Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, Quincy Jones, The Basie Band. Music.

Nothing imaginary here… this is the embodiment of the word. The sound, the approach, the attitude, the clothes it’s all in here. This is when cool was really, really cool… as in cool=cool, not cool=clown. Enjoy!

GFM fam I wanted to take a little time out to post this fantastic track by James Day & Mikelyn Roderick. This is “Bridging the Gap” personified. Unlike many “artists” these days James & Mikelyn’s acknowledge that only way that we arrived here was from there. As a student of history and lover of music there’s a very special place for music like this with me. I hope you all enjoy this wonderful tribute as much as I am and if you do tell a friend or two.

Composed & produced by James Day & Dow Brain featuring Mikelyn Roderick on vocals. From the album: JAMES DAY ‘NATURAL THINGS – US Digital Edition’ Now on CDBaby, Coming Soon to iTunes!

Every now and then you have this type of convergence in the universe where you have a number of fantastic artists all born on the same day. I thought it might be fun to imagine what kind of performance or jam session it would be if we could get Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Dionne Warwick and Sheila E. together. But since we can’t I figured we could do the next best thing. Enjoy! (more…)

This is a celebration of the music of the Quincy Jones we know and love. Special shout out to Craig G. for blessing us with some heat and insight over top of a Quincy classic. DJ Phaze is on the mix and we hope you enjoy. You can download the mix by pressing the arrow button on the right side of the player.

The reason why we are doing this is because we hold the music of Quincy Jones in such a high regard. For more info on the upcoming project and a listing of the artists that will be featured go here. Also, after the jump take a listen to a clip of the updated version of “Secret Garden”. Some secrets you should keep to yourself.

We Want The Dude Back Vol. 1 by GrownFolksMusic (more…)

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The Master.

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