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Kassa Overall isn’t being glib when he calls his Shades of Flu series “COVID-themed.” It was cruel that the pandemic hit America at the same time the Brooklyn-based drummer-producer’s excellent second album, I Think I’m Good, dropped, forcing him to go to ground when he should have been out riding the crest of a wave. Remixing has provided an outlet during this strange period in the jazz world. By taking apart old records and piecing them back together in audacious new ways, Shades of Flu encapsulates the adaptability of musicians forced to create in their bedrooms...

Stay Connected Nicole Sweeney is a Queens-born, Long Island-raised music lover. Growing up in New York with West Indian parents, she was surrounded by all types of music every day and the influence of jazz was constant. Nicole received her B.A. in Communications from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA after taking a seven-year hiatus which originally started out as a "semester break". Going back to school as a more "seasoned adult", Nicole took her education very seriously; while working and going to school full-time, she obtained three internships with Temple Update, Good Day Philadelphia...