Young Jazz Rebels

The Young Jazz Rebels are an outgrowth of <a href="spotify:artist:5LhTec3c7dcqBvpLRWbMcf">Madlib</a>'s Yesterdays Universe project, another of his alter ego groupings that actively pursued the interplay between funky soul and groove jazz and hip-hop. This ensemble's activity is the flip side of that coin: mainly the intersection of free jazz and modern technology. Young Jazz Rebels made their debut on 2006's Chrome Children compilation with a track called "Nino's Deed," an example of the willingness of <a href="spotify:artist:5LhTec3c7dcqBvpLRWbMcf">Madlib</a> and his collective to use the experimental sounds of late-'60s free jazz and early-'70s spiritual jazz in a new way. The members of Young Jazz Rebels are listed as Melvin Hampson, Juggy Lewis, Lena Hamilton, Mary Jane, Tyrone Crumb, Lamont Parker, Monk Hughes, and Brother Dave L, with <a href="spotify:artist:5LhTec3c7dcqBvpLRWbMcf">Madlib</a> listed as producer. Slave Riot, issued in 2010 on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stones+Throw%22">Stones Throw</a>, is their debut album. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi