Beastie Boys music lesson

So kids, it's jazz learnin' time and were gonna have todays lesson plan written by the 3 bad brothers you know so well. Adrock MCA and MikeD bring us a deep groove from JIMMY SMITH and the beastie references in the lyrics serve as the ultimate retro jazz vinyl gift list.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Only for people who can GROOVE, you dig?

First up Sweetie-Pie By the Stone Alliance  (everybody knows I'm known for droppin science)

Just Strutting Like The Meters With The Look-ka Py Py

Electric Like Dick Hyman

If you love your mamas, You need to listen to the rap battle here

Kool Moe D versus Busy Bee

Of course, the title track and main background sample, Jimmy Smith's soul-organ Root Down

Sabotage Bonus Buddy Rich flying off the handle

Since the Doctor of Jazz Billy Taylor passed on I was thinking about how much I really did pick up from listening to him speak about the music and the philosophy of Jazz. 

Learning the song, the changes, the modes, the rhythms and then being able to improvise inside, outside on top underneath all of that and push it to the limit of the sounds you make from your soul.

That's what our doctors need to be able to help us with. Every person is a song, or a book. We all need to learn this stuff about ourselves. Thats where we are at in humanity's journey. Bio-Digital Jazz