Marvin & Herbie

The David Van DePitte Sessions & Herbie Hancock

I follow The Velvet Voyce, Nicole Sweeney for all kinds of cool posts related to Jazz. I caught the post about Let's Get It On Deluxe recently released digitally from Motown to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original release by Marvin Gaye. Marvin's one of my favorite artist of all time, so learning there were some unreleased tracks, I decided to revisit the original release and make my way through the extras of the deluxe edition. I learned reading a post from Brad Farberman of Tidal about the David Van DePitte Sessions, which Farberman notes in the write up feature jazz legend Herbie Hancock. Along with the release, got my hands on Herbie's memoir as well, titled Possibilities. Look forward to learning about the convergence of what I consider two empires, between Marvin & Herbie. Appreciating this opportunity for my Sunday Soul. 

Phyl Garland & the Sound of Soul

A Conversation with Phyl Garland

Sundays is all soul. I can get lost in all the new releases and the urge to listen to that classic Hip Hop album from my favorite artist. So much so that it's easy to neglect the time for other genres of music. With all that needs to get done, especially for prep for the week ahead, decided to dedicate Sundays to Soul, call it a Sunday Soul. That includes searching through all the archives, lost conversations to get deeper into the song and behind how the people thought of the music. That's how I found out about Phyl Garland and the Studs Terkel Radio Archive. Below are two parts of a real deep conversation on the Sounds of Black Music, a conversation had during the Fall breaks of November 1968. One to return to and quote for it's references to the time's movements and music and it's impact today. There's a lot of conversations to connect to here with some of today's debates. 

Phyl Garland discusses themes from her book "Sound of Soul" and the black influence on music Part 1 click here

Phyl Garland discusses her book "Sound of Soul" and the history of black music in America Part 2 click here

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive: click here

The Sound of Soul by Phyl Garland Amazon click here