AMAIKA RUDE’s first album, ‘The Ska and the Abstract Truth’, is now available. Available on 12-inch LP format and also on your favourite digital platform. Available on 12-inch LP format and also on your favourite digital platform.
Is it possible to fuse the sophisticated language of jazz with the earthy vibe of Jamaican rhythms? That is what Amaika Rude is aiming for.
An unprecedented encounter between jazz musicians and virtuosos from Bilbao’s ska/reggae scene, united by one obsession: to reinterpret Oliver Nelson’s legendary album, ‘The Blues and The Abstract Truth’, a record with fundamental historical significance in jazz, marking a timeless masterpiece. A jazz classic is reborn in Ska-Jazz style.
The masterpiece that defined modal post-bop has been dismantled and rebuilt in an explosion of energy, syncopated rhythm and Caribbean vibes. ‘The Ska and the Abstract Truth’ takes Nelson’s harmonic sophistication and injects it with the irresistible upstroke of ska, the steady pulse of rocksteady and the spontaneous improvisation of jazz.
You can get your copy of ‘The Ska and the Abstract Truth’ at the Brixton Denda online shop.