RIBS TPTD: Donald Byrd, R.I.P. part 1
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Donaldson Toussaint L’Ouverture Byrd II. Better known simply as "Donald Byrd".
Another one of the music artists I grew up listening to has moved on to Soul Heaven. This one is noteworthy for me as Donald Byrd was one of the two artists (George Benson and his “Bad Benson” album being the other one) that I credit with introducing me to that mysterious (at least at that time in my life) thing called “Jazz”.
This initial look at Dr. Byrd’s music will focus on the five albums he recorded for the Blue Note label between 1972 and 1976 and produced by the Mizell Brothers:
- Black Byrd (1972)
- Street Lady (1973)
- Stepping Into Tomorrow (1974)
- Places And Spaces (1975)
- Caricatures (1976)
This was the period when he moved away from the hard-bop jazz idiom and began to record what was to become known as “jazz-fusion” (a blending of jazz and rhythms & blues elements). The jazz purists hated it and were very critical of this move, but the albums were very successful commercially (AAMOF, the “Black Byrd” album became the highest selling album in the entire history of the Blue Note label) and opened up jazz music to a whole new audience.
OK. On to the music. This is RIBS and we remember Donald Byrd.
RIBS TPTD: Donald Byrd, R.I.P. part 1…
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Playlist:
- INTRO-Another Edition-2012 – TGrundy
- Flight Time [Black Byrd]
- Donald Byrd Part 1 INTRO – TGrundy
- Song Introduction – EJ Flavors
- Lansana’s Priestess [Street Lady]
- Places And Spaces [Places And Spaces]
- We Remember Donald Byrd – TGrundy
- Stepping Into Tomorrow [Stepping Into Tomorrow]
- (Fallin’ Like) Dominoes [Places And Spaces]
- Black Byrd [Black Byrd]
- You & The Music [Places And Spaces]
- Wind Parade [Places And Spaces]
- RIBS3 – Aka "RIBS" – TGrundy
- Sister Love [Street Lady]
- Think Twice [Stepping Into Tomorrow]
- Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) [Places And Spaces]
- We Remember Donald Byrd – TGrundy
- Onward ‘til Morning [Caricatures]
- Where Are We Going [Black Byrd]
- Return Of The King [Caricatures]
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Cupid’s Hunt 2012… “The Hunt Is On!”
Filed under: CupidsHunt, jazz, LOVE, Podcast Collabs, podcasts/mixes, R&B, RIBS, soul, valentine's day
OK kiddies, the kickoff day for the BIG Event has finally arrived. Even though Valentine’s Day is still four days away, the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event starts right now… today!
Our slogan this year is… “The Hunt is On!”
So what’s it going to be? Are you the Hunter, or the Hunted? {smile}
I always look forward to this event and this year, our 5th consecutive year BTW, is no exception. As always the “RIBS Kitchen” here at Rhythms In Black Satin.com is your headquarters for all things Cupid’s Hunt so that you will have your choice of the BEST soundtracks for your Valentine’s Day enjoyment.
This year we have over a dozen podcasters that will be posting their musical take on “Love” all throughout the weekend leading up to the big day itself on Tuesday. The mixes are already starting to roll out so stay tuned right here on RIBS and also be sure to check on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for mix posting announcements. As always, this post will be edited and updated with links and information about all the podcast mixes for you to enjoy. Be sure to check back this afternoon for the first list of mixes that are available.
Here’s hoping that your Valentine’s Day is the BEST ever this year!
UPDATE #1 – Friday, February 10, 2012 1:30pm
“Are you the HUNTER, or are you the HUNTED?”
Here are the first three of the many great Cupid’s Hunt podcasts coming your way this weekend…
1. Ricky McCarthy – Cupid’s Hunt 5 – Sexy Cinderella
2. Anji Bee – Chillcast #302: Valentine Mix
3. Ms Jo90 – MsJo90’s Cupid’s Hunt 2012 (download link only, playlist coming)
UPDATE #2 – Friday, February 10, 2012 6:30pm
Cupid’s Hunt 2012 mix #4 has just arrived…
4. Paul Eversley – Cupid’s Hunt 2012 – Hip Hop Love
UPDATE #3 – Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:45am
5. Grant LOVE – Sample Me Love (Cupid’s Hunt 2012)
6. Sista Shuga – SeXXXy Love Vol. III for Cupid’s Hunt
UPDATE #4 – Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:15am
7. SoundNexx – Steveland’s Wonderful Love Mixx
8. Philip Clark – February 2012 Cupid’s Hunt Mix
9. TGrundy – Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Con Funk Shun-LOVE!
UPDATE #5 – Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:15pm
Once again we ask… “Are you the HUNTER, or the HUNTED?”
10. Night Nurse DJ – TNS-Cupid’s Hunt-Whitney
11. Night Nurse DJ – TNS-Cupid’s Hunt-Where There’s Smoke…
UPDATE #6 – Friday, February 17, 2012 7:15am
EJ & Theresa take a look at both sides of love…
12. EJ Flavors – Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Lost and Found – “The Lost” (the “Found” coming soon)
UPDATE #7 – Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:52am
The Hunt is STILL on! Here are a couple of more entries that just arrived…
13. Val Oliver – CUPID’S HUNT 2012: Valentine’s Love To Producers, DJs, Mixers & Podcasters
14. RoddyKat – Cupid’s Hunt 2012 – Downside
UPDATE #8 – Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:37am
Somehow this one snuck past me, fortunately an alert CH fan (Thanks Y.B.!) brought it to my attention…
15. DJ Hyjak – Cupid’s Hunt 2012-A Hyjak Radio Valentine
This just in also…
16. Ashaki – Cupid’s Hunt 2012 The Hunt Is On
UPDATE #9 – Monday, February 20, 2012 9:00am
17. TGrundy – Cupid’s Hunt 2012: Moments/RGB-Delfonics-Main Ingredient, part1
UPDATE #10 – Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:50am
Never give up on Love, nor the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event! The mixes just keep on comin’. Trelly of “The Inner Soul” checks in…
18. Trelly – 2012 Cupid’s Hunt: Bitten By Love
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Merry Xmas & Happy Holidays – The RIBS Christmas Mixes…
Filed under: A Bakers Dozen, blues, Christmas, Funk, Gospel, Holiday, jazz, podcasts/mixes, R&B, RIBS, soul, Xmas
Wishing all of you and your families a very happy and safe holiday during this Christmas season!
Since the Christmas season of 2007, I have created a total of 13 different mixes of Christmas music that (hopefully) provide a pleasant musical soundtrack for you to enjoy during this most joyous time of the year. Since the individual posts for those mixes are spread out over the site, I thought I would post the links to all of them here in one convenient place for you to download.
You can left-click on the mix name to be taken to the original post for that mix or you can right-click on the “MP3 file” link or the “PDF playlist” link to download the files.
Again, Happy Holidays and a very, Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
2009
- A “Funky” Christmas 2 : MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “This Christmas”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2008
- A “Gospel” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “Merry Christmas, Baby”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Funky” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Lonely” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2007
- A “Snuggle Wit Cho Baby” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Blues” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- An “Xquizzyt” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: The California Mix, part 2…
Filed under: California Mix, jazz, podcasts/mixes, R&B, RIBS, soul, Triple Play Thurs-Day
Well, we’re still on our California journey. I got so many great suggestions when I asked folks to help me think of some songs for a “California” mix a few weeks ago that they would all not fit into one podcast. In case you missed it, here is the link to “The California Mix, part 1”.
Now we can complete the journey as we present to you…
RIBS TPTD: The California Mix, part 2…
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(Playlist: (song – artist)
- RIBS Intro – TGrundy
- RIBS Intro to The California Mix, part 2 - TGrundy
- In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star) – Village People
- Ain’t Nobody Straight In L.A. – Miracles
- Why I Came To California – Leon Ware
- California Sunset – Originals
- RIBS Promo “So Good Echo” – TGrundy
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose – Dionne Warwick
- Sausalito – Grover Washington, Jr.
- Gold – John Stewart
- Cali California – Snoop Dogg
- California Love – Tupac Shukur
- I Got To Get To California – Marvin Gaye
- Fave RIBS Promo – Fave
- Travelin’ To California – Albert King
- Leroy’s Latin Lament Medley – WAR
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
- California Girl – Eddie Floyd
- RIBS Promo “AKA RIBS” – TGrundy
- Redwood Beach – MFSB
- San Francisco Lights – Bobbi Humphrey
- God Bless The Child – George Benson & Al Jarreau
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett
Again, a special “Thank you!” to my friends and music lovers on Facebook and Google+ for their great “California” song suggestions.
Promo/I.D. drops by Fave & "Mr. Brilliant” {smile}
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: The California Mix, part 1…
Filed under: California Mix, jazz, podcasts/mixes, R&B, RIBS, soul, Triple Play Thurs-Day
Ah, Life. Finding oneself. Journeys into the unknown. Journeys of excitement. Journeys of anticipation. And, above all… journeys of knowledge and discovery.
Someone very near and dear to my heart has recently ventured out onto just such a journey and, at this point, the journey has taken them to California. And so, that is the inspiration for these latest two mixes from the RIBS Kitchen. Part 1 is this week with Part 2 to follow nest week (God willing and if the creek don’t rise… {smile})
So… pack your bags, fill up the gas tank (Yes, we’re driving. After all the best journeys of discovery are experienced by traveling the open road), point the car West and follow the setting sun as we present to you…
RIBS TPTD: The California Mix, part 1…
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(Playlist: (song – artist)
- RIBS Intro – TGrundy
- RIBS Intro to The California Mix, part 1 - TGrundy
- Rebirth – Coke Escovedo
- Route 66 – Ray Charles
- Look At California – Maze ft. Frankie Beverly
- Hotel California – Al B. Sure
- Where’s California – Teena Marie
- California 1 – Con Funk Shun
- Route 101 – Herb Alpert
- RIBS Promo “AKA RIBS” – TGrundy
- San Francisco – Village People
- Polk Street Carnival – Mandrill
- California My Way – Main Ingredient
- Fave RIBS Promo – Fave
- California Dreaming – Wes Montgomery
- Santa Cruzin’ – Grover Washington, Jr.
- California Soul – Marlena Shaw
- It Never Rains In Southern California – Tony Toni Tone
- Mr. Fresh RIBS Promo #1 – Mr. Fresh
- San Francisco Bay – Lee Oskar
- RIBS Outro to The California Mix, part 1 - TGrundy
- Home – Stephanie Mills
Special “Thank you!” to my friends and music lovers on Facebook and Google+ for their great “California” song suggestions. You all helped make this even better than I initially imagined (not to mention that’s why there’s a Part 1 and a Part 2… {smile})
Promo/I.D. drops by Fave & Mr. Fresh (“Thanks!”)
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Summer Heat – Too Hot, parts 1 & 2
Filed under: Funk, jazz, podcasts/mixes, R&B, RIBS, soul, Summer Heat, Triple Play Thurs-Day
Winter. Cold. Snow. AAARRRGGGHHH!
There is snow and cold EVERYWHERE it seems. I didn’t think anything could be worse than the winter of 2010 but obviously I was wrong. There’s snow in Dallas and Houston, Texas (it don’t even look right writing THAT!) Snow in Atlanta, GA. Hell, even the Chicago public school system had it’s first snow day cancellation in 12 YEARS!
{sigh} I want to see the street curbs in my neighborhood again. I want some sunshine. I WANT SOME HEAT!
Well, since I can’t control the weather (but, boy, if I could…) I’ve done IMHO the next best thing, I’ve put together a mix of “summer” songs that will hopefully make us forget about all of this winter mess (at least for awhile) and transport us to those beautiful, warm summer days/nights that we so desperately long for.
OK, let’s all do like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz… close our eyes, click our heels together 3 times and say, “There’s no place like summer, there’s no place like summer, there’s no place like summer…”
…as RIBS presents to you:
RIBS TPTD: Summer Heat – Too Hot…
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RIBS TPTD: Summer Heat – Too Hot Two…
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Summer Heat – Too Hot…
(Playlist: (song – artist [time])
- Summertime – Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince [4:31]
- Sunshine (Go Away Today) – Isley Brothers [4:22]
- Sunshine Of Your Love – Spanky Wilson [3:43]
- Feel The Heat – Bill Summers [4:53]
- Sunshine Superman – Brass Fever [6:26]
- Fire – Ohio Players [4:36]
- Keep It Hot – B.B. & Q. Band [5:43]
- You Get Me Hot – Jimmy Bo Horne [7:01]
- Hot For You – Brainstorm [10:48]
- Big La RIBS Promo #2 – Todd Kelley vs. Big La [00:10]
- Bra – Cymande [5:07]
- School Days – Stanley Clarke [7:52]
- Sunshine (Woke Me Up This Morning) – Labelle [3:26]
- Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone [2:38]
- L.A. Sunshine – WAR [4:01]
- Summer – WAR [6:36]
Summer Heat – Too Hot…
(Playlist: (song – artist [time])
- All Day Music – WAR [5:12]
- It’s Summer – Gladys Knight and The Pips [2:21]
- RIBS Promo – Fave [00:06]
- (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave – Martha Reeves & the Vandellas [2:50]
- Sing A Simple Song – Sly & The Family Stone [3:56]
- Summertime Love – TaMara And The Seen [4:58]
- Too Hot Ta Trot – Commodores [3:33]
- Sunshine – Earth, Wind & Fire [4:16]
- Summer Love – Rick James [6:15]
- RIBS Promo #1 – Mr. Fresh [00:11]
- Slippin’ Into Darkness – WAR [6:59]
- Hot Pants In The Summertime – Dramatics [3:49]
- Summer Chill – Grover Washington, Jr. [4:40]
- Sex On The Beach – James ‘JT’ Taylor [5:15]
- Send Out For Sunshine – Heatwave [4:41]
- RIBS3 “aka RIBS" – TGrundy [00:13]
- Fence Walk – Mandrill [3:33]
- Freeway Of Love [extended remix] – Aretha Franklin [7:17]
- Love Is The Message (Larry Levan remix) – MFSB [11:01]
And remember… next week, Valentine’s Weekend, is the BIG Event: the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration in celebration of Valentine’s Day. You DO NOT want to miss it!
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Happy Holidays From RIBS – The Christmas Mixes…
Filed under: blues, Christmas, Funk, Gospel, Holiday, jazz, music, Podcast Collabs, podcasts/mixes, R&B, RIBS, soul, Triple Play Thurs-Day, Xmas
Hey everybody! Not gonna ramble on too much here, just want to wish all of you a very happy and safe holiday during this Christmas season!
Over the past 3 years I’ve created a total of 13 different mixes of Christmas music that (hopefully) provide a pleasant musical soundtrack for you to enjoy during this most joyous time of the year. While I’m still working on trying to get a new Christmas mix finished for this year, I thought I would post the links to all of the existing mixes here in one convenient place for you to download.
You can left-click on the mix name to be taken to the original post for that mix or you can right-click on the “MP3 file” link or the “PDF playlist” link to download the files.
Again, Happy Holidays and a very, Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
2009
- A “Funky” Christmas 2 : MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “This Christmas”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2008
- A “Gospel” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Christmas 2: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- “Merry Christmas, Baby”-A Baker’s Dozen: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Funky” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Lonely” Christmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
2007
- A “Snuggle Wit Cho Baby” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Jazzy” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Soulful” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- A “Blues” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
- An “Xquizzyt” Xmas: MP3 file – PDF playlist
Enjoy!
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