Digable Planets - Blowout Comb Artist_Duke Ellington is something that can still

is something that can still be appreciated for its significance in our lives

In step with American contemporaries like John Cage and Morton Feldman

while the mix concludes with a spoken word piece by Tierney Malone

Jazzberry Patch can now be added to that roster with this fantastic re-issue from Jazz Room Records

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb Artist_Duke Ellington is something that can stillBlowout Comb is named for the combs used to maintain an Afro hairstyle, and thats significant in itself. As the groups Ishmael Butterfly Butler explains, "It means the utilization of the natural, a natural style." Like with 1993s debut, Reachin (A New Refutation of Time and Space), "utilizing the natural" meant creating hip hop that blended jazz with the formidable rap skills of the aforementioned Butterfly, Craig "Doodlebug" Irving, and Mary Ann