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Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Mix by Gilles Peterson

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 [...]

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Alice Russell-Quantic And The Robert Glasper Experiment – Exchange LA March 21st 2012

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 [...]

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Homage III – The Cohran Family Philosophy (Mixed by DJ Expo)

This is a collage of sounds from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and the roots of their music. This half-hour mix is a journey through instrumentals and interviews of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Phil Cohran, added in with a sprinkle of Sun Ra, whom Cohran worked with in the pivotal, early years. The listening experience will shed [...]

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RIP Jimmy Castor

RIP to Jimmy Castor. Saxophonist, percussionist, singer/songwriter & funk MONSTER. I knew about him like most people my age (I assume) through his Bboy anthem "It's Just Begun". With the break appearing in the 1983 film Flashdance in the scene with legendary Rock Steady Bboys Frosty Freeze, Crazy Legs, it blew up Bboying (and Hip-Hop [...]

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Gil Scott Heron

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Gil Scott Heron – It's Your World
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Artwork of indelible jazz icon Gil Scott-Heron. Printed on shirt color of your choice. From Wikipedia:Gil [...]

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Stevie Wonder

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Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
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Signed to Tamla at the age of 11, Little Stevie Wonder had his first greatest hits record on [...]

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Nasty Nas

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Nasty Nas is the son a renowned Jazz and Blues cornetist Olu Dara who dropped one of the all-time great Hip-Hop albums, Illmatic, with as his debut in 1994. Already well-known by the time of this release from his legendary [...]

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Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff – Be True
The Honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM (born James Chambers; 1 April 1948) is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician, and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and [...]

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Thelonious Monk

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Thelonious is one of the most recorded and influential composers and pianists in the history of Jazz. Talented at an early age, by the time he was 13 he had won so many contests at the Apollo in NYC he wasn't allowed to [...]

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Ron Carter

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Bassist and cellist Ron Carter has appeared on more than 2,500, solidifying his position the premier Jazz bass legend. He began his professional career with Chico Hamilton and recorded his first records with Eric Dolphy in 1960 while still a student. He [...]

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