The Sanifu Al Hall Jr. Reunion Episode

"Sanifu Hall never does things in a predictable way.

When last we met him it was in the very beginning stages of our podcast, in 2019, in fact. ( click to listen to that episode).

Since then he has composed a great body of music. Not only that, but he has assembled world class musicians who happen to be in his home base of Jacksonville, Florida , to perform it and, most of all, a gem of a recording studio in which to record it.

And he has told me he is going to go to California for a reunion of sort with Henry The Skipper Franklin , one of the giants of bass in the West Coast, who will be part of Sanifu's project. Sanifu has had the longest association with Henry Franklin going back at least to the 1970s and their Black Jazz Records label.

A wonderful NPR segment about the label can be found here: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/22/915323876/rediscovering-the-enormous-social-and-spiritual-legacy-of-black-jazz-records

Such is the nature of his musical journeys. I will be talking to him about the Los Angeles of the 70s, a personal favorite topic, and he will remark in passing that he was on the same bill as both singers Carmen MaCrae and Dinah Washington at the club Donte's!

Now these were two of the greatest female vocalists of their generation and Sanifu shared the stage with them. That is the kind of career he has had and the kind of man that he is that he is more than willing to discuss it with vivid detail but sees is it but one stop on the journey.

Not all musicians or even artists are as articulate as is Sanifu, which of course makes him a perfect guest. He speaks in a way that I think connects even with non-musicians, and when he does get a little technical it is never off putting and always engaging.

I always enjoy speaking with him as much as I do his music.”

Sanifu’s new Promo Video for his upcoming album he speaks about in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFEbT5hRZ8k

“Although the music is based with a Jazz foundation, it is also infused with elements of other music genres.” Sanifu Al Hall Jr.

Additional links to Sanifu Al Hall Jr.’s beautiful body of work: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMCJax Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanifu

Link to our previous episode with Al in 2019: https://anchor.fm/mitch-hampton/episodes/Sanifu-Al-Hall-Jr-The-Consummate-Musician-e54c75/a-alpl1o Links to

Al’s Blogs: https://alhalljr.wordpress.com/author/sanifualhalljr/ https://sanifu.blogspot.com/

More links: https://www.discogs.com/artist/480312-Al-Hall-2?page=1 https://www.discogs.com/artist/7222344-Sanifu-Al-Hall-Jr https://www.jamendo.com/artist/360061/sanifu https://cosmosdwellerzarkestra.bandcamp.com/ https://www.reverbnation.com/aljonimusic

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