Open Sesame: Vinyl LP music-product Smith unveils the many ways

Smith unveils the many ways his creative expression has expanded

The Song Is You

a hard-edged funk band that employs brass-band beats

and Jymie Merritt on bass

which featured his memorable tune “Mystic Brew” that would later reach the ears of hip-hop fans around the world when A Tribe Called Quest sampled the track as the foundation of “Electric Relaxation” on their 1994 album Midnight Marauders

Open Sesame: Vinyl LP music-product Smith unveils the many waysTrumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst upon the Blue Note scene in June 1960 with his auspicious debut album Open Sesame. Within 6 months Hubbard had already recorded a follow up (Goin Up) and appeared as a sideman on sessions with Tina Brooks (True Blue), Hank Mobley (Roll Call), Kenny Drew (Undercurrent), and Jackie McLean (Bluesnik). Hubbards bravado style was already fully formed on Open Sesame with his brilliant tone and jaw dropping technical prowess