fulanigirlOct 6, 2024
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #JamesBaldwin100 #MeshellNedegeocello #music Forgot to say in my earlier post there were two things the artist said during the poetry reading part. She quoted Audre Lorde who said: ”There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives."
Second thing: Everyone is down for the struggle...until it begins." BOOM! Naked truth. Nedegeocello is always a truth teller for our times. 2/2
Wif StengerSep 7, 2024

#MeshellNedegeocello talks about her album and ongoing inspiration from #jamesbaldwin

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/18/nx-s1-4979446/meshell-ndegeocello-talks-about-her-album-and-ongoing-inspiration-from-james-baldwin

JenkellyAug 21, 2024
“No More Water sets Baldwin’s words—and the words of poets Staceyann Chin and Audrey Lorde—to an incandescent soundtrack, influenced by jazz, folk, gospel, rock and the rituals of the black church.” https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/08/21/meshell-ndegeocello-no-more-water-the-gospel-of-james-baldwin/ #music #MeshellNedegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello : No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin : Aquarium Drunkard

The works of novelist, essayist and political activist James Baldwin continues to resonate in the culture and in the music of Meshell Ndegeocello nearly 40 years after his death. No More Water sets his words—and the words of poets Staceyann Chin and Audrey Lorde—to an incandescent soundtrack, influenced by jazz, folk, gospel, rock and the rituals of the black church. 

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Tyler CohenAug 2, 2024

NEW Meshell Ndegeocello album dropped!!! “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin” ✨👁️✨

#MeshellNedegeocello #JamesBaldwin #music

Wif StengerFeb 5, 2024

Yes! #MeshellNedegeocello wins first-ever Best Alternative Jazz Album Grammy for The Omnichord Real Book.

She dedicated it to saxophonist Oliver Lake (81), who's played on 2 of her 13 albums

#jazz #GRAMMYs
https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2024-02-04/returning-heroes-and-new-arrivals-jazz-winners-at-the-2024-grammys

Returning heroes and new arrivals: Jazz winners at the 2024 Grammys

Faces both fresh and familiar made up the winner’s circle for jazz at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. WRTI's Nate Chinen runs down the results.

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Wif StengerFeb 3, 2024

Hope Ndegeocello or Iyer/Aftab win new "alternative" #jazz award at the #GRAMMYs - an intriguing "also-ran" list below the nominees here:

#MeshellNedegeocello #vijay_iyer
https://www.grammy.com/news/alternative-jazz-albums-new-grammys-category-2024

A Year In Alternative Jazz: 10 Albums To Understand The New GRAMMYs Category | GRAMMY.com

"Alternative jazz" may not be a bandied-about term in the jazz world, but it's a helpful lens to view the "genre-blending, envelope-pushing hybrid" that defines a new category at the 2024 GRAMMYs. Here are 10 albums from 2023 that rise to this definition.

Show threadWif StengerNov 11, 2023
good to see some love for #MeshellNedegeocello #VijayIyer #LakeciaBenjamin #ZakirHussein in the #jazz #GRAMMYs
Wif StengerOct 8, 2023

This might be the album of the year

#MeshellNedegeocello
#jazz #funk #singersongwriter
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1181892435/meshell-ndegeocello-the-omnichord-real-book-review

zeruchJun 1, 2022
I thought this was originally a Roberta Flack or Nina Simone thang, but ends up its a McCann/Harris tune, but it's got whole new legs with #MeshellNedegeocello (with Terence Blanchard in tow) taking a spin at it: https://youtu.be/w5OdduDxsAo
Meshell NdegeOcello - Compared To What

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