David Wasik

David Wasik: The WAZ - Melodic Hypnotic

by Jim Santella
June 1, 1999

Miles Davis spawned generations of “hip" artists after 1970 when he championed the fusion of jazz with rock music. Instruments and techniques from the world of hard rock combined with the trumpeter’s unmistakable force and produced an updated product. It was one that would attract a growing audience. David Wasik’s quartet is rooted in jazz; however, the end result is equal parts jazz, rock and rap/poetry. Walking the fine line between talking and rapping, Wasik speaks in rhythmic patterns to ...