Musical Rumblings: Sunrise, Sunset
>>> Oh man, say it isn’t so: Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince’s classic “Summertime” being used in a Wal-Mart commercial? Are you serious? Wal-Mart? That shit is like school in the summertime. No classsss.
>>> It’s here that we bid a fond adieu to Jimmy McGriff, among the last — possibly the very last? — of a generation of Philly jazz musicians that perfected a Hammond organ sound that was synonomous both with this place and the very notion of cool itself. If all of this is Greek to you, it’s never too late to get with Jimmy:
Never too late at all. [LATimes/Hat tip to Funky 16 Corners for the mp3]
>>> And lastly, congrats to Spank Rock for both a speedy recovery — he’s back in Philly and well after being hospitalized out at Coachella — as well as for having just the sweetest bar mitzvah we’ve ever seen. [TwoOneFive]
