For those unaware, Jazz Is Dead continues its journey of honoring musical legends with Dom Salvador JID024, an album that revisits and revitalizes the pioneering spirit of one of Brazil’s most influential musicians.

Dom Salvador, the trailblazer who fused samba with jazz, funk, and soul in the late ’60s and early ’70s, is the cornerstone of a movement that shaped the sound of Black Brazilian music.

Now, in collaboration with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, he returns to that foundation in a wholly new way.

A Living Legend Returns to His Roots: Dom Salvador’s influence on Brazilian music is immeasurable. As the architect behind the groundbreaking album Som, Sangue e Raça (1971) and the leader of the pioneering group Abolição, he carved out a space for Black consciousness in Brazil’s music scene, fusing American jazz and funk with Afro-Brazilian rhythms.

His work set the stage for the emergence of bands like Black Rio, further bridging the sounds of Black Brazil with those of the Black American experience.

With JID024, Younge and Muhammad crafted a collection of compositions that continue the sonic and cultural conversations Dom Salvador began decades ago.

This project serves as both an homage and a dialogue — an extension of his pioneering sound, channeled through the lens of modern analog production.

With JID024, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad crafted a collection of compositions that continue the sonic and cultural conversations Dom Salvador began decades ago. This project serves as both an homage and a dialogue—an extension of his pioneering sound, channeled through the lens of modern analog production.

Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future: Adrian Younge describes the album as a conscious effort to reconnect with the spirit of Salvador’s seminal works. “We wanted to go back to those records we loved so much,” Younge explains. “The ones that blended jazz, funk, and samba in a way that reflected the Black consciousness movement in Brazil.”

1. Os Ancestrais [3:36]
2. Nao Podemos o Amar Para [4:21]
3. Debaixo Da Point [4:06]
4. As Estações [4:06]
5. Música Faz Parte de Mim [5:14]
6. Minha Melanina [4:16]
7. Eletricidade [3:21]
8. Safíra [5:26]

Opening this stunningly ambient journey back to the roots of Samba Funk is the drum-led, atmospherically-charged, soulful beauty of Os Ancestrais and the rhythmically honed, beautifully crafted Nao Podemos o Amar Para and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the luxuriant Debaixo Da Point, the dutifully crafted As Estações, and then we get brought forth my own personal favorite in the stirringly absorbing Música Faz Parte de Mim, then comes the harmoniously uplifting Minha Melanina, the set rounding out on the fervently-charged Eletricidade, coming to a close on the metrically cadent Safíra.

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