The I-20 Chronicles / Gemini Full Moon Edition

The jeep is jumping per Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins as I dip down I-20 in Atlanta. 

Haters creep unlike TLC!!  whatcha knowing? the bass is bumping in the hooptie as I dip down I-20 aware that Dekalb Police were stalking with speed detection devices;  that's how they do in Atlanta. 

Suburbs had the bumper strips representing obstacles in life!!  during the ongoing crisis  I wasn't asleep!! understand a bruh as I drop this after the Gemini Full Moon..

Herbs and busters get left behind as a bruh creeps / dips!! for the money they'll lie per Rolling Stone / Virginia rape articles; I wasn't fooling with them!!

I wasn't asleep;  check this "six minutes Dougie Fresh your on"  type of knowledge that we drop. 

We get breakbeat scientific with it;  based on jazz funk and hip hop.

The madness never stopped per Ferguson and NYC chokeholds!! plus per Tamir Rice we're about to lose Cleveland. 

..Like Gil Scott Heron said we almost lost Detroit!!  per bankruptcies and power outages? meanwhile we go all out with this!! it's  like Lebron trying to save Cleveland!!

 Whatcha on?  the t-shirt at Mall at Stonecrest said plead the fifth and don't say a thing!!

...Another one said remain calm and stay fly;  do the damn thing! 

As we continue to bring these I-20 Chronicles in these adverse conditions. 

Please!!  we stay praying!! you should know we send the Lord petitions. 

Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins / The Jeep Is Jumpin’

Digital Crate Digging Continues; this track is jumping!! well, per Duke Ellington and  Coleman Hawkins The Jeep Is Jumpin’. 

Well, per O-Dizzle dipping down I-20 in Atlanta in the hooptie / old school Toyota Camry the hooptie was jumping / bass bumping. So , I guess that’s close!! I can feel where those cats were coming from!! Anyway, check out the players and the track…

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
• Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
• Bass – Aaron Bell
• Cornet, Violin – Ray Nance
• Drums – Sam Woodyard
• Piano – Duke Ellington
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins
• Trombone – Lawrence Brown

 
Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins / The Jeep Is Jumpin’ | Whats Really Going On?

Duke Ellington • Charlie Mingus • Max Roach ‎– Money Jungle

 Digital Crate Digging Continues; checking out this hard bop / classic jazz from Duke Ellington • Charlie Mingus • Max Roach ‎– with the track called Money Jungle. 

This was recorded at a time when Duke Ellington was frustrated with life / the music industry. He supposedly gave Max Roach and Mingus  "a lead sheet that just gave the basic melody and harmony", plus a visual image described by the pianist: one example was, "crawling around on the streets are serpents who have their heads up; these are agents and people who have exploited artists. Play that along with the music". 

Fast forward to today; we're still living in a money jungle, with people running around trying to survive, exploited by governments and corporations.

 Black Friday?   Small Business Saturday? Cyber Monday / Cyber Week? man please!!  Anyway!! let me get off the pulpit and let the music play!! Check it out!!

 
Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Duke Ellington • Charlie Mingus • Max Roach ‎– Money Jungle