There's been cross conversation, experimentation on the part of both genres of music to collaborate and somehow find a blend that is organic and vital. There has already been many discussions about the series both pro and con on the implications and impact that this series will have, not only on the jazz community but for our larger culture in general. The marketing push is in crescendo mode as public television stations all over the country are gearing up to launch Burns' final chapter of what he calls a trilogy. The exhibit examined the beginnings of Hip-Hop culture and its music of choice, Rap. Hip-Hop is the lifestyle, the fashion, the syntax of language of today's youth.
Rap is the musical soundtrack of today's youth.
It's impact on today's youth extend beyond the boundaries of these United States. It's a global phenomena touching, crossing and transcending traditional barriers of race, class, gender and language. It was an introduction to Harris the performer that will forever be fondly etched in my mind. Harris recently performed at a nightclub in Cleveland Heights called Night Town. Although Harris was a couple of years removed from his debut at Tri-C, he hadn't lost a step on the bandstand.