"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Coleman Hawkins Quartet – Metropol Restaurant, Oslo Norway – 1963 – NRK (Norwegian Radio-TV) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coleman Hawkins for this first day of Daylight Savings Time. A short, but extremely sweet set as recorded by the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Brother Jack McDuff – Ain’t It – 1968 – Chess Records Easing into something a little more contemporary (if the 60s are contemporary . . .) with the legendary Brother Jack…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Sly and The Family Stone – Woodstock Festival – August 16, 1969 – soundboard Jumping into the classics this weekend. Sly & The Family Stone, during their appearance at the fabled…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – PBS Jazz Set: Lonnie Liston Smith – circa 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since we’re sticking around in the 70s so far today, I thought I would keep it going…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Cannonball Adderley Quintet – in concert at l’Olympia – October 25, 1972 – Radio France The legendary Cannonball Adderley and his Quintet this weekend, broadcast by the ever-present/ever-dependable Radio France from…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Miguel – live at Malmö, Sweden – recorded live by Sveriges Radio P3 – August 5, 2013 Over to Malmö Sweden tonight for a mini-concert by West Coast native Miguel, recorded…
Click on the link here for Audio Player George Duke Band, live at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin – November 3, 1977 – RBB Radio Berlin With the sad news (again) today of the passing of one of the great Jazz/Funk/Fusion keyboard…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: With news the legendary Neville Brothers are on their farewell tour this year, I thought I would add something as a preview of coming attractions if you happen to be…
Click on the link here for Audio player: Meters1976-10-01KingfishLoungeBatonRougeLA 2 You can’t do a week of posts featuring the essence of Funk without adding The Meters into the mix. They were almost singlehandedly responsible for cultivating and exporting New Orleans…
Click on the link here for Audio player:The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker – In Session at KDHX – 2008 Continuing our Week of Funk with The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, live in session at KDHX in St. Louis. Recorded on…