My 4-year old son's jams of the day..

One of the great things about raising up my youth (son) is that I'm able to expose him to so much funky ol music. And it doesn't even have to just Soul or Black Classical Music "Jazz" but it can be some Bach and the young dude digs it.

Anyways here are two of our slaps we were getting down to today.
Oh yea big up's to Don Cornelius!


S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)


And...
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street


*Side note: Why in the world did it take all the way until 2009 for this brilliant man to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Sunday HipHop Lessons

Man,I had this song stuck in my head for a nice little minute.
Hope all is real.



and yes Colin Powell does get down.



"Kool Herc never got a royalty check." - Black Thought

Bless Master Rashaan Krk

Today we celebrate the life of Master Rashaan Roland Kirk.
I also coped his album called "Volunteered Slavery," which is a beautiful peace of art/music. It is not that type of "jazz*" that you'll hear in the elevator, yet it presses past the boundaries of what "jazz*" is supposed to be. And gives you the artistic expression of a human being in America, marked as an "African America/Negro/Colored" person. Yet to be heard on majority of the so-called jazz radio stations that are given to listen to.

I really do not know if I can put words together to express what this man means or has done for music in general. First off the man is blind and as you can see in the YouTube video he is playing numerous instruments. Master Rahsaan is what Black Classical Music ("jazz*") needs in this junction in history. So if you have time check out his other albums such as "Rahsaan Rahsaan" & "Bright Moments."

Did I forget to tell you he also played with John Coltrane (and you see how much corporate enjoyed the rest of his pieces after 'A Love Supreme'.) And also as you watch this, dig on how OUR MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT OF TODAY, such as mainstream hip pop has no place for a disabled person to express himself as an artist.


Stay Up & Continue to Dream Big

*The reason I continued to use quotations throughout the blog is because, "jazz" is a very bad word. Folks didn't know how to label this new sound. So they took from what people used to tell the piano player in whore houses if they wanted to get the trick out of there quick, was to "jazz it up." Hence the word stuck with the African American art form that should be labeled, "Black Classical Music." A small reminder that 'Jezebel' from the Bible was one who told the Hebrews to worship Baal. (1st & 2nd Kings)*


Sound feat. Master Kirk
Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

Some more soul!

I heard this song off a compilation, "The Funky 16 Corners,"

Check it out...

Message in the Music - Maze feat Frankie Beverly

It is funny how music in our parents time carried an inspirational message in it. There wasn't really that big of a divide between the secular and soul, dig? Anyways here is what I read on the inside of the vinyl cover to Maze feat Frankie Beverly 1977.

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Desiderata (is an inspirational prose poem about attaining happiness in life.)

Go placidly amid the noise & haste, & remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain & bitter; for always there will be greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of the spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

-Found in Old St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore, Dated 1692

Black Babies from back in the day

The video is a trip....

Ohio Players Covers....

So who in the world are these foxy ladies on the cover of many Ohio Players albums? The concept behind them especially one I was just listening to "Ecstasy." And if I can find the whole album cover, it is amazing. Simply put, majority of the time, in BET music (corporate), the female is the one who isn't really shown affection at all. Her value in mis educated minds is one in which comes a dime a dozen. So I find it funny that back in their time, the woman was the one who had the power, or if not all of it, it was a 50/50 game when it came to relationships.