{"id":64486,"date":"2020-11-05T11:17:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=64486"},"modified":"2020-11-05T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:17:43","slug":"madlib-karriem-riggins-jahari-massamba-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/madlib-karriem-riggins-jahari-massamba-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jahari Massamba Unit: Madlib and Karriem Riggins join forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Their first jazz-inflected track &#8220;Les Jardins Esm\u00e9raldins (Pour Caillard)&#8221; is a cut from their forthcoming joint album: <em>Pardon My French<\/em>. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This American duo has nothing to prove. Madlib and Karriem Riggins have finally unveiled their debut under the name Jahari Massamba Unit, and it is a real success. The first track is a taste of what is to come, a seduction of sorts, with instrumental jazz tones that the ears soon attune to\u00a0 on the short and breezy piece. The <em>Pardon My French<\/em> album has been carefully thought out, because Karriem Riggins and Madlib have been working together for many years now. Riggins plays drums and producer Madlib adds numerous layers on top. They worked the same arrangement to create a track under the pseudonym Jahari Massambi Unit on Madlib&#8217;s <em>High Jazz<\/em> compilation in 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jahari Massamba Unit - Les Jardins Esme\u0301raldins - Pardon My French\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJpPN7_WdRI?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Jahari Massamba Unit &#8211; &#8220;Les Jardins Esm\u00e9raldins&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>This album, put together by students of jazz in its myriad and historic forms, and also proponents of jazz\u2019s future, reflects a lifetime of record collecting, musical study, woodshopping, and a reverential respect for one another\u2019s craft<\/em>,\u201d says Rappcats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album <em>Pardon My French<\/em> will be released on November 27 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rappcats.com\/\">Rappcats<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/055d28bc-jahara-massamba-unit-pardon-my-french.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their first jazz-inflected track &#8220;Les Jardins Esm\u00e9raldins (Pour Caillard)&#8221; is a cut from their forthcoming joint album: Pardon My French. 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