Bassist Ben Williams talks to Michael Amrbosino about Black American Music #BAM. Almost every American musical river leads to the oceanic influence of Black sonic traditions. From spirituals, gospel, ragtime, blues, and R&B, to rock, country, soul, funk, Jazz and hip hop, American music has consistently utilised the experienced of Blackness as it’s creative north star.
Nicholas Payton – Jazz is a Four-Letter Word (Instrumental) [Afro-Caribbean Mixtape}
Ben Williams – Black Villain Music [Coming Of Age]
Duke Ellington – Jack the Bear [Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band]
Charlie Parker – Now’s The Time [The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes]
Miles Davis – So What [Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition)]
Herbie Hancock – Actual Proof [Thrust]
Ray Charles – What’d I Say, Pt. 1 [What’d I Say]
Aretha Franklin – Day Dreaming [Young, Gifted and Black]
Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Vocal) [I Want You]
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ [Thriller][
Max Roach – The Drum Also Waltzes [Drums Unlimited][
James Brown – Soul Power [Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang]
Parliament – P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) [Mothership Connection[]
Prince & The Revolution – The Beautiful Ones [Purple Rain]
D’Angelo – Chicken Grease [Voodoo]
Big Daddy Kane – Smooth Operator [It’s a Big Daddy Thing]
The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy [Greatest Hits]
Outkast – Roses [Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]
Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta [To Pimp a Butterfly]
Ben Williams – We Shall Overcome [I Am a Man]