Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (Norway, 1966) #Jazz

Bootsy brings the funk slow and smooth — “I’d Rather Be With You” is pure space-bass magic.

Happy birthday to Greg Errico, born on this day in 1948 — the original drummer of Sly and the Family Stone. With his deep pocket, inventive grooves, and rock-solid feel, Errico helped define the sound of funk, soul, and psychedelic rock on classics like Dance to the Music,

A reminder that D’Angelo in his prime was untouchable.

Chameleon - Herbie Hancock | The Midnight Special #Jazz #JazzFunk

こんな🇮🇳フィンガードラミング、観たことない、驚いた、 タブラ、いや、タブラを発展させたテクノキットみたいなものを組んでて、音形はタブラっぽい。 こんな使い方は初めてみた。 タブラっぽいけど、テクノキットだと割り切って聴いてみてね。

The great Ron Carter soloing with MC Solaar on "Un Ange en Danger" for the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series, '94. #RonCarter #JazzIsDead

Behind the music: Isaac Hayes building the iconic groove of “Shaft”

the sound of d’angelo’s brown sugar album is what pushed j dilla to evolve from being pete rock-inspired into his eventual signature futuristic sound this is an unreleased instrumental from the late 1994 brown sugar sessions where you can clearly hear dilla’s early fingerprints

Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy Belgium. The Eric's solo. (Full version).

Thelonious Monk’s “Crespuscule with Nellie” live in France, 1966. #TheloniousMonk #JazzIsDead

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters "Chameleon" 1974 #Jazz #JazzFunk #HerbieHancock

ill.advised: Lonnie Liston Smith From side-man with Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis & Gato Barbieri to leading his own Cosmic Echoes, Smith shaped cosmic funk & meditative jazz across decades. 📺 Watch the full episode on Youtube to experience his journey. 🎧 JID017 Now Streaming

Happy birthday to Wah Wah Watson, born on this day in 1950! The Detroit funk-guitar sorcerer whose creamy, pedal-steel-meets-wah-wah tone slithered through Motown classics, Herbie Hancock’s “Head Hunters”, and Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall”, giving the world the slickest,

"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" by Sly and the Family Stone was released as a single on this day in 1969.

D'Angelo - Bitch [1996] a song Questlove marks as the beginning of the Voodoo period. Initially intended for the "Set It Off" soundtrack, it was recorded after the sessions for "The Hypnotic" on The Roots' Illadelph Halflife

Rahsaan Roland Kirk at the Zoo, playing for animals. Footage from the film The Case of the Three Sided Dream (2014) by Adam Kahan.

“Extensions” — Ahmad Jamal Live in 1971. #AhmadJamal #JazzIsDead

Roy Ayers — “Vibrations”

📹 D’Angelo at Electric Lady Studios recording “Devil’s Pie” for Voodoo (1998)