Christian Scott, firestarter of jazz's new school

Prince, Mos Def, children in a Croydon school – New Orleans' Christian Scott makes jazz work for everyoneChristian Scott lies down on a bench in the Barbican's foyer and pretends to be in analysis when I point the microphone in his direction. "How long have you had this problem?" seems about the right opening gambit in the circumstances."Oh man, all my life," Scott dutifully replies, chortling. In his case, there's a lot more than banter to that sentence. Scott is an articulate 26-year-ol...

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