Kassa Overall returns to the Black Cat for a residency from Thursday, February 16th through Sunday, February 19th. The jazz and hip-hop shapeshifter has been lauded by media outlets like Pitchfork, The New York Times, NPR, and Afropunk, while releasing collaborations with luminaries like Cécile McLorin Salvant, Arto Lindsey, Vijay Iyer, and Angela Davis.
He says his “Shi*t I Like” playlist has been, “Becoming popular in my little world” and it’s truly a musical snapshot of said world. Hit play below for cuts from Kassa himself, alongside tunes by artists from Madlib and Erykah Badu, to Ahmad Jamal, Theo Croker, Melanie Charles and loads of new discoveries.