Jazz

I, Too

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides, 
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America

~ Langston Hughes


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Hola, welcome to my Jazz playlist. I behold Jazz as the best American creation by black ancestors. If you are black be proud for this gift from the ancestors and try your best to honor them, if you are not black be grateful for this gift because music is spiritual and these vibrations will elevate you too. If I were to become stranded on an island and I could only choose one music genre, it would be jazz because it has an inclusive spirit that is able to evoke an unlimited gamut of emotions. Deep respect and gratitude to the ancestors. And to everyone who to this day continue to study, write, broadcast and play jazz, I commend you because life would not be the same without Jazz 🥰

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About the photo: 

That is my son who has been studying/playing Jazz Drums here in New Orleans for the past six years. In this photo he is overlooking New Orleans, the birth place of jazz. That is the mighty Mississippi river at the very end 🥁🎻 🎹🎷🎺🎸 🥰✨

The Hollygrove Cafe ~ JAZZ

new music

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/iyTTX6Wlf1Y
Listen on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B00UBOO6TG?trackAsin=B00UBOOU3I
Listen on TIDAL: https://tidal.com/browse/track/58875093

Historical Misappropriation

Postmodern Jukebox (ft. Kate Davis) - All About That Base

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Produced, Written &  Arranged By BADBADNOTGOOD

Alex Sowinski - Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone, Love
Chester Hansen - Bass, Synthesizer, Love
Matty Tavares - Keyboard, Synthesizer, Guitar, Love

Engineered By Matty
Photo By Rose Flutur & Connor Olthuis
Mastered By Joao Carvalho

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Velvet

From The Ladybugs Sing The Sound Of Music
Martina DaSilva - lead vocal
Kate Davis - vocal
Eddie Barbash - saxophone
Joe McDonough - trombone
Gabe Schnider - guitar
Dylan Shamat - bass

Do Re Mi (with The Ladybugs)

BADBADNOTGOOD - Putty Boy Strut (Live At TEDxToronto)

Track #4 from my protest album/EP entitled, The Mourning After, in tribute to the fallen men, women, and children of color who were murdered by a racist regime of evil police officers who never deserved to wear the badge, let alone handle a gun. It is not happenstance, not "fearing for their life", and certainly not justice when the vast majority of the murderers in blue are let off with little to no punishment at all.

I had to release my rage into the healing power of music, and it was this remake of Duke Pearson & Donald Byrd's "Cristo Redentor" that I felt was an appropriate song of mourning to express my deep sadness and anger at the systemic racism that was designed to bring about what few are calling (but is accurately) a genocide.

Anyway, I enlisted the talents of Jill Scott/Bootsy Collin tour trumpeter, Farnell Newton (@fnbeatsgalore), to cover Donald's iconic solo, but in his style and voicing, to express this sadness and melancholy through music. Yes, it comes out smooth and lounge jazzy, but it begins with a gunshot just to let you know that this is anything but relaxed and chill...more so a soulful way of saying goodbye while also preparing for the fight ahead for freedom, justice, and equality amongst ALL people...but if Black Lives Don't Matter in that equation...then ALL LIVES TRULY DON'T!

"Black Requiem (Cristo Redentor)" - feat Farnell Newton

A Love Supreme

A Love Supreme, Pt. II -  Resolution

Ma Fleur

Child Song

Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)

Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong - Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Larry Love. produced by Larry Fish and Polyester. SHOWTIME: http://www.mediafire.com/?k2po8lmd3pdb92p