Now-Again — May 11, 2020 | Comments Off on Black Fire: Spiritual Jazz and Black American Empowerment through Music in 1970s
This is Juju’s founder and saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch returning to the historical home of the legendary Brooklyn jazz venue and cultural center The East in early 2019, reflecting on The East, its importance and legacy, and the cauldron of music now called “Spiritual Jazz”. (more…)
Now-Again — July 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Now Again Reserve: James Reese & the Progressions (1967-1972)
The complete works, including newly discovered recordings, by South Carolinian funk/soul bandleader James Reese, a jazz-inflected producer as ambitious as he was talented