Original image by There Stands the Glass.
Not one of you jerks turned me on to Domi and JD Beck. I had to learn about the precocious duo through a feature in The New York Times. I share the author’s sense of wonder about an incomprehensibly virtuosic performance video documenting the musicians’ transgressive approach to jazz.
Lawless renderings of improvised music exhibited by artists like Steven Ellison (Flying Lotus), Sam Gendel, Makaya McCraven, Georgia Anne Muldrow (Jyoti) and Kassa Overall represent one of the most interesting musical developments of recent years. The tandem of Domitille Degalle and JD Beck advances the overdue revolution by introducing hyperpop to jazz.
Even if it’s only half as good as Pino Palladino and Blake Mills’ Notes With Attachments, Domi and JD Beck’s forthcoming debut album will be worthwhile. The inside out and upside down version of jazz created by the journeyman bassist and the sonic trailblazer on tracks like "Just Wrong" is at the vanguard of the thrilling trend.