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Genres are a game with 脤F脡, Matthew Halsall, C茅cile McLorin Salvant, and Maria Chiara Argir贸

Jazz musicians Otura Mun, Matthew Halsall, C茅cile McLorin Salvant, and Maria Chiara Argir贸 discuss how the weight of history can alter their own creations.

Otura Mun, Matthew Halsall, C茅cile McLorin Salvant, and Maria Chiara Argir贸 discuss how capitalism affects their music making, how the weight of history can alter their own creations, and the role of competitiveness has in the creative process.

Otura Mun is a producer, percussionist, and band leader for the Afro-Caribbean ensemble 脤F脡. He mastered the art of DJing, then got into west African drumming, before making a trip to Puerto Rico and staying there for 19 years. Matthew Halsall, is a composer, trumpeter, producer and DJ who鈥檚 at the forefront of the UK jazz music scene. He鈥檚 also the founder of Manchester's well-renowned Gondwana Records. American jazz vocalist C茅cile McLorin Salvant is known for her unique voice and passion for storytelling. At 21 years old she won first prize at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, and since then has received various accolades for her dynamic musical style. Maria Chiara Argir贸 is an Italian jazz musician based in London with an incredibly diverse musical background. After training as a jazz pianist she played in the post-punk band These New Puritans, and has now released an exciting electronic concept album, Forest City.

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C茅cile McLorin (Credit: Michael Jones),聽Matthew Halsall (Credit: Emily Dennison), Otura Mun (Credit: Trenity Thomas) and聽Maria Chiara Argir贸 (Credit: Alexandra Waespi)

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