Ricardo Kaulessar ✍️

[Ricardo Kaulessar ✍️ @hack1872]

A #NewYear is here. I have to really follow through on my resolutions. Mostly, to be healthier than the year before.

[#BMH365 🎶🎤 @BlackMusicHstry]

Arriving on his Sept 1970 debut LP 'Curtis' and dropped as a single that Nov, Mayfield's fiery track shocked the airwaves. Despite its raw cynicism, it hit #3 on the R&B charts and #29 on Pop.

"Don't worry, if there's a hell below, we're all gonna go."

[SoulFood66 @BlackAndNative1]

It Never Rains (In Southern California)

Tony! Toni! Toné! (1990)

[Michel Lara @VeraCausa9]

Listening now to this laid-back, catchy jazzy track 'Sorta Blue' composed by the great Henry Mancini for the TV show Peter Gunn from the 1959 Lp 'The Music from Peter Gunn' Enjoy!

[Linear Labs @LinearLabs]

Bob Moog explaining the basics of analog synthesis, from a 1980s BBC documentary. The architect of the Moog synthesizer, an instrument that fundamentally altered the sound of popular music, from jazz to funk, soul, and electronic music as we know it today.

[Juana Peña @Chris_Montz]

Willie Rosario en el timbal, liderando su banda, que por entonces contaba con Gilberto Santa Rosa y Tony Vega como cantantes principales.

[#BMH365 🎶🎤 @BlackMusicHstry]

In 1946, the world witnessed the brilliance of Valaida Snow, the woman Louis Armstrong called the "second best swing trumpet player in the world," second only to himself.

Long before mainstream history sidelined her contributions, she was shattering boundaries as an absolute powerhouse of the Swing Era. Known as the "Queen of the Trumpet," Valaida defied the era's strict gender barriers that labeled brass instruments as "masculine," out-blowing her male contemporaries while commanding stages across three continents.

Though her prime years spent headlining in Europe and the profound trauma of wartime imprisonment in Nazi-occupied Denmark nearly caused her legacy to be lost to time, this ultra-archival Soundie stands as undeniable proof of her multi-faceted musicality.

Capturing her performance of "Patience and Fortitude" alongside the Ali Baba Trio, makes this a rare window into the artistry of a woman who refused to be minimized within the Black American music history landscape, in the genre of Swing, that can’t be easily forgotten.

[Joni Mitchell @jonimitchell]

"The main thing was I fell in love with the drummer."
-Joni on her brief romance with John Guerin during the making of 'Court And Spark.’

This and more insights into the making of her classic album with the L.A. Express, as told by the artist, and featured in the liner notes of the high-fidelity edition of the album. Now available at the Rhino Store.

[Salad Jazz @SaladJazz1]

500 Miles High (Corea) from　the Molde Jazz Festival,　August, 1972.
#Jazz
Chick Corea, Fender Rhodes Electric piano; Stanley Clarke, bass; Joe Farrell, soprano saxophone; Airto, drums: Bill Tragesser, percussion.

[Vinyl Records🎱✝️🇧🇷👪🗽 @j_c_domingues]

Roberta Flack and
Peabo Bryson RIP😔🕊️🙏
Back Together Again - 1980

[Peter Tosh @PeterTosh]

Blessed Earthstrong to Joe Higgs, the “Father of Reggae” and a guiding force behind the sound that shaped generations.

A mentor to Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and so many others, Higgs helped build the foundation of reggae from the ground up,

His influence still echoes through every note.

#JoeHiggs #PeterTosh #Reggae #RootsReggae #ToshTuesday

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

One of the two known videos of Jimi Hendrix playing acoustic (1967) - allegedly, the video was made after a photoshoot where the photographer brought him a special 12-string guitar, strung upside down to adapt to Jimi's left-handed playing.

[bluesharp @bluezharp]

Born on this day, Memphis Minnie (1897 – 1973), was a blues guitarist, vocalist & songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs. #blueshistory 🎶'Me And My Chauffeur Blues' (1941)

[ArtDontSleep @ArtDontSleep]

The Staple Singers performing in Drew, Mississippi. An early Mavis Staples, performing on the soil that raised Pops and gave birth to their sound.

[🆘 Top vs Bottom @TXBelle18]

Yesss Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack! RIP 🙏🏾

[Jazz Is Dead @jazzisdeadco]

Johnny Alf performing "Eu e a Brisa" live, 1969.

The pioneer and architect behind Bossa Nova. Jobim and João Gilberto spent the 1950s studying him in Copacabana clubs. Revered by those who knew, overlooked by those who didn't.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)” by Stevie Wonder was released on this day in 1970.

[SalsaWestPty 🇵🇦 @SalsaWestpty]

Ismael “Pat” Quintana “La Voz Perfecta De La Perfecta” (Nace En Ponce, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Un 03 De Junio De 1937). Legendario Sonero De “La Perfecta” De Eddie Palmieri Y “La Fania All Stars”. Autentica Leyenda Viva De La Salsa Mundial.
#salsawestpty #ismaelquintana #salsadura

[Juana Peña @Chris_Montz]

Hace 73 años, el 2 de junio de 1953, la Orquesta Aragón ingresó a los legendarios estudios de RCA Victor en La Habana, Cuba, para grabar la magistral pieza ‘El Agua de Clavelito’. En aquella histórica sesión, la agrupación registró para el sello Victor esta composición inspirada en el fenómeno social protagonizado por Miguel Alfonso Pozo, conocido como ‘Clavelito’, un improvisador de décimas y cantante de música campesina que alcanzó una extraordinaria popularidad gracias a sus famosas curas milagrosas transmitidas por radio.

La versión original quedó inscrita bajo el sello Victor con el número de catálogo 23-6038 y la matriz E3XB-1177. Durante sus programas radiales, ‘Clavelito’ invitaba a los oyentes a colocar un vaso de agua sobre el radio mientras realizaba sus célebres alocuciones y cantos, pues muchos creían que esta adquiría propiedades curativas. La pieza fue registrada como danzón y logró capturar aquel fenómeno social, convirtiéndose en un éxito nacional. El impacto fue tal que se convirtió en el éxito indiscutible de los carnavales de Santiago de Cuba y Guantánamo en 1954.

¡Feliz aniversario a este clásico de la música cubana! 🍷.

[Juana Peña @Chris_Montz]

Anacaona, la banda femenina más antigua de Cuba, nació en los años treinta, cuando el son era dominado por hombres y, además, asociado a los sectores populares y afrodescendientes. Su aparición fue un escándalo para buena parte de la sociedad habanera de la época. Según el libro ‘Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-Girl Dance Band’, que recoge las memorias de Alicia Castro, una de sus integrantes, ellas tuvieron que abrirse paso en una sociedad profundamente patriarcal, donde se consideraba impropio que una mujer actuara de noche en escenarios vinculados a la vida nocturna. La propia Alicia recuerda que existía la creencia de que el lugar de una mujer estaba en la casa o, peor aún, en un burdel.

Sin embargo, once hermanas decidieron formar una orquesta y tocar precisamente esa música que muchos creían reservada exclusivamente para hombres. Contra todos los prejuicios de su época, terminaron escribiendo una de las páginas más extraordinarias de la historia musical cubana.

[nave @nave4000]

カーティス・メイフィールド(1942-99)は今日6月3日で生誕84年。
60年代にはインプレッションズで『ピープル・ゲット・レディ』が大ヒット、70年代にはニュー・ソウルの旗手の一人として活躍した。
音楽を担当したブラックスプロイテーションの代表作の一つ『スーパーフライ』('72)から同名の主題曲⇩