nagano in performing fusion music melodies in "Drawn 2 U". Then there is Beat Assailant, who has won compliments from multiple Grammy Award winner Kanye West, fusing hip-hop music elements into "Hard Twelve". |


The elegance of jazz music and the body-shaking beats of funk music are reincarnated in the New Jazz Funk album through electronic mixing, blending in jazz elements with other music styles and Nu Jazz music.