Home » Jazz Musicians » IsWhat?!

IsWhat?!

Sign in / sign up and request update access to the IsWhat?! page.


Tags

437
Interview

IsWhat?!: Not to be Defined...

Read "IsWhat?!: Not to be Defined..." reviewed by AAJ Staff


Hyena Records, the newest baby of producer extraordinaire Joel Dorn, is quite obviously one of the most eclectic labels in music. Reissues of Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Thelonious Monk catalog grab your attention at first, but any label that features records by both Bobby Darin and James “Blood Ulmer in the same catalogue is clearly open to a variety of possibilities. This same kind of free-range eclecticism within the label carries over to the eclecticism inherent to one of its ...

191
Album Review

IsWhat?!: You Figure It Out?

Read "You Figure It Out?" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Merging jazz and hip-hop has generally proved more risk than reward, but IsWhat?! takes a fearless plunge into these troublesome waters.

Matt Anderson (upright and electric bass), Jack Walker (saxophones and flute) and Napoleon Maddox (vocals) make quite a splash with the sound of their debut. Guest drummer Hamid Drake (Don Cherry, Herbie Hancock, David Murray) and DJs/mixmasters John Doe and The Animal Crackers help rock the beats: Imagine the sound of Digable Planets with bassist Charles Mingus ...

Read more articles
98

Interview

Iswhat?! Interview

Iswhat?! Interview

Source: All About Jazz


175

Recording

ISWHAT?! Drops New Album, "The Life We Chose" / Available August 31 on HYENA

ISWHAT?! Drops New Album, "The Life We Chose" / Available August 31 on HYENA

Source: All About Jazz

ISWHAT?! DROPS NEW ALBUM, THE LIFE WE CHOSE AVAILABLE AUGUST 31, 2006 ON HYENA RECORDS

“...bridging the gab between avant-garde jazz of the sixties, politically charged poetry slams of the seventies, and the raw rap sound of the eighties." - GLIDE MAGAZINE

Brooklyn, NY - Don't adjust your speakers. That is the legendary riff to Led Zeppelin's “Kashmir" wailing on a tenor saxophone underneath the spitfire rhymes of Napoleon Maddox that you're hearing. And the old man getting ...

98

Recording

HYENA Signs Progressive Hip-Hop Trio ISWHAT?!

HYENA Signs Progressive Hip-Hop Trio ISWHAT?!

Source: All About Jazz

"They are all about what's happenin' that a lot of people ain't even hip to yet. IsWhat?! are part of the next movement." -- Rahzel (The Roots)

Look for MC Napoleon on tour this summer as the special guest of acclaimed electronic artists, Mink & FS

New York, NY -- Cincinnati-based hip-hop group, IsWhat?!, have been making waves and “keepin' it real" in and around their hometown for the past seven years. With sold out gigs and opening slots for ...

79

Event

James Blood Ulmer w/ Iswhat?! at the Northsix

James Blood Ulmer w/ Iswhat?! at the Northsix

Source: All About Jazz

James Blood Ulmer and Iswhat?! and Northsix in Williamsburg-Brooklyn on Saturday, March 13th

NORTHSIX 66 North 6th Street (betw. Kent & Wythe Aves) Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718.599.5103

James Blood Ulmer ...takes Brooklyn by storm on Saturday, March 13th at Williamsburg's NORTHSIX. Currently riding a wave of acclaim on the heels of his most recent album, No Escape From the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions, which was selected as one ...

Photos

Music

Similar

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.