Gil Scott-Heron initially recorded “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” for his 1970 live album, Small Talk at 125th and Lennox. Heron performed the poem about the realness of revolution before a studio audience with nothing but congas and bongos. The poem was a response to The Last Poet’s “WhenContinue Reading
Butcher Brown’s Letters from the Atlantic has landed. The band has guests Yaya Bey, Victoria Victoria, Leanor Wolf, Nicholas Payton, and more to their Solar Music followup. LFTA is hazy and atmospheric but still very much grounded in earthier grooves from their jazz, funk, soul, and hip-hop roots. They evenContinue Reading
Roy Ayers died March 4th in New York City at the age of 84 after a long illness. Ayers’ work as a vibraphonist, composer, and producer is always cited as a wellspring of the Acid Jazz scene of the ’90s. The Los Angeles native came from a musical family andContinue Reading
Saxophonist, bandleader, and composer Marshall Allen has released the official video for “New Dawn,” featuring Neneh Cherry. A joined Sun Ra’s Arkestra in 1958, and he has led it since Ra’s passing in 1993. At the age of 100, he is releasing his first solo album. Allen worked with fellowContinue Reading