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The Roots

17.07.2003

Live at Miles Davis Hall

 

For over thirty years Philadelphia has been one of the capitals of soul. After the Philly Sound in the 70s, it is Nu Soul that is currently prevalent. The Roots blazed the trail with the release of their first album Organix. Organic hip hop is the term coined by the collective to describe their musical style, as they use neither DJs nor samplers. Favouring a return to the sources of rap and black music, The Roots' latest CD is dominated by brass orchestrations, strings and guitars. The Philadelphian crew are remaining faithful to their precursor

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Live Music at its best, Since 1967

Founded by Claude Nobs in 1967, over the years the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event for music fans in Switzerland and around the world. Its stages have been graced by all of music’s greats, from Miles Davis to Ray Charles and from David Bowie to Prince.

Whereas Jazz constitutes the Festival’s historic core, other styles of music were quickly integrated into the Festival, bound together by a common thread of mutual curiosity and enthusiasm.

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