In the modern era of bedroom producers Keifer’s jazzy piano riffs, Boom bap inspired drums, and funky bass lines.
Los Angeles based keyboardist and producer, Kiefer, is a prime example of a jazz musician turned producer. Let’s start with the most currently relevant (you’ll know why): Kiefer So to make it easier, I’m looking at artists who call themselves electronic musicians, and in particular, at the ones who I think are pushing the edges of the genre today - experimental electronic artists. You’ll notice that a lot of these artists don’t fit easily into a single genre - they blend many different ones, which is what makes them so interesting. Just look at the number of electronic sub-genres in this list! Continuing on our recent exploration of the ways jazz has influenced rock, pop, and hip-hop, I wanted to look into how electronic artists are infusing jazz into their work.īut that led to a second problem: How do you define electronic music? Is it the use of electronic and digital mediums? If so, isn’t all music today “electronic” to some degree? Like jazz, it’s been impossible for me to pinpoint a definitive characteristic of all electronic music. By its nature, jazz evades strict definition - especially when its influence is so enormous, and “what jazz was” has since transformed into hundreds of different styles and genres. Naturally, there is no single answer to this question.
What is jazz to you? Is it the slightly irregular rhythms? The familiar sound of an upright bass? Or is it the freedom to interpret and improvise? + Bridge the worlds of theory, improvisation, and jazzy hip-hop, and improve your piano chops with Grammy-winner Kiefer in his course, Kiefer: Keys, Chords, & Beats.
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