Us3

The idea of fusing jazz and rap is no longer new. Still, if it doesn't exactly break new
musical ground, Hand on the Torch, the debut by Us3, manages to attain a few firsts. Never
before has a group sampled so extensively, or exclusively, from the legendary Blue Note
jazz catalog. The core of Us3 is two white British jazz enthusiasts, Mel Simpson and Geoff
Wilkinson, who had long been active recording jazz-rap collusions. When they... More >