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. 

There's No Place Like America Today

There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield

"One of the most famous pictures (Margaret Bourke-White) took shows African-American men, women, and children lined up outside a flood relief agency. In striking contrast to their grim faces, the billboard for the National Association of Manufacturers above them depicts a smiling white family of four (and their dog) riding in a car under a banner with the ultimately ironic slogan "World's Highest Standard of Living. There's no way like the American Way." source

Recommended reading: Traveling Soul The Life of Curtis Mayfield by Todd Mayfield