On April 18th our good friend and homie Ceazs Hernandez helped organize an art/design/jewelry exhibit on the rooftop of the 1010 Wilshire. With free entry and free beer/wine, it got pretty crackin' and the vibe was right.
Artists Ray McCray (one of my favorite LA Jazz-related artists, with the immaculate Miles And Monk In The Sky [...]
Recorded Live @ 720 Records, Pittsburgh. Played some of my favorite Herbie Hancock joints to celebrate his 72nd Birthday. Unrehearsed, raw and uncut. Just me having some fun. Enjoy! peace, love and great music! -BusCrates
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CHARLES MINGUS: LIVE IN BELGIUM, NORWAY, SWEDEN 1964 – reference copy – Full Footage.
Charles Mingus – Bass
Eric Dolphy – Sax
Clifford Jordan – Tenor sax
Jaki Byard – Piano
Dannie Richmond – Drums
Johnny Coles – Trumpe
Live In Belgium 1964:
So Long Eric
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Meditations On Integration
Live In Norway 1964:
So Long Eric
Orange Was The Color Of Her
Dress, Then Blue Silk
Parkeriana
Take [...]
A beautiful mix by crate legend Gilles Peterson. Happy birthday Gil. You may be gone, but your spirit lives strong.
RIP Gil Scott-Heron (1st April 1949 – 27th May 2011)
01. Gil Scott Heron — Offering (Midnight Band – The First Minute Of A New Day, 1974) Flying Dutchman
02. Gil Scott-Heron — Essex (From South Africa To [...]
Beautiful Swimmers from Washington D.C. present a brilliant tribute mix to Don Cherry, the multi-instrumentalist best known for playing the cornet & pocket trumpet with the likes of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. Whether this is an introduction to his vast catalogue of “world” jazz recordings or just a new way of hearing some of [...]
"This is a jam session…"
This is a jam session, directed by Gjon Mili, and released by Warner Brothers in 1944. Jazz heavyweight Norman Granz was editor and the techniques used to produce the film were groundbreaking at the time. It is rare footage of the performers, for most of the musicians it was their only appearances [...]
Analog Burners – Roy Ayers Stoned Soul Picnic RMX
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Amazing film/documentary about Jazz saxophonist and Blue Note Records artist Jackie McLean. Pieced in between footage of him playing is footage of him teaching at Hartford as well as more interview type footage. Just listening to Jackie break down his philosophies on playing, drugs, race and everything else is captivating in itself. His 'On Mars' [...]
Quantic & Alice Russell – The Robert Glasper Experiment & Bilal March 21st at the Exchange DTLA.
Quantic & Alice Russell were the most impressive to me at this show, mostly because I was pretty unfamiliar with them besides a couple Mochilla videos. Their musicianship and variety of styles, especially their cumbia work, was amazing though.
The [...]
Sun Ra – Space Is The Place Full Movie
Space Is the Place is an 82-minute film made in 1972 and released in 1974. It was produced by Jim Newman, directed by John Coney, written by Sun Ra, Joshua Smith and features Sun Raand his Arkestra. A soundtrack for the film was released on Evidence Records.
Sun [...]
