On the anniversary of the worst day of my life I celebrate the memory of my dear friend Nina Patrice Bell who was on the 110th floor of tower one at 8:46am. She was a sweet soul and a beautiful and talented person, thank you for your friendship Nina #RIP

This is interesting, been a registered voter in this town my whole life, first time I ever got a poll worker solicitation. Didn’t think there would be an issue here in the city, but here we are.

Yay! Got my Fast Pass Tag today and I’m ready to rock the vote, gonna do the early voting thang

Repping NYC, dems down ballot is how we’re living. Time to get this conman and bullshit artist out of our lives.

Man, I just heard this song on the radio and was captivated by how beautiful it is, I didn’t know Elaine was such a fabulous singer youtu.be/i1j_BTG-bD0?si…

Music to touch your heart and soul from the brilliant pen of maestro Joe Sample, Miss Lalah breaking it down in its simplest terms youtu.be/g3LIMYjzXlA?si…

Man, I’m glad I grew up in an era where music and entertainment was good, having a hard time seeing the value in this halftime show

One of my most endearing memories is standing side stage in the Apollo Theater listening to Roberta Flack do her show. I wished well before she went on stage, then she left me breathless, such an incredible voice now seared into my brain forever. #RIP

One of my favorite movies just came on, Hi-De-Ho from 1934 I hate saying an artist was ahead of his time, but Cab set a standard that is still emulated. The big three from that period were Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, and Cab. youtu.be/spBLdH5mtyk?si…

Shah-nuff, yeah baby! youtu.be/vbwCtzup9D8?si…

Love the old movies, watching ‘Screaming Mimi’ which is a dandy. Anita Ekberg was a straight up fox. Also features vibraphonist Red Norvo and his band. Not sure who the guitar player is, Jimmy Rainey replaced Tal Farlow in 1954.

Don’t Mess With Mr T

Perfect day for a Bossa Nova and none better to deliver the message than Gal Costa

Courtesy of the great Herbie Hancock, it seems April 30th is now ‘International Jazz Day’ I’ll let the song styling of the late Eddie Jefferson echo my feelings towards this special day youtu.be/5QHVX8uzcbw?si…

Grooving to ‘The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert’ on PBS They’re singing “get up stand up, stand up for your rights” Getting my reggae groove on, and to think some lunatic wants to take this away from all of us. #savepbs

Happy Birthday to the greatest bass player, nothing he can’t do, nothing he didn’t do. Here is Ron Carter with his long time friend and collaborator George Benson, absolutely brilliant. Ron Carter youtu.be/sf7FY1R5ig8?si…

Pretty cool, I’m watching a 1961 episode of Perry Mason called ‘The Case. Of The Missing Melody’ and sure enough, there’s Barney Kessel playing in the band in a nightclub scene. I think that’s Shelly Mann on drums

Highly recommended listening on the birth date of this master musician

Follow my buddy Doug on his Sunday Jazz show, he’s spinning only the best artists and always groovin’