Blog: Flying Lotus reflects on a decade of Brainfeeder: ‘It’s either smooth jazz or us’

Asked if Brainfeeder was taking credit for the “resuscitation of jazz,” the 35-year-old, who is the nephew of the late free-jazz composer and harpist Alice Coltrane and the cousin of saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, paused a beat before confirming the assertion. As he did, the sound of a pianist in Ellison’s studio, who had been improvising as he answered questions, drifted into the scene. It seemed to engage with the birdsong.