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An interview with Cuban jazz legend Arturo Sandoval about being mentored by Dizzy Gillespie, how the piano is the best music teacher, how jazz is synonymous with freedom, spending 3 months in jail for being caught listening to jazz on The Voice of America radio station and his latest "Sangú."
By @_djshort
powmag.net/p/the-jazz-defect…
interviewed the legendary trumpet maestro arturo sandoval
a conversation on cuba, being mentored by dizzy gillespie, and how jazz saved his life
powmag.net/p/the-jazz-defect…
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Fun Fact: RZA met the owner of the Speed Racer cartoon while in Tokyo. He happened to be a huge fan of The Wu, so he allowed them to use any footage they wanted for it, making it the first rap anime music video on US television
(s/o @iAmJeffSledge)
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The 50 Best Neptunes Beats
We selected the finest in Chad and Pharrell's catalogue from Tha Alkaholiks to Usher.
powmag.net/p/the-50-best-nep…
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Today at the magazine: we rank the 50 best Neptunes beats powmag.net/p/the-50-best-nep…
when i interviewed darkchild he gave really fascinating insight into michael's mindset making this album:
"[michael] said 'i hate primitive kicks and snares & the primitive bass sounds that everybody uses...the same way thomas edison was an inventor, we need to invent sounds'"
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Speaking of Gary Harris, before he signed D’Angelo to EMI Records, he signed Color Me Badd to Giant. While Gary was proud of this massive hit, he was so much prouder to discover and nurture D’Angelo, a true musical genius, who reflected Gary’s soul and sophisticated taste.
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The “guy who signed him” was my mentor and friend, Gary Harris. Gary was an A&R guy at EMI Records, after a stint as a promo guy at SugarHill Records. Gary had incredible ears and so much soul. Signing D’Angelo was a source of enormous pride for Gary, so I am saying his name.
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An interview w/ legendary hip-hop archivist & "Video Music Box" host Ralph McDaniels about discovering hip-hop in the mid-70s, meeting a pre-"Brown Sugar" D'Angelo, directing the "It Ain't Hard To Tell" video, the future of archiving & more.
By @_djshort
powmag.net/p/ralph-mcdaniels…
was honored to get this incredible piece of early d'angelo history from the one and only ralph mcdaniels
Today at the magazine we have a truly wonderful piece of hip-hop history: @_djshort's interview with Video Music Box founder Ralph McDaniels, who talks about directing Nas, being stiffed by Russell Simmons, and preserving hip-hop for future generations powmag.net/p/ralph-mcdaniels…
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Today at the magazine we have a truly wonderful piece of hip-hop history: @_djshort's interview with Video Music Box founder Ralph McDaniels, who talks about directing Nas, being stiffed by Russell Simmons, and preserving hip-hop for future generations powmag.net/p/ralph-mcdaniels…
had the honor of interviewing the legendary ralph mcdaniels of video music box for a conversation on the art of archiving, directing music videos for nas, the early days of d'angelo, and much much more
powmag.net/p/ralph-mcdaniels…
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For my debut for @empiremagazine, I wrote a long read on the great but short acting legacy of Tupac Shakur.
I interviewed his movie peers: Tim Roth, Thandiwe Newton, Bokeem Woodbine, Ernest Dickerson & Jim Belushi.
This is on newsstands worldwide right now; pls buy a copy!
