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Below, Mark de Clive-Lowe discusses his relationship with Jazz, connects the music of Ellington and Coltrane to that of IG Culture and J Dilla, and connects the sounds of the big band to those of the MPC. On his relationship to Jazz: “I think I was first attracted to Jazz for the groove (especially in [...]