Asher Gamedze on the turntable

Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs - Constitution

Great disc from this South African #drummer and band leader came in the mail today. #blackClassicalMusic #jazz #NowPlaying

This morning's #workout #music is from Ami Taf Ra - singing songs inspired by Khalil Gibran. Well executed, if not quite my thing.

https://youtu.be/7YpWmLMrqN8
#NorthAfricanMusic #WomenInMusic #BlackClassicalMusic #BodyWeightTraining #MobilityTraining

Archie Shepp on the turntable

Archie Shepp - Yasmina, À Black Woman

Found this one right next to a copy of The Magic Of Juju which was selling for literally ten times the price of this fine disc. Guess I am cheap. #jazz #FreeJazz #blackClassicalMusic #vinyl @vinylrecords #crateDigging #nowPlaying

This morning's #workout #music is from Duke Ellington & His Orchestra from a performance in #Norway in 1969

https://youtu.be/N1H8d0zVRLc
#Jazz #BigBand #BlackClassicalMusic #BambooStaff #MobilityTraining #BodyWeightTraining

This morning's #workout #music is from Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends giving a history lesson in a soundscape.

https://youtu.be/4URFs094B3c
#Jazz #Poetry #SpokenWord #BlackClassicalMusic #History #KettleBells

This morning's #workout #music is from a 1958 European tour of Duke Ellington with his Orchestra - class act.

https://youtu.be/q7oK3_3-ls0

#jazz #swing #BigBand #BlackClassicalMusic #DukeEllington #BodyWeightTraining #MobilityTraining #KettleBells

Spaces for orchestral players and singers, and tickets still available for this festival. www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/ctfest
#samuelcoleridgetaylor #blackbritishmusic #blackclassicalmusic #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth

LP sleeve of Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music propped up behind a turntable which is playing the album.

Now playing Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Read here👉 friendica.world/display/84b6...
#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#YussefDayes
#BlackClassicalMusic
#Jazz
#Music
#🎧

Dollar Brand on the turntable

Dollar Brand - The Children of Africa

One of my favorite artists with one of his best albums. #jazz #piano #vinyl @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #BlackClassicalMusic #AfricanMusic

Mingus on the turntable

Charles Mingus - Charlie Mingus

#jazz #bebop #ThirdStreamMusic #BlackClassicalMusic #vinyl @vinylrecords

Mingus hated “Charlie” - "Don't call me Charlie; that's not a man's name, that's a name for a horse"

56 years ago today (July 22, 1969) Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded "Spirits Up Above" & "My Cherie Amour" for his album “Volunteered Slavery” at Regent Sound Studios, NYC #jazz #rashaanrolandkirk #blackclassicalmusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDJQ...

61 years ago today (July 22, 1964) Roland Kirk recorded his album “Gifts & Messages” in Los Angeles, CA. the album features performances by Horace Parlan, Michael Fleming & Steve Ellington.
#jazz #rashaanrolandkirk #blackclassicalmusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFU6...

Mingus on the turntable

Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music

Rescued this from the cheap bin on the way home today #vinyl @vinylrecords #ThirdStreamMusic #BlackClassicalMusic #jazz #postBop

Wishing we had chosen the president who liked this one right about now.

Yowzers on the turntable

Ben LeMar Gay - Yowzers

Amazing right out of the gate #jazz #jazzFusion #BlackClassicalMusic #experimentalMusic #vinyl @vinylrecords #NowPlaying

Fanfare For The Warriors cover sits atop a vintage custom speaker with record stacks in the background

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Fanfare For The Warriors

Going out to those causing good trouble #jazz #FreeJazz #BlackClassicalMusic #vinyl @vinylrecords #NowPlaying

#JazzSky
#MusicSky
#BlackMusicSky
#JazzSoul
#BlackClassicalMusic

#BlackMusicMonth
#MusicIsMySanctuary
🤗💜💫✨🤌🏾🔥

Now playing:

#JazzSky
#MusicSky
#BlackMusicSky
#JazzSoul
#BlackClassicalMusic
#CTI
#Kudu

#BlackMusicMonth
#MusicIsMySanctuary
🤗💜💫✨🤌🏾🔥

Hank Crawford: significant in the music scene period, and very much helped shape 70s Jazz.
IYKYK
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Now playing:

#JazzSky
#MusicSky
#BlackMusicSky
#JazzFusion
#BlackClassicalMusic

#BlackMusicMonth
#MusicIsMySanctuary
🤗💜💫✨🤌🏾🔥
Sitting down in my music area spinning some LPs.

Now playing:

52 years ago today (June 8, 1973) Rahsaan Roland Kirk performed at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, CA. this performance was recorded and later released as the live album “Bright Moments”.
youtu.be/0z2E7ZWd0Hc?...
#rolandkirk #rahsaanrolandkirk #blackclassicalmusic #jazz

Yussef Dayes feat. Tom Misch - Rust
#yussefdayes #blackclassicalmusic #tommisch #contemporaryjazz #jazz #jazzsky #funk #music #musicsky #vinyl #vinyloftheday #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #vinylsky #vinylporn #vinyllover #vinyljunkies #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity

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marion brown - afternoon of a georgia faun (with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton Andrew Cyrille, Larry Curtis, William Green, Jack Gregg, Billy Malone, Bennie Maupin, Gayle Palomoré, and Jeanne Lee)

Some classic #FreeJazz on #ECM found in the shops recently […]

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Happy 60th birthday to A Love Supreme
#MusicSky #JohnColtrane #BlackClassicalMusic #BAM

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This monring's #workout #music is from Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble #Jazz #BlackClassicalMusic #experimentalMusic - a horn and percussion trio - really shows way drums can be musical beyond rhythm, much in the tradition of Max Roach and his expansion of the drum kit […]

asher gamedze- turbulence and pulse

A South African with something positive to contribute to the world provides the soundtrack this afternoon. #jazz #drummer #postBop #BlackClassicalMusic #Improvisation #protestMusic #nowPlaying @vinylrecords #vinyl

60 years ago today (January 13, 1965) Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded his album "Rip, Rig and Panic" with Jaki Byard (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
#rahsaanrolandkirk #rolandkirk #jazz #blackclassicalmusic
youtu.be/TnGbE9zzCz0

If you love authentic New Orleans jazz, give this channel a listen.

#music #jazz #neworleans #blackclassicalmusic #liberation #freedom #mardigras
www.youtube.com/watch?v=727G...

If you are enjoying @LennyHenry on @BBCFOUR #blackclassicalmusic you might be interested in our upcoming @BritishAcademy_ event on the hidden histories of black Victorians - register here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/why-history-hidde...