Happy 90th Birthday to musical genius Quincy Jones (born March 14, 1933). He co-wrote & produced the phenomenal jam There's A Train Leavin' (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... for his I Heard That!! double LP feat. an all-star lineup w/ Louis Johnson on bass. #funk #music #QuincyJones
07:46 PM - Mar 14, 2023



Remembering musical genius Dan Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994) who died from AIDS at age 43. Here's a rare remix of his #1 disco hit Relight My Fire (1979) and exclusive interview with mixer John Luongo https://youtube.com/watch?... on making the track with Dan. #disco #music
11:35 AM - Mar 23, 2023


Remembering Norman Harris (October 14, 1947 - March 21, 1987) a giant of the Philly soul era who helped create hundreds of records. He and Thom Bell co-wrote the superb soul/funk jam Love Addict (1969) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Honey & The Bees. #soul #funk #music #NowPlaying
10:54 PM - Mar 21, 2023



Farewell to legend Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins (June 8, 1941 – March 17, 2023) founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic. He co-wrote and produced the epic funky jam Love's Now Is Forever (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... feat. Bernie Worrell & Bootsy Collins. #funk #music #FuzzyHaskins
08:47 PM - Mar 18, 2023



Remembering genius producer Patrick Adams (March 17, 1950 – June 22, 2022) whose countless records helped shape the direction of disco and beyond. Here's his superb cosmic funk jam Flying High (1982) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Cloud One which he wrote & co-produced. #PatrickAdams
04:06 PM - Mar 18, 2023
TIMELINE CLEANSE:
Lots of shitty headlines and it's only noon. I need a big ole shot of 80's funk. I almost wish I still had roller skates. (you remember the real ones' not the inline crap 🛼 🛼)
All Aboard!
Lots of shitty headlines and it's only noon. I need a big ole shot of 80's funk. I almost wish I still had roller skates. (you remember the real ones' not the inline crap 🛼 🛼)
All Aboard!
12:45 PM - Mar 17, 2023


Gil Scott-Heron, No Knock (1972). We must always pay respect to the influence spoken word artists like Gil and The Last Poets had on hip-hop. This prophetic #Woke track explains the injustice of "no-knock" warrants years before #BreonnaTaylor #wokesongs #spokenword #prehiphop #rap #hiphop
12:20 PM - Mar 18, 2023



In response to DJ Moon Ra.
Nice one! Happy Birthday Sly! Can’t wait for that Questlove doc to drop
08:20 PM - Mar 17, 2023
Happy belated 80th Birthday to legend Sly Stone (born March 15, 1943) who changed music forever. He wrote and produced the super funky You're The One (1970) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Little Sister, the Family Stone's backing vocalists feat. his sister Vet. #funk #music #SlyStone
07:37 PM - Mar 16, 2023



QUINCY JONES ❙ Walking In Space ❙ 1969 🎸 Wishing a happy 90th birthday to Q (BD=1933/03/14). Here's the title cut of one of his most acclaimed LPs, featuring too many great musicians to fit in this spout! #QuincyJones #Quincy90thBday #Jazz #SpoutibleMusic
11:41 AM - Mar 14, 2023



The era in which Quincy Jones grew up saw a wave of changes for Blacks. Black genres such as rhythm & blues, bebop, and #rocknroll l greatly influenced the culture as some racial barriers fell. Quincy absorbed all these and affected nearly every aspect of 20th-century music later in his career.
The Black Music Project @blackmusicprojectOTD 3.14.1933 Quincy Jones was born in Chicago. Quincy Jones etched his importance in America's story by not just his musical works, having impacted numerous genres, but also his multifaceted contributions to American popular culture. #QuincyJones #music #popmusic #Netflix #documentary10:57 AM - Mar 14, 2023
12:20 PM - Mar 14, 2023



OTD 3.14.1933 Quincy Jones was born in Chicago. Quincy Jones etched his importance in America's story by not just his musical works, having impacted numerous genres, but also his multifaceted contributions to American popular culture. #QuincyJones #music #popmusic #Netflix #documentary
10:57 AM - Mar 14, 2023



In response to DJ Moon Ra.
He's got a ton of notable songs like Chump Change, The Street beater, and Soul Bossa Nova
10:47 PM - Mar 14, 2023
Happy 90th Birthday to musical genius Quincy Jones (born March 14, 1933). He co-wrote & produced the phenomenal jam There's A Train Leavin' (1976) https://www.youtube.com/wa... for his I Heard That!! double LP feat. an all-star lineup w/ Louis Johnson on bass. #funk #music #QuincyJones
07:46 PM - Mar 14, 2023



Remembering fabulous singer/songwriter Joni Sledge (Sept 13, 1956 – March 10, 2017) on the anniversary of her passing. She co-wrote Sister Sledge's super funky rare B-side Love Ain't Easy (1975) https://www.youtube.com/wa... #funk #disco #SpoutibleMusic #NowPlaying #WomensHistoryMonth
08:20 PM - Mar 10, 2023



Happy Birthday to the great singer/songwriter Laura Lee (born March 9, 1945). Here's the rare unedited version of her funky sex-positive feminist anthem I Need It Just As Bad As You (1974) https://youtube.com/watch?... produced by Brian Holland. #soul #funk #music #NowPlaying #WomensRights
07:54 AM - Mar 10, 2023


Happy 80th Birthday to "Sweet" Charles Sherrell (born March 8, 1943) who drummed with Hendrix, was taught guitar by Curtis Mayfield and played bass on James Brown classics. Here's his superb funky jam Hang Out & Hustle (1975) https://www.youtube.com/wa... #funk #soul #music #NowPlaying
09:43 AM - Mar 09, 2023


Remembering the legendary Hamilton Bohannon (March 7, 1942 – April 24, 2020) who led Motown's touring band and helped shape disco & house with his influential sound. Here's the ultra funky title track to his first LP Stop & Go (1973) https://www.youtube.com/wa... #funk #music #Bohannon
10:09 PM - Mar 08, 2023



Happy belated Birthday to the great blue-eyed soul diva Kiki Dee (born March 6, 1947) the first white UK artist signed by Motown. Her funky jam Chicago (1977) https://www.youtube.com/wa... was co-produced by Elton John and remixed by Tom Moulton. #soul #funk #music #NowPlaying #KikiDee
09:52 AM - Mar 08, 2023

Remembering legend Teena Marie on her birthday (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010). She wrote, sang, and played synthesizer on the superb rare funk jam A.W.O.L. (Absence Without Love) (1982) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by Carl Anderson. #funk #soul #music #NowPlaying #TeenaMarie
03:09 PM - Mar 05, 2023



Remembering the legendary Bobby Womack on his birthday (March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014). Here's his superb, funked up jam What's Your World (1975) https://www.youtube.com/wa... from the LP I Don't Know What The World Is Coming To, with an uncredited Sly Stone on keyboards. #BobbyWomack
10:53 PM - Mar 04, 2023

From March 3-4, 1959, Billie Holiday began recording her final album at MGM Studios in Los Angeles. It featured the beautiful I'll Never Smile Again https://youtube.com/watch?... and the LP was released as Last Recording after her death that July. #Jazz #music #NowPlaying #BillieHoliday
04:04 PM - Mar 04, 2023



Happy belated Birthday to great MFSB lead guitarist Bobby Eli (born March 2, 1946) who helped create many iconic 70s Philly soul records. He co-wrote the revolutionary truth-to-power funk anthem Telling It Like It Is (1975) https://www.youtube.com/wa... by T.U.M.E. #music #NowPlaying
10:35 AM - Mar 04, 2023
Remembering legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter. He passed away on Thursday. He was 89. I spoke with Wayne over the phone before he performed in Omaha years ago: https://www.kios.org/other...
12:57 AM - Mar 04, 2023



JOE ZAWINUL & WAYNE SHORTER ❙ In a Silent Way (live) ❙ 2007 🎸 (1/5) Posting five of 100's of great performances in light of #WayneShorter 's death today. Here he duets one last time with Weather Report co-founder # (who died a month later) # #SpoutibleMusic
06:22 PM - Mar 02, 2023

Fare you well, Wayne Shorter. You never failed to touch my heart. How did you do that?
#WeLiveAmongGiants
#WeLiveAmongGiants
07:27 AM - Mar 03, 2023



12:59 PM - Mar 02, 2023



RIP Wayne Shorter. Here is his beautiful ballad Infant Eyes from one of the great Jazz records of all time.
https://youtu.be/KpVx1Kuja...
https://youtu.be/KpVx1Kuja...
02:35 PM - Mar 02, 2023



Sad news in the #music world as Wayne Shorter, a well renowned jazz saxophonist, has died at 89.
#RIP to him. 🙏🏾 🕊️
#Spoutible #BlackSpoutible #Jazz
#RIP to him. 🙏🏾 🕊️
#Spoutible #BlackSpoutible #Jazz
12:29 PM - Mar 02, 2023



Wayne Shorter passed away today ... he was a ground-breaking musician and composer who has left an extraordinary body of work. His composition, Footprints, is as fresh today as it was in 1967. It rocks my world now as it did then. May his memory be for a blessing and his music live on as solace.
02:02 PM - Mar 02, 2023
