When Duke Ellington made a record for just one person—Queen Elizabeth https://t.co/H3mrTwEYJg The Queen, for her part, was still talking about the Duke some 60 years later.
This is a charming story in so many ways.
Durand Jones and the Indications - "The Way That I Do"
@durand_jones x @AaronFrazer_
with Chicago Steppers Pete & Linda Frazier
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Happy birthday to James Gadson, born on this day in 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. Here he is playing drums on “Kissin’ My Love” with Bill Withers in 1972. They’re accompanied by Melvin Dunlap on bass, Benorce Blackmon on guitar, and Ray Jackson on keyboard.
Thee Sacred Souls new single, "Give Us Justice" via @DaptoneRecords x #penroserecords
All proceeds go to promoting the freedoms, rights, and well-being of black people, spread across various organizations. @Mvmnt4BlkLives
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A quarantine favorite - @fayewebsters
https://t.co/wVSJNhAjyx
"...conveying an elegant sort of melancholy romanticism in which her voice projects raw vulnerability but the music is very clean and composed." -- @perpetua
RIP Tony Allen, the drums behind Fela's earth-shattering groove, the Clyde Stubblefield of Afro-Beat but much more. His evolution continued to the very end, experimenting with jazz, house, and the fusion of The Good, Bad and the Queen. Rest in polyrhythm. https://t.co/ie9VdVlV8Y