NOISEMAKERS W/ PETER ROSENBERG F/ QUESTLOVE
CHECK OUT THE DOPE ENTRANCE!!!!!
RE-CAP OF NOV. 6TH SHOW- LARGE PROFESSOR/JERU THE DAMAJA/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ MARCUS STRICKLAND & MANY MORE!
Since 2006, Revive Music Group has been presenting as series of conceptual concert events called REVIVE DA LIVE that specialize in illuminating the historical influence and relevancy of Jazz with today's popular music. In the past year Revive Music Group has produced events like, Hip Hop 1942 w/Phonte of Little Brother, Hip Hop 1953 w/Pete Rock and Robert Glasper's Album Release. Revive Music Group is planning many events in the near future inspiring the education of music, the influence of Jazz and the future of Hip Hop.
MEGHAN STABILE // REVIVE MUSIC GROUP // REVIVE DA LIVE
Show producer, promoter, manager and musician, Meghan Stabile, formed Revive Da Live while still attending Berklee College of Music and launched the first Revive Da Live event in April 2006. She has since created a buzz all over the New England area and the boroughs of New York City by helping to change the face of how live music is presented.
Our latest concert- HIP HOP 1942 on NYCGRIND.COM (Click on logo to read review)
REVIVE DA LIVE (RETOUR AU LIVE) IS FEATURED IN JAZZMAN MAG- PARIS, FRANCE
TRANSLATION
“Back to Live”
“Revive Da Live”: it’s under this name in form of a slogan that in New York, jazzmen are attempting to share the stage with rappers.
In the heart of the Big Apple, for almost two years now, we know that there’s a party not to be missed: the Real Live Show. Behind this name, a movement, “Revive Da Live”. On a Thursday night, one of these sessions kicks off at Nublu, a small club in the heart of the East Village on Avenue C. The atmosphere is festive, a young crowd and a not-so-young crowd dance to the rap, jazz, and funk fusion. Hard to tell if it’s a block party or a jam session. Young artists such as trumpeter Maurice Brown, pianist Robert Glasper, drummer Chris Dave, Joe Blaxx or even Chris Rob on the keyboard who have shared the stage with legendary hip-hop figures like KRS-One and Rakim. The excitement is tangible, the music grooves. Is this the start of a movement?
For Meghan Stabile, one of the people responsible for this phenomenon, the goal is to finally give a name to a full-fledged trend: “It’s time to give a “home” to this style and its musicians. Before, jazz and hip-hop were separate, but today, they’re one. Look at Robert Glasper, who signed to a renowned jazz label. He also joined the hip-hop scene with his group, The Experiment, and plays for such artists as Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Bilal and Mos Def.”
If the question of identity is fundamental, it’s also vital, according to Meghan, for the future of jazz: “Most of the youth that grew up listening to hip-hop don’t know how much jazz influenced it. By means of the Revive Da Live and groups like The Experiment, The Real Live Show etc…, we want to put across how they coexist. Hip-hop is much more than the industry has chosen to display, “it’s not just rapping over a beat” she explains. For Maurice Brown, who has signed on to an album entitled “Hip to Bop”, it’s also where ambition lies: “As a jazz musician, I always thought that the hip-hop culture was missing something: instruments. With Revive Da Live, we bring that. When a saxophonist or a trumpeter improvises, speaking in a closer-to-hip-hop jargon, we say that he is freestyling and flowing. I am a jazzman but I live hip-hop.”
Fati Khaldi
Checkout: myspace.com/revivedalive
