Jeffrey Blount

I’m a Dad, I play Bass, I write about Music. I’m also a News, Music & Political Junkie. 💜☮️

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Ron Carter & Herbie Hancock performing "Blue Monk" by Thelonious Monk at "A Tribute To Thelonious Monk" (1986)

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

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[Bootsy Collins @Bootsy_Collins]

My tribute to the great @JimiHendrix, "Manic Depression," drops this Friday. A little Hendrix love, a little funky healing, and a whole lotta soul. Pre-save now with the link below and keep the light shinin' 

https://t.co/O3efXaDhIi

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We can’t wait to welcome you to the Obama Presidential Center. Tune in now to hear our remarks along with performances by artists and changemakers from around the world who will join us here on the South Side of Chicago. https://t.co/WvFn8i3IKM

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

Instant share.
These images speak volumes!

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Grace, elegance, beauty, and brains‼️💙💙Queen 👑

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“Strawberry Letter 23” by The Brothers Johnson was released as a single 49 years ago today.

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

💜🎊✊🏽🎉🎈💥

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Barack and I were so honored to have @AkunyiliCrosby create our portrait for the Obama Presidential Center. Her artistic brilliance shines through — and the way she infused such life and joy into the piece is truly extraordinary. We love it, and we think everyone who visits the Center will too!

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

@_jazzlife @SVG__Collection @LibrarySheet Also true is that “Donna Lee” was the daughter of bassist, Curly Russell, who played on classic recordings by Charlie Parker, Dizzy, Monk, Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, etc. He was also the house bassist at Birdland.

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

Awesome billboard!

[Joni Mitchell @jonimitchell]

Sunset Blvd in Hollywood turned ‘Blue’ back in 1971, when the album was released.

Photo by Robert Landau

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

@vurnt22 Raymond was cool. He was a great musician, who left us far too soon. I met him through Lesette Wilson and saw him play quite a bit, with Chaka Khan, Nona Hendrix and others.

[Sonny Rollins @sonnyrollins]

"Jazz is as relevant today as the yearning of people to be free." The Jazz Session presents three conversations with Sonny Rollins, featuring interviews from 2008, 2010, and 2012: https://t.co/hsq2hYDkwr

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

💜✊🏽🙏🏾, RIP Maestro.

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

National treasures…….the group, the woman, the voice and the song.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

The isolator helmet was a device invented by Hugo Gernsback in 1925 to help people concentrate and eliminate distractions. The helmet was made of wood and felt, and had three pieces of glass that allowed the wearer to see only a narrow slit in front of them.
The helmet also blocked out all sounds, and had a tube that supplied oxygen to the wearer. The idea was that by isolating the senses, the wearer could focus better on reading or writing.
However, the helmet also had some drawbacks, such as making the wearer drowsy after 15 minutes, and being very bulky and uncomfortable. Gernsback claimed that the helmet was 90-95% efficient in blocking out noise, but he only made 11 helmets and they disappeared by 1926. The isolator helmet was featured in Gernsback’s magazine Science and Invention, and later inspired other similar devices such as the Helmfon.

📷Science and Invention Magazine

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

This is extreme awesomeness……💜

[lordmicky 🇵🇹 @0xlordmicky]

When Allyson Felix became pregnant, Nike threatened to cut her sponsorship contract by almost 70% because of her pregnancy.

They told her:

“You should know your place… and just run.”

Amid all this, at seven months pregnant, Allyson had to undergo an emergency C-section due to a serious complication.

Her baby girl spent over a month in the neonatal intensive care unit.

But two years later, Allyson qualified for her fifth Olympic Games, with her daughter in the stands cheering her on.

Allyson left Nike.

And she founded her own shoe brand: Saysh One.

At the Tokyo Olympics, she ran wearing her own sneakers, carrying the motto:

“I know exactly where my place is.”

With 11 medals, she surpassed Carl Lewis and became the most decorated American track and field athlete in history.

And to all women, she gave this message:

“I raised my voice and built this company for you, so that you’ll never have to train at 4:30 in the morning, five months pregnant, just to hide it from your sponsor.” ❤️

[Justin J. Pearson @Justinjpearson]

My speech on the Tennessee House Floor today as our state voted to eliminate Memphis's only majority Black congressional district.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

20-year-old Stevie Wonder being an absolute beast on drums.

[Historical Africa @historical_Afr]

The world knew him as "Blind Tom" Wiggins, a musical prodigy, one of the best-known American performing pianists of the 19th century.

Born in Harris County, Georgia, in 1849, to enslaved parents, because Tom was blind, he could not do the same work as others enslaved. Finding an interest and much talent in playing the piano at a young age, he composed his first tune by the age of five. And he was known to play all day. As one observer said about Tom - "I don't exaggerate when I say that he made the piano go from twelve hours out of twenty-four."

Tom performed worldwide, including at the U.S. White House, where it is believed he was the first African-American to perform, doing so when he was just eleven years old.

[Jeffrey Blount @blountedge]

Brilliance personified!

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The Berry Brothers, the sensational flash tap and acrobatics dance team that found fame in nightclubs, stage and film, comprised three blood brothers, Ananias, James, and Warren.