Upon recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop Culture, some of the music spawned from the movement is almost on par artistically with jazz and fiscally.
The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text, to mark its 60th anniversary.
WBGO’s Lezlie Harrison talks with trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn about his commissioned piece celebrating Amiri Baraka’s book, Blues People, at the Apollo.