MOOR MOTHER - 'WE GOT THE JAZZ'
Moor Mother an American composer, poet, vocalist and educator has released her latest single ‘We Got The Jazz’. A song that follows themes throughout the Jazz world, reflecting on what it means and the impact it has on society.
Moor Mother wrote ‘We Got The Jazz’ after realising ‘how mediocre a lot of popular music is, about its capitalistic structures and how those placements are bought and paid for”. Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) has also talked about the influences leading to the construction of ‘We Got The Jazz’, “I'm speaking about the whitewashing of who's allowed to participate in jazz, who is allowed to participate in poetry, and asking where the room for innovation is, now and in the future. It’s also me thinking about my jazz band, Irreversible Entanglements, and how we’ve toured the world destroying stages, uplifting audiences, and inspiring everyone on the jazz scene with or without recognition. I'm also speaking about my own influence on the culture.”.
After the release of ‘Jazz Codes’, Moor Mothers' highly critically acclaimed album was released last summer. Ayewa has announced the release of a deluxe version of ‘Jazz codes’ set to release on the 19th of May, followed by a full performance of ‘Jazz codes’ on the 20th of May at The Barbican Centre in London.
The release of ‘We Got The Jazz’ follows the announcement of the deluxe version of ‘Jazz Codes’. ‘We Got The Jazz’ features the likes of Kyle Kidd, Kier Neuringer and Aquiles Navarro. A song that was inspired by the book of poems also named ‘Jazz Codes’, a book of which donors Jazz and Blue Icons.
Jazz codes is an album with notes of R&B, Moor Mother’s rap features alongside R&B voices, the album includes beautiful melodies that are the perfect blend of Jazz, blues, soul as well as Hip-hop. Features of this can be seen throughout ‘We Got The Jazz’, a song which summarises the themes of Jazz and the complexity of the genre within just one song.
‘We Got The Jazz’ is out now, and it is worth every second of your time.
Words by Rose Stiff
