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“Get It B4” arrives on the heels of Moses Sumney being announced as direct support for Daniel Caesar on the Canadian leg of his Superpowers World Tour. Those shared dates begin September 30th in Vancouver and span 8 dates across the country before concluding on October 13th in Toronto. Tickets are on sale now at danielcaesar.com About Moses Sumney: Moses Sumney evades definition as an act of…

“Get It B4” arrives on the heels of Moses Sumney being announced as direct support for Daniel Caesar on the Canadian leg of his Superpowers World Tour. Those shared dates begin September 30th in Vancouver and span 8 dates across the country before concluding on October 13th in Toronto. Tickets are on sale now at danielcaesar.com About Moses Sumney: Moses Sumney evades definition as an act of…

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Black Classical consulted the oracle that is wikipedia and other sources to give you this overview into the inspiration of the music.... Ketu or Queto – Yoruba language, known as Iorubá or Nagô in Portuguese. Nagô derives from ànàgó, a derogatory term used by the Dahomey people to refer to Yoruba-speaking people, specifically of Oyo heritage, many of whom were sold as slaves to Brazil.[5] Efã and Ijexá in Bahia Nagô or Eba in Pernambuco Oió-ijexá or Batuque-de-Nação in Rio Grande do Sul Mina-nagô or Tambor-de-Mina in Maranhão Xambá in Alagoas and Pernambuco (nearly extinct). Bantu – mix of Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundo) languages Caboclo (half Indigenous American and European) Jeje – Fon, and Gen languages (Jeje) Mina Jeje in Maranhão Babaçuê in Pará Fun Fún in Panamá 

This ones from Renry Hollins – aka Uzair Sawal – musical soul brother in Malaysia who knows my weakness for Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Gil-Scott-revolution-will-not-be-televised-Heron

  John Coltrane, Sun Ra, and many more on this stunning 12-hour mix of spiritual jazz.

Last week the London online radio station NTS dropped a colossal, nay transcendent 4-part history of spiritual jazz lasting more than 12 hours in all.

It starts with Fred Stone’s “Theme from Lawrence of Arabia” (originally composed by Maurice Jarre, this rendition happened in 1972) and ends with an ambitious composition by the Art Ensemble of Chicago called “Certain Blacks ‘Do What They Wanna.’”

In between you’ll find remarkable music by Stanley Crouch, Elvin Jones, Sun Ra, David S. Ware, Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Amiri Baraka, Pharoah Sanders, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, Roland Kirk, Earth Wind and Fire, Art Blakey—and that’s leaving out another several dozen musicians whose names are not as familiar.(Interestingly, Charles Mingus is not represented.)

  From Dangerous Minds  yesterday

    Track lists for each f the 4 episodes

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