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An introduction to Hard Bop in 25 albums - a thread🧵 Hard bop, from the mid-1950s, expanded bebop with elements of R&B, gospel, and blues, enhancing jazz's emotional depth and texture, especially in saxophone and piano play... 1. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

Happy birthday to the legendary Art Blakey, who was born on this day in 1919! Blakey made a name for himself in the 40s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. In the

Tune in next Tuesday as we welcome drummer Michael Bland to discuss the 32nd anniversary of Prince's Love Symbol album track by track.

They submitted our liner notes for consideration. 🥹💜

If you didn't get a chance to read my essay that's part of Prince's Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Box set here's a taste. I fed it to Notebook LM and it generated a podcast style discussion that kind of blew my mind!

On this day in 1999, Mos Def released his debut studio album “Black On Both Sides” This album is absolute perfection…

Advertisement for Sheila E's "The Belle of St. Mark" which was released as a single 40 years ago today. The single reached no. 34 on the Billboard Pop Chart, no. 36 on the Billboard Black Chart, and also appeared on the UK's Gallup Top 40 Singles Chart, reaching no. 18

Thrilled to have stumbled across a copy of this in a St. Lukes yesterday for £4.50!! Only the second copy I've ever seen in the wild round here over the years. They had a run of the mill McCartney album priced up at £19, so I'm not entirely sure they knew what they had here.

On ENTRY POINTS entrypts.com/de-angela-duff my dear brother Arturius Maximus & I chop it up about my other life–teaching & generative AI in higher education but of course we also talk about… 🥁drumroll… Prince! Duh! #Prince4Ever Join us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & elsewhere...💜

From Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music. Highly recommend this 3-part doc. #Prince was part of a legacy of many who came before him working for the same cause in the rights of artists, and specifically Black artists. Was really cool to see in the context of that history.

Presenting Blue Note Review: Volume Three – TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLEE MORGAN, the long-awaited third edition of our acclaimed vinyl boxset series, which returns with an emphatic celebration of Blue Note legend Lee Morgan! Find out what's in it & order now: bluenote.lnk.to/BNR3

It's not every day that you get to talk to one of your musical heroes–Atlanta Bliss! We talked about his new book Mind Body Trumpet on What Did Prince Do This Week?💜 #WDPDTW You can get yours here: atlantabliss.com/shop youtube.com/live/KRX0XtBjb…

Isaac Hayes - Shaft (in the studio) The man was a musical genius…

Lee Morgan 🤓

A year ago today, we got the source of this video. 💎⚪ #DiamondsandPearlsSDE

The children Mattie Shaw and John L. Nelson shared together have both passed on☹️. A family started on a dream of music have all gone on to glory🕊️ #riptyka #ripprince

Rest in peace, Tyka Nelson. 🤍🕊 "Tyka told me 👁 was good at everything & 👁 believed her."

Tyka Nelson, Rest In Peace!💜