Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Mohammed - Jazz Is Dead 015

Although best known for working alongside some of the most recognizable names in jazz, Jazz Is Dead now invites you to meet an innovator that has largely gone unheard of, until now. In the early 1970s, Garrett Saracho was a recording artist signed to the legendary Impulse Records, who came up in Los Angeles' fertile underground jazz community. Due to a tragic combination of label mismanagement and geopolitical intervention, his sole record, 1973's En Medio, fell largely under the radar of even the most astute collectors and fanatics.

After spending the following decades in obscurity working in the film industry and touring with his cousins in the rock band Redbone, Saracho stepped into the Linear Labs studio with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to craft an intoxicating and kinetic rush of Latin Soul, Funk, and Psychedelic Jazz. While you may not know his name, your ears will soon know the genius of Garrett Saracho.

Garrett Saracho is a fourth generation Los Angeleno of San Carlos Apache and Mexican descent, with a recording output that spans genres, labels, and decades. Perhaps best known for the mysterious 1973 LP En Medio, he has recorded numerous other projects that blend pop, electronic, R&B, and indigenous music traditions.

 

1. Sabor Del Ritmo

2. Altitude

3. White Buffalo

4. Trucha

5. The Gardens

6. 73

7. El Cambio Es Necesario

8. Calo

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