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    Did the Brainfeeder label revive jazz? Founder makes his case

    by Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times Jan 21, 2019 4 minutes

    Leaning back in a patio chair behind his Laurel Canyon home on a recent sunny morning, the producer and label head Steve Ellison, who performs as Flying Lotus, was reflecting on a boast that his forward-thinking jazz and instrumental hip-hop record label Brainfeeder made in a press release.

    Issued during the rollout of its 10th anniversary collection, "Brainfeeder X," it read, in part: "If the resuscitation of jazz has been one of the predominant narratives of the last several years, it's unquestionably due to the lasting impact of the Brainfeeder confederation."

    Now, it's one thing to tout the city's musical evolution, but it could

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