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The Dilla Experience

authorStaff Writer on Aug 13, 2024

Learn about J Dilla, the hip-hop beatmaker who changed the way musicians all over the world play their instruments, when Guild Hall presents “Dilla Time: The Dilla Experience” with Dan Charnas, Jeff Peretz and special guest Nate Smith on Thursday, August 22, at 7 p.m.

Charnas, author of The New York Times bestseller “Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm,” will be joined by Jeff Peretz, coordinator of the Musicianship & Songwriting area at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, and legendary drummer Nate Smith for an interactive, multimedia evening of music, ideas, and conversation including a live drumming demo by Smith.

The professional music career of James Dewitt Yancey, also known as “Jay Dee,” “J Dilla” or simply “Dilla,” was short, spanning a dozen years before his death from a rare blood disease in 2006. J Dilla was an American record producer and rapper, and his influence in that period shifted the sound of popular music; and in the decade since the passing of the Detroit-born artist, his ideas have compelled a new generation of musicians — both in the electronic and traditional realms — who have drawn inspiration from Dilla’s music and rhythmic and compositional ideas.

Tickets are $45 to $85 ($40.50 to $76.50 for members) at guildhall.org. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Guild Hall is at 158 Main Street, East Hampton.

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