Ofentse Modisha

child of god, loves music. And enjoys reading

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are playing tennis from the future.

Jaw. On. The. Floor.

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

LISTEN UP! HE'S DONE IT!

[Ofentse Modisha @modisha_ofentse]

@MatsileMohau 😂😂😂

[The Emperor Of Umlazi @MaBlerh]

Guys, quick question…

What engine is under the bonnet of the Kwid? It can’t be what is advertised. Kwid drivers are out here doing the most. They are on the fast lane sitting on the bumpers of German cars screaming MOOOOOOOVE! 🤣

[𝐿𝓊𝓍𝑒𐙚 @btchsdtm]

When I stop the microwave at 00:01

[Ndlovu Choir @ChoirAfrica]

Rest in peace Baba Quincy Jones 🙏🏾❤️ #QuincyJones

[NandosSA @NandosSA]

Time check: 4:00 — Makhosi✌️ are we good, or are we still digesting that 4-piece special?😪

[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

Remembering the great Roy Hargrove who was born on this day in 1969. An incandescent trumpeter who blazed a new path for his jazz generation, Hargrove bridged the worlds of hard bop, hip-hop, funk and neo-soul throughout his prolific career, serving as a role model for young trumpeters to find their own voices in his wake.

Building upon the influence of players like Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, and his mentor Wynton Marsalis, Hargrove turned heads in the late 1980s and early ‘90s with his hard-swinging take on acoustic bop, as showcased on albums like 1990’s Public Eye and 1995’s Family. He earned accolades, taking home a Grammy Award for his ambitious Afro-Cuban album Habana, and playing alongside veteran legends like Sonny Rollins, Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, and others.

He also branched out, forming his funk and hip-hop outfit the RH Factor, and collaborating on a wide-ranging mix of projects with artists like D’Angelo, Common, John Mayer, Erykah Badu, and the 1975. Prior to his too-early death in 2018 at age 49, Hargrove released a series of highly regarded acoustic albums, including the 2008 quintet date Earfood and the 2009 big-band album Emergence.

Here, he is performing “Things To Come” with The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2007.

[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

Remembering the great Dizzy Gillespie who was born on this day in 1917. One of the seminal figures of the bebop movement, Gillespie possessed tremendous technique and played with abandon, reaching the highest notes in the trumpet’s range.

Gillespie, with saxophonist Charlie Parker and pianist Thelonious Monk, spearheaded the revolutionary jazz style “Bebop”, a reaction to swing, distinct for dissonant harmonies and polyrhythms. It laid the foundation for modern jazz and the musical language that is now common place in the jazz community.

One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up being similar to those of Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis’s emergence in the 1970s that Gillespie’s style was successfully recreated.

His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality have made him an enduring icon. His compositions “Salt Peanuts,” “Woody ’n’ You,” “Con Alma,” “Groovin’ High,” “Blue ’n’ Boogie,” and “A Night in Tunisia” all became jazz standards.

Here, he is performing “Oop-Pop-A-Da” with Mike Longo on piano, George Davis on guitar, Red Mitchell on bass and David Lee on drums live in France, 1970.

[Mike Tyson @MikeTyson]

Gene Kilroy has known me since I was 13 #behindthemike

[AK @sunsetmusk]

nobody warns you how quickly you go from 18 to 25

[Pro Jileka @MVProJileka]

The way Nando's is so expensive, this Xhosa guy behind me was like “Umlenze yi R149, yoh! inoba ngoka Oscar Pistorius” 😕

[Mike Tyson @MikeTyson]

I’m still the best ever

[maShaunisa. 🇿🇦🇦🇷 @Shaun_thefirst]

no one can tell me otherwise. This is Tshabalala’s WC celebration 😭😭

[Yay Toon Day @yay_tunes]

Wait till you see the manager 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Ofentse Modisha @modisha_ofentse]

@BornAKang 😂

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

Male Track Athlete of the Year nominee ✨

Repost to vote for Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 in the #AthleticsAwards.

Voting closes on Sunday 27 October at 11:59 PM CEST.

[🧚🏾‍♀️ @Thee_Cherri]

This might be my favourite video right now🤣🤣

[Markaroni @muktesharma]

I feel bad for people who have to live their lives pretending Lionel Messi is not the greatest to play football.