https://metabunker.dk by matthias wivel & friends Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:03:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://metabunker.dk/2013/02/14/donald-byrd-in-hip-hop/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:01:35 +0000 http://metabunker.dk/?p=5392
The passing of the great trumpetist Donald Byrd last week brought me back to his music, but also to the music that taught me about him. The great jazz-inflected wave of hip hop music during those magical years in the early nineties, before sampling laws changed the direction of the art, relied in no small measure on his music. Here’s my time machine.

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