Sunshine and Funk (A winter soul party from me to you)
The shortest month of the year should be the easiest, but it never is. Black History Month, coupled with the fact that my dad died in this month, make it busy and sorrowful for me. Busy and sorrowful are waters that are strange to navigate, and I for damn sure don't feel like preaching any black history today. So here is something that makes me smile every time I hear it, and I hope it will make you smile, too. Roy Ayers' "Sunshine". It's the herald of Spring, the promise of Summer. And while we're at it, to keep it Gotham, lets add Tom Browne, jazz trumpeter from Queens, with his classic "Funkin' for Jamaica (New York)".