RBMA Radio - Don Blackman (Queens, New York City)

Don Blackman - Yabba Dabba Doo - Arista
John Coltrane - Blue Train - Blue Note
Twennynine feat. Lenny White - Peanut Butter - Elektra
Funkadelic - You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks - Westbound
Weldon Irvine - I Love You - RCA Victor
Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica - GRP Records
Bernard Wright - Haboglabotribin' - GRP Records
Don Blackman - You Ain't Hip - Arista
Don Blackman - Heart's Desire - Arista
Don Blackman - Holding You, Loving You - Arista
Roy Ayers - You Might Be Surprised - CBS
Kurtis Blow - 8 Million Stories - Mercury
Don Blackman - Deaf Hook-Up Connection - Arista

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Yabba Dabba Doo! Yes we're very honoured indeed to have a Fireside Chat with none other than Mr Don Blackman. From growing up in the Jamaica neighbourhood of Queens in New York in the sixties, counting McCoy Tyner as a family friend, to playing with Charles McPherson when he was still just a teenager, Don has certainly lived the life. Hanging out and playing with Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and Roy Ayers, being a key player in the Jamaica state jazz funk scene of the late 70s, early 80s alongside Marcus Miller, Weldon Irvine, Tom Browne, Lenny White, Bernard Wright et al... and we haven't even mentioned Don's classic self-titled album from 1982, pride and joy of any true vinyl collector. It's time to make that Deaf Hook-Up Connection, and you know that.

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