RIP Billy Taylor

Another day, another legend gone - fortunately this one had a good long career. RIP to the great virtuoso Billy Taylor.

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free


Here is Nina Simone's version


...and performing Perdido on the David Frost show with Duke Ellington

Jose James... get to know one!

Jose James is a young jazz vocalist from New York signed to Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings. Affiliation with GP already says a lot, as the man commands a lot of respect with his great taste. Anyway James' album The Dreamer is very worthy of copping, and here is a video from one of the tracks from that album, a cover of Freestyle Fellowship's Park Bench People. Enjoy and look out for a collab album between Jose James and another one of the faves Flying Lotus.



update: here is the original Freestyle Fellowship version