Gumbay & Master Funk

by DR BIG BLACK

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This EP has two numbers I wrote while working in the Bahamas - Gumbay followed by Master Funk. The first time I did these two numbers onstage together was at a concert at Symphony Space in NYC where I had the thrill of sharing the stage that night with the one and only Babatunde Olatungi -

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released June 6, 2022

The album of this EP is a painting of me that was done by the late great artist Don Seiler of Delray Beach, Florida who was a long time friend of mine.

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DR BIG BLACK Palm Springs, California

Born in Georgia I am self-taught - played calypso in Miami/Bahamas.
I played with Masekela, Weston, Hubbard and was Dizzy's bebop drummer - I signed with UNI/MCA - and did “Message to our Ancestors,” (’67) “Elements of Now,” (’68) “Lion Walk,” (’68) “Big Black & the Blues (72). I played on
“Night of the Cookers”
& films: "Soul Power" & "A Night in Havana" I was Mohmmad Ali's personal drummer. ... more

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