10/9/2023 0 Comments Goapele closer whosampledWorking against harsh political rule, my music access as a child was at the mercy of the state’s wishes, a state that happened to be an iron fist theocracy. The sounds, though, they did not always come so easily. Over the years, I’ve been taking in sounds rather deliberately. We’ve had meet and greets through acquaintances–time machines. Far from aficionado, I’ve had important encounters with Ahmad Jamal, Bobbi Humphrey and trumpeter Donald Byrd and his Howard University Blackbyrds. ![]() My relationship with jazz is complicated.
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