JIJI’s Jazz Shares Black Nile’s Jam

JIJI’s Jazz Club has footage of Black Nile‘s record release show for Indigo Garden earlier this month. The site says, “Performing alongside longtime friends and peers Alex Garcia (drums) and Luca Mendoza (keys), Aaron & Lawrence Shaw showcase this song off the album titled “Danielle” (inspired by Aaron Shaw’s partner). Native to Los Angeles, the two grew up around hip-hop and favored hip-hop songs and projects that heavily sampled jazz. They began to unravel the different ways black artists experienced life through and beyond jazz – how many legends and other artists used drugs as an escape from the realities of being black and america of that time. In reflection, they want to honor those that came before them with longevity and a desire to live and express their intristic existence within jazz and this world.” Enjoy the clip here.

Indigo Garden is at radio now from Mass MoCA Records.