Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases two songs by Sounds Of Blackness: "Chains" and "Hold On Change Is Coming".The content of this post is presented inspirational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.FEATURED SONGSExample #1: Sounds Of Blackness - Chains SoundsBlacknessVEVO, Uploaded on Oct 4, 2009 Music video by Sounds Of Blackness performing Chains. (C) 1991 A&M Records-snip-"Chains" is the introduction to the Sounds Of Blackness song "Optimistic". Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWoEMzhDsQA...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Horace Silver, Eddie Jefferson "Psychedelic Sally"
Posted on 10:46 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcase two renditions of the jazz tune "Psychedelic Sal". This is part of an ongoing pancocojams series that features Jazz musicians and vocalists who were born in on were/are associated in some way with my adopted home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The content of this post is presented for entertainment and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.FEATURED VIDEOS The Horace SILVER Quintet "Psychedelic Sally" (1968) Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010 From the album "Serenade to a soul sister". Horace...
Monday, January 28, 2013
Videos Of Obatala Songs, Chants, And Dances
Posted on 10:35 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases eight videos of Obatala songs, chants, and dances. Obatala is a Yoruba Orisa (Orisha, Orixa). As background to these videos, this post also includes information about the Yoruba religion, with special focus on information about Obatala.This post is presented for religious, historical, folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.Maferefun Obatala! [Maferefún means “praises to the spiritual energy of” in the Yoruba language.]INFORMATION ABOUT YORUBA RELIGIONFrom...
Sunday, January 27, 2013
The Flea Fly Flow (Cumala Vista) Rhyme & Songs That Helped It Grow
Posted on 1:01 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents fthree examples of songs that I believe help influence the development & popularity of the playground rhyme "Flea Fly Flow (Cumala Vista)". One video & six text examples of "Flea Fly Flow" are also included in this post.The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.FEATURED SONG EXAMPLES Example #1: Desi Arnaz - El Cumbanchero (1946)Uploaded by MaryLouBrown on Sep 18, 2008... with pics of the first "I Love Lucy"...
South African vocalist Brenda Faisse - Vulindlela (with lyrics)
Posted on 6:36 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents two examples of and song lyrics for Brenda Faisse's song "Vulindlela".Information about Brenda Faisse is also included in this post.The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.INFORMATION ABOUT BRENDA FAISSEFrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Fassie"Brenda Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004)[1] was an anti-apartheid South African Afropop singer.[2] Her bold stage antics earned a reputation for "outrageousness".[3]...
Mafikizolo - Kwela (South Africa), video & comments
Posted on 5:32 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part II of a two part post on songs entitled "Kwela".This post showcases the song "Kwela" by the South African group Mafikizolo. This post also included information about Makifizolo and their style of music as well as selected comments from this song's YouTube video viewer comment thread.Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/01/harry-belafonte-kwela-listen-to-man.html for a post on Harry Belafonte-"Kwela" ("Listen To The Man"), lyrics & comments. The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment,...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Harry Belafonte- "Kwela" ("Listen To The Man"), lyrics & comments
Posted on 8:39 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post is Part I in a two part series that showcase two songs that are entitled "Kwela". Part I of this series showcases a video of, information about, and English lyrics for the song "Kwela" as performed by world renown singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte. That song's lyrics, and my comments about the meaning of several words in that song are also included in this post.Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/01/mafikizolo-kwela-south-africa-video.html for Part II of this series features the song "Kwela" as performed...
Friday, January 25, 2013
Why “Brick House” Didn’t Become A Widely Accepted Slang Term
Posted on 11:09 AM by Unknown
Written by Azizi Powell“Brick house” is a complimentary descriptive referent for certain females which was coined by Shirley Hanna-King, the wife of a member of the R&B group “The Commodores”. According to that usage, "brick house" (also found as "brickhouse") [noun] is a curvaceous, "stacked", attractive female. There are anecdotal statements on the Commodore's "Brick House" YouTube video viewer comment threads from women who remember being called a “brickhouse” after that record was released. There are also comments on those discussion threads...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Examples Of "Up And Down The Road I Go"
Posted on 9:13 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents lyrics of three African American folk songs that contain a verse beginning with the line "Up and down this road I go" and which also include the verse "Got a letter from ___ town"/East Saint Louis is burning down". A sound file of one of these songs is included in this post. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find an online sound file or online video of the other two examples.The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.FEATURED...
Two Online Examples Of Deep House Music Mixes
Posted on 8:41 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents information about House music & about one of its sub-genres -"Deep House music". This post also showcases one Deep House music mix that was produced by DJ Andylouisoulful and one Deep House Mix that was produced by DJ JaBig. The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MUSIC From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music"House music is a genre of electronic...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Hucklebuck (Music, Song, & Dance)
Posted on 5:00 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents information about The Hucklebuck as well as two sound file of that Jazz tune and five videos of that Rock and Roll song & dance.The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.INFORMATION ABOUT PAUL HUCKLEBUCK WILLIAMS, AND INFORMATION ABOUT "THE HUCKLEBUCK"From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(saxophonist) "Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (July 13, 1915 – September 14, 2002)[1] was an American blues and rhythm...
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - "Revelations"
Posted on 6:12 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents four videos of The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's classic dance "Revelations". This post also information about choreographer/dancer/company founder Alvin Ailey & dancer, artistic director, and choreographer Judith Jamison. In addition, my transcription of a Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison interview that is found in the documentary given as "Video #1" is also included in this post. The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain...
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