I given love in every way, everyday. Through the arterial vessels of life we surge with love, choosing to do so by reaching out and seeking wisdom and knowledge from those who express melodic invention. There’s a real something to...

                                At times in life you feel adrift. Unable to harness the love and the passion that reins inside. When you begin to evolve in any art you start on that far away Oregon Hill with a...

                              I had a fever and it was intense. As a child I was snuck into the Palladium and met peeps like Mongo Santamaria. It actually was like coming home. Coming from a culture that on the...

              Before interconnection there were regional hot beds of musical activity all over the country. One such hub was New Amsterdam which is commonly referred to today as the Big Apple. NYC’s folk acoustic music scene was spurred on by poets,...

Miriam Makeba “A Promise” Miriam Makeba is known for her traditional African songs. Acoustic in nature harkening back to the negro spirituals and chants from the motherland. She was performing with the likes of Harry Belafonte and Odetta until the early seventies rolled around. At...

                                There are and have been great musicians in every era of every century. They find a way to use the elements around them to be industrious. Maybe it’s building your own...

  My show has been predicated on leadership. Leadership from those who learned with and from the Titans. Nelson Rockefeller no, Andrew Carnegie no, Im talking about Bird and Thelonius Monk and Dizzy Gillespie and Leonard Feather. Playing Jam sessions and communicating using non verbal...

The foundations of a human being begin within their home. The education, the adherence to a craft and not overcompensating with blind faith. My guest today had a bed rock in his home and it is because of his mother that he is where he is today. Part of The JFS is to promote inclusivity as it...

    “Ultimately in the big picture the best music happens live, I believe. In front of an audience where everyone is interacting and there’s interplay. Everybody’s playing at the same time the audience is playing @ the same time. You may have preconceived notions...

  So many now make up their own history. The economic, political and spiritual essence of this nation has been askew for quite sometime. I don’t cry for no hipster. Why should I? This go it alone approach has not fostered but hindered the ability of bands to form a nucleus. A hard...

Multiple drumming techniques are taught by my guest. Machine Gun, rapid fire propulsion of the Commodores and Creative Source. Sussex, Buddha, Motown, Columbia. The life of my guest. Back in the game when studio work was prevalent and inventive producers and arrangers like Quincy Jones, David...

                              “Queen, no backbeat, straight ahead.” Love Always, JF    ...