Dr. AZA Allsop is a neofusion artist, neuroscientist, and psychiatrist who is deeply rooted in the African diasporic musical tradition. He grew up listening to gospel, hip-hop, jazz, reggae, soca, calypso, and soul, and all of these genres have had a profound influence on the development of his musical style. He combines art, science, and community to redefine culture and make a social impact. His music is relevant to the culture while facilitating progression to a higher degree of consciousness, identity, and social justice. Dr. AZA does research at the intersection of music mindfulness, psychedelics, and social cognition. He studied Biology, Jazz, and Philosophy at North Carolina Central University, received his graduate training from the Harvard-MIT MD PhD program, and was an Emerson scholar at Berklee College of Music. He completed clinical training in psychiatry at Yale with a certification in psychedelic-assisted therapy and research. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale and Howard University and Director of the Energia Center for Collective Healing.
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“AZA’s Go Slowly leads with the simple embrace of organic jazz piano, and a vocal that brings together easy melodies and classic raps – resulting in a track that ultimately evolves and embraces listeners in a beautifully authentic way. The lyrics are impressive, compelling, and you don’t necessarily expect this after relaxing into the opening few bars. AZA has something worthy of hearing, and this is true of both the music and the writing. An easy must this year, from a catalogue that continues to impress across a plethora of projects”
READ the article at stereostickman.com/music/aza-go-slowly/
“AZA is taking big breaths on these songs, and you can feel his clarity and balance. Listening to this new arrangement of inspiring, melodic soul music almost feels like meditation, helping the listener to “vibrate higher” as he says on Elevation.”
READ the article at soundofboston.com/premiere-bl4ckpack-by-aza/