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Tag Archives: Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday George Clinton
We want to wish a huge happy born day to one of the funkiest cats who ever did it: George Clinton. Have you ever forgot the feeling when you dug […]
Recognize: Jazzy Jeff Is 50 And Still Killing It
” Yo Jeff: Rock the beat with your hands….” Holy shit, y’all, Jazzy Jeff is 50! It seems like yesterday he and Will were doing their thing, he was making […]
Happy Birthday Cal!
We are a day off, but we need to recognize Mr. Cal Tjader on what would have been his 89th birthday yesterday. A very talented man that we have profiled […]
Happy Birthday Curtis
If you want to talk about the epitome of Soul and Funk music, then you must talk about Curtis Mayfield. With a hand deeply rooted in social activism, particularly during […]
Billie’s Blues: Remembering Billie’s Legacy
Photo Courtesy of Roy DeCarava Archives Yesterday would have marked the 98th birthday of Elanora Fagan aka Billie Holiday. Perhaps no single Jazz vocalist has had the impact on the […]
Aretha Franklin – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
Today’s a day to celebrate. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin is 71 years young today. My experience with Aretha came in my youth, when songs like “Respect” and “Rock […]
Happy Birthday Roy Ayers!
Happy 72nd birthday to Roy Ayers. There is some big time love going on here at Flea Market Funk for this man and I’d thought I would drop a little […]
Thelonious Monk – Raise Four
This week (October 10th) marked the birthday of one of Jazz’s greatest figures, Theloniuos Sphere Monk, who would have been 94 had he not passed in 1982 from a stroke. […]
Happy Birthday Adam Yauch
Flea Market Funk would like to wish Adam Yauch, one third of the legendary Beastie Boys a Happy 47th birthday, even though it’s Aug. 5th, we will take the late […]
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