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A Time Line to Post-Soul Black Culture | The Village Voice

From ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ in 1971 to Spike Lee’s ‘Malcom X’ in 1992. 1971 ■ MELVIN VAN PEEBLES’s Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song premieres in Detroit in March, signaling a new direction in African American film and culture. Directed guerrilla-style in Watts, it ridicules SIDNEY POITIER’s ultra-assimilated image, instigates Hollywood’s blaxploitation era, and projects rebellious black heroism in visual…

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The History of Spiritual Jazz: Hear a Transcendent 12-Hour Mix Featuring John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock & More | Open Culture

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Karen Chernick, Open Culture Jazz has inspired a great many things, and a great many things have inspired jazz, and more than a few of the music’s masters have found their aspiration by looking — or listening — to the divine. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they subscribe to traditional religion. As befits this naturally eclectic music that grew from…

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‘I didn’t give a damn if it didn’t sell’: how Isaac Hayes helped create psychedelic soul | The Guardian

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The singer’s Hot Buttered Soul, released in 1969 and soon to be reissued, ripped apart the rules and inspired many new waves of music

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Afro-Cuban Musician Brings Special Project to DC JazzFest | The Washington Informer

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As a standard-bearer of Afro-Cuban cultural traditions, Terry has had to branch out on several projects to embrace the whole, including the jazz culture of his adopted home in New York City.

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See hip-hop evolve through photos at the African American History and Culture Museum | Smithsonian Insider

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“Represent: Hip Hop Photography” explores four themes of how identity, creativity, activism and community influenced elements of hip-hop, including DJs, MCs, break-dancers, and graffiti artists.

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Ramsey Lewis announces retirement | JAZZIZ

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Pianist and funk fusion pioneer Ramsey Lewis has announced that he is to retire from touring.

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Classical Music Orgs Launch Initiative to Diversify Orchestras | Colorlines

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The National Alliance for Audition Support will develop mentorship and audition programs to help more Black and Latinx classical musicians land spots in the United States’ predominantly White orchestras.

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Happy 69th Birthday, Brother Gil Scott-Heron | The Philadelphia Tribune

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When he first told America in 1970 that “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” after having written it in 1968 at age 19, Gil Scott-Heron set the stage for what would become part of the musical and poetic soundtrack for revolutionaries worldwide. And he didn’t stop until four decades later.

Stream Lakecia Benjamin’s Funkier-Than-Thou Album “Rise Up” | Okayplayer

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A bonafide funk, jazz and R&B star, Lakecia Benjamin is happy to share her latest Ropeadope effort, Rise Up, with the masses who love good tunes.

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First Listen: Jimi Hendrix, ‘Both Sides Of The Sky’ | NPR

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Stream a collection of studio outtakes recorded after 1968’s ‘Electric Ladyland.’