To most people, jazz, hip-hop, funk, and classical are 
musical genres. But to revolutionary music group Black Violin, they're nothing but 
ingredients. After graduating from high school, both Wilner Baptiste (Wil B) and 
Kevin Sylvestor (Kev Marcus) were granted full music scholarships to college, 
Florida State and Florida International University respectively. Combining a 
daunting array of musical styles and influences to produce a signature sound that is 
not quite maestro, not quite emcee, the two classically trained violinists Kev and 
Wil alongside their DJ are redefining the music world-one string at a time.

Braxton Cook is an American alto saxophonist and singer-songwriter. He has toured with jazz musicians Christian Scott, Christian McBride, and Marquis Hill, and 
performed with Jon Batiste, Mac Miller, and Rihanna. One can hear Cook breaking 
through on Not Everyone Can Go, a mix of jazz and R&B that feels indebted to 
similar hybrids of yesteryear. Musically, the album conjures images of bright 
evening sunshine, when the temperature begins to cool. Not quite Quiet Storm, 
instead, Not Everyone Can Go dabbles between the margins, which won’t surprise 
those who’ve followed Cook to this point. Across albums like Somewhere In 
Between, No Doubt and Who Are You When No One Is Watching?, he’s made a 
career of blurring the lines between genres, landing on a sound that isn’t one thing, 
in particular. While that’s made his music tough to pin down, that also makes it all 
the more intriguing. That you can’t label it just R&B or just jazz lends to the music’s 
attraction.

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