Music Videos
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Monty Alexander: ‘No Woman, No Cry’
6 May 2014 — Jazz on the Tube Pianist Alexander’s version of the Marley classic, recorded in Marseille, France. Continue reading
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Solo Monk: ‘Don’t Blame Me’
Some more Monk, only this time it’s five and half minutes of Monk’s creative genius on display. Recorded 17 April 1966 in Denmark Continue reading
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Thelonious Monk Quartet: ‘Epistrophy’
The “Thelonious Monk Quartet” perform in Japan during May of 1963. “Epistrophy” was the first composition in modern jazz to have a lasting impact and is considered a classic. Composed by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke in 1942, the number was first record that year under the title “Fly Right” by Cootie Williams’ big band. Continue reading
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Video: Leeto Thale vibes at Albany Theatre, London
15 March 2014 — YouTube Uploaded on 16 Apr 2009 Top Spoken word artist and vibeologist Leeto Thale blesses an audience at the famous Albany Theatre, London as part of the ‘Conversations’ expose devised by the poet/actor/songstress Zena Edwards and renowned saxophonist Soweto Kinch. Filmed by Kungadred and Beyonder, editor – kungadred. Continue reading
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Jimmy Smith: ‘A Night in Tunisia’
This performance of the song from The Jimmy Smith Quintet is from 1986. Personnel: Jon Faddis, trumpet; James Moody, alto sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Jimmy Smith, organ; Grady Tate, drums. Continue reading
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No More Trouble – CATCH A FIRE – Jazz Jamaica All Stars/USO/Brinsley Forde
It’s wicked! Excerpt from the sold-out Queen Elizabeth Hall, London show on 24 October 2012 of Jazz Jamaica All Stars’ astonishing CATCH A FIRE tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers with strings section from Urban Soul Orchestra, vocalist Brinsley Forde and an 85-voice Southbank Centre VoiceLab community choir. Continue reading
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Music Video: The World Wide Wave of Action
Eminem, Ice Cube and Korn preaching/rapping world revolution? Continue reading
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Charles Mingus: ‘Flowers for a Lady’
Composed for by multi-instrumentalist George Adams for Charles Mingus’ 1973 album “Mingus Moves,” “Flowers for a Lady” was among several tracks that marked the return of drummer Dannie Richmond after his hiatus from the group. Continue reading
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Why I Wrote the Song “Checkpoint” and Exposed the Apartheid I Witnessed in Palestine
I spent much of the trip trying to get my head around how one group of human beings could be so inhumane to another group of human beings. I still can’t understand. By day 4 of our 7 day trip I wanted to come home. The mental intensity of what I saw that the brutality… Continue reading
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Video: Checkpoint By Jasiri X
Up-and-coming Pittsburgh Emcee Jasiri X releases “Checkpoint,” a chilling music video documenting his experience visiting Palestine in 2014. The video features footage Jasiri himself captured of Israeli soldiers, as well as newsreel clips of IDF brutality against Palestinians and internationals. Watch closely, Ferrari Sheppard of Stop Being Famous has cameo in this powerful video. Continue reading
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Eddie Harris: ‘Listen Here’
This performance — on June 20, 1969 — would occur just a couple of days after Eddie Harris had finished recording “Swiss Movement,” a live album that would become a smash hit. Continue reading
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Randy Weston and Billy Harper: “The Roots Of The Blues”
Randy Weston and Billy Harper perform “Blues To Senegal”, the second track from their 2013 album release “The Roots Of The Blues.” Continue reading
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Video: Remembering Jim Hall
8 January 2014 — Jazz on the Tube Jim Hall died 10 December 2013. Hall performs with the “Art farmer Quartet” on TV during the 1960s. Personnel: Art Farmer, flugelhorn, Jim Hall, guitar, Steve Swallow, bass, Walter Perkins, drums Continue reading
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers on ‘Jazz 625’ – ‘Theme for Stacy’
Here’s the Jazz Messengers with Sun Ra’s John Gilmore on tenor saxophone. No date for this one but sometime between 64 and 66. Continue reading
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John Coltrane: Evolution: 1960, 1961 and 1965
7 December 2013 — Jazz on the Tube Here’s the run down of this hour and a half of music… Set One: March 28, 1960 in Dusseldorf, Germany Continue reading
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Music Video: Darryl Reeves ‘Retrograde’
22 November 2013 — Darryl Reeves Great album. The track is off the album ‘Mercury’. Continue reading
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Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism (Exclusive FILM)
If you are upset at the way corporations have co-opted Hip Hop and re-sold it in the most racist, hyper-violent, and misogynistic ways possible, then this is a film you must watch. “Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism: Why Corporations Infiltrated RAP Music” is an incredibly powerful and in-depth film focusing on the nefarious role… Continue reading
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From Jazz ’34: More Remembrances of Kansas City Swing
Robert Altman gathered top contemporary musicians (see list below) and set them in 1934 Kansas City. Kansas City was one of the top drivers of the music during this period. A quirky prosperity based on graft, vice and slaughterhouses gave the city immunity to the worst of the ravages of the Great Depression and music… Continue reading
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Ahmad Jamal, Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November, 13, 1939. At 16, Muhammad was the drummer on Fats Domino’s 1956 hit “Blueberry Hill”. He’s been the backbone of many bands including ones led by Lou Donaldson, Johnny Griffin, Pharoah Sanders and Grover Washington, Jr. Continue reading
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The Funk Allstars Live in Japan
Recorded in Osaka, Japan in 2008. Personnel: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Hammond organ, Pee Wee Ellis, tenor sax, Fred Wesley, trombone, Rodney Jones, guitar, Idris Muhammad, drums Continue reading
The New Dark Age 