We’ve seen Kevin Parker perform his new Tame Impala songs, from the album Deadbeat, a couple times now, at NPR’s Tiny Desk and A24’s new performance series. Now fans are getting to see them live and in person, as Parker just launched the Deadbeat tour at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last night (October 27).
Naturally, the setlist pulled most heavily from the new album, with ten of the 24 songs coming from it. Currents and Lonerism were also well-represented. The show opened with “Apocalypse Dreams” and “Dracula,” while “End Of Summer” closed out the encore.
Find the setlist (via setlist.fm) below, along with Tame Impala’s upcoming tour dates.
Tame Impala’s Deadbeat Tour Setlist
1. “Apocalypse Dreams”
2. “Dracula”
3. “Endors Toi”
4. “Loser”
5. “Breathe Deeper”
6. “Borderline”
7. “Gossip”
8. “Elephant”
9. “Afterthought”
10. “My Old Ways”
11. “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
12. “No Reply”
13. “Ethereal Connection”
14. “Not My World”
15. “Let It Happen”
16. “Nangs”
17. “Obsolete”
18. “Alter Ego”
19. “Piece Of Heaven”
20. “Eventually”
21. “New Person, Same Old Mistakes”
22. “Neverender” (Justice cover) (encore)
23. “The Less I Know The Better” (encore)
24. “End Of Summer” (encore)
Tame Impala’s 2025 Tour Dates: Deadbeat
10/28/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/31/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/01/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/03/2025 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
11/06/2025 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
11/09/2025 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
11/11/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/12/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/14/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
11/15/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
11/17/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
04/04/2026 — Porto, Portugal @ Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota
04/05/2026 — Lisbon, Portugal @ MEO Arena
04/07/2026 — Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
04/08/2026 — Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
04/10/2026 — Lyon, France @ LDLC Arena
04/12/2026 — Turin, Italy @ Inalpi Arena
04/13/2026 — Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
04/14/2026 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
04/16/2026 — Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
04/18/2026 — Gliwice, Poland @ PreZero Arena
04/20/2026 — Prague, Czechia @ O2 Arena
04/23/2026 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
04/25/2026 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
04/26/2026 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Avicii Arena
04/27/2026 — Oslo, Norway @ Unity Arena
04/29/2026 — Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
04/30/2026 — Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle
05/01/2026 — Dusseldorf, Germany @ PSD Bank Dome
05/03/2026 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena
05/04/2026 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
05/05/2026 — Antwerp, Belgium @ AFAS Dome
05/07/2026 — London, UK @ The O2
05/08/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live Arena
05/09/2026 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham
05/11/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
05/13/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
Deadbeat is out now via Columbia Records. Find more information here.
PinkPantheress gets into the spooky season with her Halloween-themed video for “Noises” featuring JT, from PP’s Fancy Some More? remix album. In the video, which alternates between haunting color and bone-chilling and black-and-white, the two stars hole up in their house on a dark and stormy night, while being stalked by shadowy figures and pelted by poltergeists.
Fancy Some More? is an updated version of Pinkpantheress’ debut, Fancy That, with remixes from a litany of creators in dance, hip-hop, and more. In a press release about Fancy Some More?, PinkPantheress said of the remix project, “With this remix project, Fancy Some More?, I wanted to explore how the songs can live in different worlds while still holding onto the emotion of the original. Hearing other artists reimagine it has been so inspiring. Each remix brings a new energy and texture, while still keeping the heart of the track intact. It’s been so exciting to see ‘Fancy That’ take on these new, international lives & global perspectives.”
Puerto Rican rapper/singer Young Miko has been on the up-and-up lately. After releasing her debut album Att. last year, Miko just finished a run of shows supporting Billie Eilish on the Hit Me Hard And Soft tour. She also had a feature on Central Cee’s new album from earlier this year, Can’t Rush Greatness. Now she’s at the dawn of her own new era: Last week, she announced Do Not Disturb, a new album set for early next month.
She also shared the single “Likey Likey.” On the rap track, she’s back in full “trap kitty” mode (like the title of her 2022 debut EP).
Miko also recently announced her first headlining show at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, and the show sold out quickly, in 90 minutes, so a second was added.
Listen to “Likey Likey” above and find the Do Not Disturb cover art and tracklist below, along with Miko’s upcoming tour dates.
11/22/2025 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Coca Cola Flow Fest 2025
12/05/2025 — San Juan, PR @ Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
12/06/2025 — San Juan, PR @ Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
03/21/2026 — Bogotá, Colombia @ Estéreo Picnic 2026
Do Not Disturb is out 11/7 via The Wave Music Group. Find more information here.
Last week, Rosalía had a big outdoor stunt in Spain to announce her new album, Lux. No new music came with that news, though, but now, we have our first listen of the album: Today (October 27), Rosalía shared “Berghain.”
The song is a collaboration with Björk and Yves Tumor. A press release describes it as “the grand orchestral centerpiece of Lux‘s second movement” and “an operatic journey across languages and emotion” (the song is sung in German, Spanish, and English). There’s also a video and like the initial album announce, it’s a spectacle (directed by Nicolás Méndez).
A press release previously said of the project, “The album traces a widescreen emotional arc of feminine mystique, transformation, and transcendence — moving between intimacy and operatic scale to create a radiant world where sound, language, and culture fuse as one.”
Watch the “Berghain” video above. Find the Lux cover art and tracklist below.
Rosalía’s Lux Album Cover Artwork
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Rosalía’s Lux Tracklist
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1. “Sexo, Violencia y Llantas”
2. “Reliquia”
3. “Divinize”
4. “Porcelana”
5. “Mio Cristo”
He shared three new songs when he announced it last week. Now, there’s another new one, “Measuring Ruins.” Like the songs the preceded it, it’s an atmospheric and layered sound collage.
Product pages for the album include the description, “Tranquilizer conjures a sonic hallucination: ambient calm twisting into digital chaos; mundane textures giving way to emotional overload. It’s a record shaped by obscurity and obsolescence. Real and unreal blur. Samples melt into static. A door creaks open inside a dream.” A press release also says the project was “sparked by Lopatin’s discovery that a vast archive of 90s sample CDs had vanished from the Internet Archive, a moment that left Lopatin creatively charged.”
Listen to “Measuring Ruins” above. Find the Tranquilizer cover art and tracklist below, along with OPN’s upcoming tour dates.
Oneohtrix Point Never’s Tranquilizer Album Cover Artwork
We’re days away from Halloween, which means we’re days away from the release of the new Florence + The Machine album Everybody Scream, which drops on the 31st. In the home stretch of the pre-release cycle, the group has shared a new video, for “Sympathy Magic.”
The first couple shots are certainly memorable: The first is of a group of women kneeling in a circle and holding their hands together in a star-like pattern, and the second is of Florence Welch, from behind, looking over a vast landscape as she stands completely naked. The rest of the video, directed by Autumn de Wilde, features similarly theatrical and cinematic shots.
The video comes after they debuted the song with a performance on The Tonight Show.
Watch the “Sympathy Magic” video and Tonight Show performance above, and find the group’s upcoming tour dates below.
Florence + The Machine’s 2026 Tour Dates
04/08/2026 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center*
04/10/2026 — Chicago, IL, Allstate Arena*
04/13/2026 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena*
04/15/2026 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre*
04/16/2026 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena*
04/18/2026 — Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena†
04/19/2026 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden†
04/21/2026 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden†
04/24/2026 — New York, NY @ Barclays Center†
04/25/2026 — Philadelphia, PA @ Xfinity Mobile Arena†
04/28/2026 — Tampa, FL @ Benchmark International Arena‡
04/29/2026 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center‡
05/01/2026 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena‡
05/02/2026 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena‡
05/04/2026 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center‡
05/05/2026 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center‡
05/07/2026 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena‡
05/09/2026 — Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena§
05/12/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena§
05/13/2026 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center§
05/15/2026 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center§
05/19/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum§
05/20/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum§
* with Rachel Chinouriri
† with Sofia Isella
‡ with CMAT
§ with Mannequin Pussy
Everybody Scream is out 10/31 via Polydor. Find more information here.
Earlier this year, Radiohead’s “Let Down,” an OK Computer promotional single in 1997, went viral and thus made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it just the band’s fourth song to ever make the ranks and their first in nearly two decades. The band’s Thom Yorke is pretty surprised by this, especially considering he really, really didn’t want the song to even be on the album.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, he said, “I find that especially bizarre, because I fought tooth and nail for it not to be on the record, but Ed [O’Brien] was, like, ‘If it’s not, I’m leaving.’” O’Brien called the song the “emotional heart” of the album but admitted, “Still, I was astonished. So I told my kids, who are 18 and 21, and they said, ‘What do you expect? Teenagers are depressed. It’s depressing music!’”
Elsewhere in the chat, in light of their 2017 performance in Tel Aviv, they were asked if they’d perform in Israel again given current goings-on and Yorke said, “Absolutely not. I wouldn’t want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime but Jonny [Greenwood] has roots there. So I get it.” Greenwood added, “I would also politely disagree with Thom. I would argue that the government is more likely to use a boycott and say, ‘Everyone hates us — we should do exactly what we want,’ which is far more dangerous.”
From the elevator to the suite, the chaos of Sin City fades. Suddenly, you are ensconced in Conrad luxury — soft carpets, floor-to-ceiling glass, modern furniture. At Resorts World Las Vegas, the magic trick is volume control — step into buzz when you want it, shut the door on it when you don’t.
Restaurants and speakeasy bars hum without shouting. The spa drops your pulse ten beats. And when it’s time to turn up, you’re a short glide to the theatre, Zouk nightclub, or the gaming floor.
The perfect balance of quiet luxury and Vegas chaos.
WHY IT’S AWESOME
Resorts World Las Vegas
There are three hotels in Resorts World, we stayed at the Conrad, and the suite offered wide living rooms and spa-style baths. It felt like a true retreat. But just downstairs food, shows, and nightlife were all waiting and highly curated. Our rhythm went from room to dinner to some music hit to partying and gaming. The setup allowed us to ¿Resorts World is also very much a music property.
We caught Janet Jackson at Resorts World Theatre and she was everything you’d ever hope. A goddess who had complete control of her voice, dancers, and crowd. She was also a lot more improvisational than I expected. Taking gifts from eager fans and discussing tracks and her career throughout the show in a way that felt refreshingly off the cuff.
On Fridays, the resort’s hidden bar, Here Kitty Kitty Vice Den, leans in with High Fidelity Fridays — a weekly, all-vinyl session nodding to Tokyo’s listening bars: soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and sleek electronica from 9 p.m.–1 a.m., with Japanese whisky and clever cocktails to match. It’s a sit-down where lean-in listen — a sweet counterpoint to the mega-club, ZOUK.
Although… we saw the icon T-Pain at ZOUK and wow… Mega clubs are mega for a reason — they can be wildly fun.
IN-HOUSE FOOD & DRINK
Jakob Layman
Brezza — Nicole Brisson’s coastal Italian hits the “light but satisfying” mark: think a clean crudo, a seasonal pasta with some bite, a simply grilled fish with lemon you actually taste. Service glides; the room feels celebratory without tipping into scene-y. Make sure to zero in on the handmade pastas (particularly stuffed pastas), and thought there.is a great win
Stubborn Seed — Jeremy Ford’s Vegas outpost is precision with personality — textures, acids, and plates that feel engineered to surprise but still read as dinner (not homework). Book when you’re in the mood to be delighted. We absolutely loved the cocktail program here (a trend across the property) and the steaks. Also, and I’m sure I’m not the first writer to say this, but the Cacio e Pepe cheesy puffs will linger in my memory for quite some time.
Here Kitty Kitty Vice Den — Tucked inside Famous Foods and hidden in plain sight, the speakeasy is mood lighting, low chatter, and bartender-driven riffs. On High Fidelity Fridays, the room turns into a proper listen — we’re talking selectors, not background DJs.
AMENITIES
Resorts World Las Vegas
Seven-pool deck over 5+ acres; the Athena Infinity Ultra Pool is adults-only and unreasonably lounge-able (strip views, long swims, easy sun). Book a bungalow if you want to do the “never leave” version.
AWANA Spa — 27,000 sq. ft. of slow breathing: Fountain of Youth thermal circuit, crystal therapies, and theatrical Aufguss sessions. Day-pass pricing floats by day (media lists ~$120–$150 for a timed pass); on our visit, we paid $100 and stayed until our edges softened.
Nightlife on tap — Theatre residencies for the legends; Zouk Nightclub when you want the late set and laser haze.
ROOM TYPES
Resorts World Las Vegas
Three towers, three vibes; Conrad hits the sweet spot on space and design. Suites bring living rooms, work/dine tables, and big-glass views; premium rooms still carry that spa-bath/clean-line DNA.
If you’re chasing white-glove, Crockfords is the bump; value hunters can watch deals on Hilton.
BEST THINGS TO DO WITHIN A 15-MINUTE WALK
Resorts World Las Vegas
Keep it on Resorts World campus and sequence a perfect 24 hours: snack-crawl Famous Foods, slide through the hidden entrance to Here Kitty Kitty, catch a Theatre show, sleep like you mean it, hit Athena adults-only pool all morning, and go to the AWANA thermal circuit for the exhale.
If you need steps, the Strip footbridge and Fashion Show Mall are easy strikes from the resort. But when I do Vegas, I typically don’t stray too far from home base.
BED GAME
Resorts World Las Vegas
Firm-meets-forgiving mattress, blackout blinds that actually work, cold A/C without the roar. The pillows varied in firmness so you could find the winner for you. Certainly, nothing lacking in this regard.
Rating: 9/10
SEXINESS RATING
Resorts World Las Vegas
Sun-oiled afternoons at Athena; low-light cocktails and vinyl crackle at Here Kitty Kitty; spa circuits whenever you want to disappear together. That triangle is impeccable.
Rating: 9/10
VIEWS & PICS SPOTS
Resorts World Las Vegas
Blue hour from your Conrad window (Strip reflected in the glass), the infinity edge at Athena with skyline beyond, and the neon-on-velvet glow inside Here Kitty Kitty before the needle drops are all very photogenic. The infinity pool is stunning… though its current view leads out to a construction project.
BOTTOM LINE
Resorts World Las Vegas
Resorts World lets you tune Vegas: real rest when you need it, highly stylized food when you want it, and music options that range from arena-scale throwbacks to a speakeasy listening session where the cocktail list matches the turntable.
RATES
Conrad rooms often start in the low-$100s mid-week (lower on deal nights), with suites scaling accordingly. Our suite was only around $300/ night.
Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. This week is all about wild collaborations. Whether we’re talking about the Alien Earth-esque ballerina sneaker from Nike and womenswear brand KNWLS, the psychedelic Grateful Dead Air Max 90s, or Yohji Yamamoto’s latest Adidas shake-up, one thing is for certain, this is hands down one of the most unique weeks in the 2025 sneaker year.
We’ll take it! The autumn sneaker season is proving to be this year’s most interesting, and we love it. Something needs to save 2025 right? Here are this week’s best sneaker drops and where to find them.
Nike has teamed up with the gritty South London based women’s wear brand KNWLS for a hyper feminine take on the Air Max Muse. One part ballerina slipper, one part sneaker, this new take on the Muse features corset lacing, a full-grain leather upper, and TPU accents.
It’s easily one of the most futuristic pieces of footwear Nike has released all year, and for that alone, we love it.
The KNWLS x Nike Women’s Air Max Muse Elemental Pink is out now for a retail price of $210. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT.
13 years after its initial release, the Desert Orange Zoom KD 4 is back! The sneaker sports a mixed synthetic and textile upper with Hyperfuse construction, a mid foot strap, and a colorway that nods to Kevin Duran’t alma matter. The mix of brown tones and white will surely fit right in alongside your other fall wardrobe staples.
The Nike Zoom KD 4 Desert Orange is out now for a retail price of $135. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
Nike and Grateful Dead have a history of close collaboration and a great track record of designs, so anytime the two entities link up, we’re thrilled to see what they’ve cooked up. This latest collaboration sees the two link up with the University of Oregon, a school known for its deep roots in the ‘60s counter culture.
The design, which is built on an Air Max 90, nods to the Grateful Dead’s 1990 show at the University’s Autzen Stadium.
The Grateful Dead x Oregon x Nike Air Max 90 is available now. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT.
We love when Air Jordan does the absolute bare minimum — every Jordan fan just wants a dope colorway on one of their favorite shoes, and this week, fans of the AJ-3 are getting that with this Medium Olive rendition.
The sneaker sports a leather and nubuck upper in green olive tones with gentle Sequoia accents and olive-toned elephant print overlays. This sneaker is dripping with autumnal vibes and we’re here for it.
The Nike Air Jordan 3 Medium Olive is set to drop on October 25th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $215. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
The hype for Cooper Flagg is real (even if his Dallas Mavericks debut has hit some stumbles), case in point, this is his first year in the NBA and New Balance is already slapping his name all over this new low-top Hesi silhouette.
The basketball sneaker features a lightweight knit mesh upper with synthetic overlays, and all sorts of performance-based features, like rounded outsole edges for enhanced lateral movement, a nylon shank, and a multi-directional traction outsole.
The New Balance Cooper Flagg x Hesi Low v2 is out now for a retail price of $119.99. Pick up a pair at New Balance or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
Yohji Yamamoto’s Y-3 imprint has descended upon Adidas once again, shaking things up with a series of reimagined silhouettes. Our favorite is hands down the Y-3 take on the high top Nizza. The sneaker sports a canvas upper with distressed edges, suede lining, and a removable Lightstrike midsole insert for added comfort.
The sneaker is dressed up in a moody deep black colorway with contrasting white stitch work.
The Adidas Y-3-N Nizza Hi is set to drop on October 25th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $280. Pick up a pair via Adidas or aftermarket sites like GOAT.
Disclaimer: While all of the products recommended here were chosen independently by our editorial staff, Uproxx may receive payment to direct readers to certain retail vendors who are offering these products for purchase.
When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late nights and early mornings. We think of peace, relaxation, maybe even distraction.
The genre’s proven its versatility with its presence on playlists for dinner parties, studying sessions, meditative breathwork, and other activities we’d dub comforting. It’s undeniable that music has healing properties, such as reducing stress, boosting creativity, and stimulating the brain, but a recent study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine revealed that improvisational music like jazz goes further, possessing the potential to reduce anxiety, and even pain. That intersection of music and wellness is now being explored in music therapy programs to assist patients with their physical, mental, and emotional condition.
“I feel like music as a whole is spiritual,” says Samantha Sancho, a music therapist at The Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy at Mount Sinai. “For example, when people are going through such difficult times those types of genre, especially gospel, may come up as people are dealing with their illness.” Mount Sinai serves patients from the neonatal intensive care unit, end-of-life palliative care, neurodivergent children and adults, and more across multiple locations throughout Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. Currently, Sancho’s researching how music therapy can reduce the amount of Black women that are disproportionately affected by preterm birth in pregnancy. “I do think that an aspect of music therapy that we utilize is improvisation, and we see that in jazz a lot,” she explains.
Clearly, jazz produces a spectrum of emotions (and emotional benefits), so it’s only natural that its impact has expanded since its creation in the late 19th century. The artform is constantly evolving, resulting in several modern subgenres — think Japanese jazz fusion in popular video games like Mario Kart and notable jazz rap albums from A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, and Kendrick Lamar. Dinner Party musicians Kamasi Washington, 9th Wonder, Robert Glasper, and Terrace Martin offer new contributions to the genre quite frequently, whether it’s a solo or group project. Even Juicy J, who just released his second jazz-influenced album Caught Up in The Illusion over the summer with bassist Endea Owens, said in an interview with DJ Bonics that jazz still doesn’t receive its proper acknowledgment.
But, thanks to promising artists like Destin Conrad, the genre won’t be forgotten — in fact, it’s being sustained by younger performers and listeners, many approaching it with wellness in mind. whIMSY, his new experimental jazz project, was prompted by Conrad’s time in his high school’s jazz choir and inspired by pioneers like Frank Sinatra, Vanisha Gould, Miles Davis, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Chet Baker. As his tour wraps up, he hopes listeners peruse jazz in a “more introspective way,” describing his interpretation of the genre as a meditative experience.
Unsurprisingly, the birthplace of jazz music is New Orleans, Louisiana, the culturally-rich and lively city that influenced other genres like zydeco and bounce. Derived from gospel, blues, and ragtime, jazz was a byproduct of enslaved people in the South. Lyrics provided a cathartic release of their painful trials and tribulations, while their hearts and souls rose through the instruments.
To Melanie Charles, the genre is our “ancestral right,” and the artist ensures that there’s safety, comfort, and visibility within the music. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Charles’ Haitian roots are as pronounced in her versatile musical style as her upbringing. “The roots of jazz are spirituals [and] the blues, it’s a shared thing, a secret thing, that we had to bring us comfort and community,” Charles said. “We were snatched away from our native land, and we’re in this space. It’s like, ‘What do we have? What can we hold on to? What can they not take away from us?’”
The mass relocation of Black Americans during The Great Migration brought jazz to the North, which transformed the Harlem Renaissance. The definition of wellness for musicians — in this case, Black musicians — has evolved over centuries, and that artistic expression was apparent in visual arts, dance, theater, and literature in the 1920s.
Sasha Doster, a PhD candidate at Columbia University studying historical musicology, describes this period of time as a “redefining of personhood.”
“These are people who still have the collective memory of what it means to be a bondaged people, and what they’re doing in the Harlem Renaissance is this is the first time that Black people have been able to define who they were, at least in the public eye.”
Doster’s research lies in Black classical music and intertwines the complexity of assimilation and respectability politics in genres like opera and ballet. While acknowledging writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston as a vanguard for preserving Southern history, Doster says “freedom is essential to the elements of jazz.”
“Everything from poetry to literature, music, and dance is how we redefine ourselves. And I think that’s so beautiful, because you’re finally giving Black people agency, and the way that they choose to do it is through the arts.” Harlem became a pinnacle of historical preservation and self-expression for Black people, which further explains Doster’s takeaway that jazz, blues, and gospel are communal—pointing to the church choir, jazz ensembles, and bands.
“That’s the beauty of Black music. From the very beginning, it was meant to bring people together until this day, it has not lost its foundational goal.”
Jordan Brown, who is currently receiving her doctorate in ethnomusicology at Harvard University, agrees that other Black genres wouldn’t exist without the foundation of jazz. Her dissertation focuses on Black alternative R&B and hip-hop, particularly its overlap as a refuge for Black queer communities in the United States.
In her words, the fusion of jazz, hip hop, R&B, funk, and rap created the template that artists like Thundercat, Arlo Parks, Flying Lotus, Willow, Frank Ocean, and Steve Lacy build on today. “A lot of these people that seemingly fall under this alternative umbrella tend to cite a lot of jazz musicians as their inspiration,” Brown says.
If music fosters an abundance of creativity and critical thinking, we should seek out more of its cognitive components. As John Coltrane said, “I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.” Add more jazz to your life: spend a weeknight at a local piano bar, watch a documentary like Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, or sift through stations on NTS Radio to discover the genre’s global influence. Before you know it, jazz might enhance your well-being.
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