From New Orleans to Manchester IAMDDB's 'Urban Jazz'

Jazz music is undoubtedly timeless and has moved listeners since it's birth in New Orleans in the 1900's. However, elements of Jazz has upped and moved to Manchester in the UK as IAMDDB revives the sound with her new single 'Urban Jazz'.

IAMDDB is truly a gem. Her musicality and ability to fuse Soul, Jazz, Trap and Grime is next to none however this latest release really brings the Jazz element of her music to the forefront .

For a long time, since IAMDDB emerged on the UK music scene in 2014, listeners felt that IAMDDB was limited in terms of the type of music she could produce with each track sounding like the last. A sparse trap beat with singing. But this latest release has proved many wrong including myself.

'Urban Jazz', stylistically, draws on a lot of 60's avant-garde Jazz piano scales. Of course, it wouldn't be IAMDDB if there wasn't a clean 808 bass kick here too. Pleasantly though, the 808 in 'Urban Jazz' isn't as saturated and distorted as the 808's in some of the artists other songs. It is well rounded and allows the Piano to remain the main focus of the track. In fact, the 808 bass kick only interjects once every 8 bars, the track is mostly carried by a muted bass guitar, this is what keeps the song Jazz as oppose to Trap.

Urban Jazz is vocally reminiscent of music from the likes of Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. With simple melodies that hit home and no boastful riffs marring the instrumentation.

Overall a sensational listen with very tasteful production from Drae Da Skimask.

IAMDDB - 'Urban Jazz' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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