Blaze Street Music Presents 'Music of a Lifetime'

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THIS BEST WAY FOR ME TO INTRODUCE GEORGE DUKE IS TO JUST GO BACK AND RECALL HOW I WAS INTRODUCED TO HIS MUSIC. AND WITH THAT MY MOST MEMORABLE MEMORY IS WHEN I HEARD THIS FUNKY ASS SONG ON THE RADIO CALLED ‘REACH FOR IT, RELEASED IN 1977.  FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, GROWING UP IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC, I MAY HAVE HEARD THIS SONG ON RADIO STATION WQMG, WHIC...

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This mix is for entertainment purposes only. I do not have copyright over any of this material. All songs are owned by their respective labels, songwriters and producers. As I’m playing these songs I will announce the artists and at times, the labels and producers. All the music that I play on this podcast can be purchased online at such music sel...

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IN THIS EPISODE, I’LL  BE DOING SEVERAL THINGS. FIRSTLY, SHARING THE MUSIC OF TWO GREAT MUSICIANS AND ICONS - GEORGE DUKE AND JOE SAMPLE. WOW. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. YES I’LL BE PLAYING MUSIC FROM JOE SAMPLE & GEORGE DUKE. THIS EPISODE IS MY DEDICATION TO THE #9 ENTRY INTO MY TOP 50 LISTING - I’LL BE FEATURING SEVERAL SONGS, MY FAVES FROM JOE ...

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No header, no intro, no nothing this week, just went right in and started playing music. Hopefully it will not get violated since there's no talking. But I'll be back next week with my regular podcast. I'll have something special. 

DISCO LIGHTSDEXTER WANSEL

HELP ME LOSE MY MIND (FEAT LONDON GRAMMAR) DISCLOSURE

LAST NIGHT CHANGED IT ALL...

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Been doing a lot of digging for some dope ass drum & bass lately and I found some, went to Beatport and Juno (a great site from the UK!) and found me some gems. No header, no intro, no theme music this music in and just on the decks, enjoy!! 

I FOUND LOVE (FALSE ANGEL’S BROKEN EDIT)-  INSPIRED SOULS

JONES (ORIGINAL MIX)- CHIMPO, SI8R

WHAT YOU WON...

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THIS PODCAST SPOTLIGHTS THE MUSIC OF STEELY DAN, AND SPECIFICALLY, THE ALBUM THAT’S #10 ON MY LIST OF THE 50 GREATEST ALBUMS AND RECORDS OF MY LIFETIME. ITS HARD FOR ME TO PIN POINT EXACTLY WHEN I “HEARD” THE FIRST STEELY DAN SONG BUT I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT WHENEVER IT WAS…IT WAS WHEN I HEARD “RIKKI DONT LOSE THAT NUMBER”, AND FROM THERE I BECAME...

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EPISODE #42 -BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - 4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL_CLASSIC HOUSE MIX 2025 - VOL.1

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025! I pray that you will be blessed with all the graces, ble...

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MUSIC OF A LIFETIME EPISODE #41 - THE FOREVERLASTING LEGACY OF THE MUSIC OF QUINCY DELITE JONES, JR (14 March, 1933 - 3 Nov, 2024), PART TW0

ALOHA FRIENDS. BACK ON 9 NOV 2024, I DID PART ONE OF MY FOREVER LEGACY SALUTE TO THE LATE GREAT QUINCY JONES, WHO PASSED ON NOV 3RD. IN THAT EPISODE I FOCUSED ON  THOSE SONGS THAT I FEEL FOR ME, ARE ...

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On 3 November, 2024 - the world, the universe lost a legend. The incomparable Quincy Delite Jones, Jr. He was also known to his closest friends simply as 'Q'. It is really hard to put into words the accomplishments of Mr. Quincy Jones. He passed away at the age of 91 and of his 91 years, more that 70 of those years were spent in the worl...

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BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS MUSIC OF A LIFETIME -  EPISODE #39  - A SALUTE TO UK SOUL, PT. 3 

HERE WITH THE FINAL EPISODE OF MY SERIES TITLED, “SALUTE TO UK SOUL”, WHERE I’M SHARING WITH YOU MY LOVE OF WHAT’S CALLED “BRITISH SOUL”, OR “UK SOUL.” SO, MAYBE UR ASKING…WHAT IS UK SOUL AND WHY IS THERE EVEN A THING CALLED UK SOUL? AND THATS A ...

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BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS MUSIC OF A LIFETIME -  EPISODE #38 - A SALUTE TO UK SOUL, PT. 2. HERE WITH THE SECOND EPISODE OF MY SERIES TITLED, “SALUTE TO UK SOUL”, WHERE I’M SHARING WITH YOU MY LOVE OF WHAT’S CALLED “BRITISH SOUL”, OR “UK SOUL.” SO, MAYBE UR ASKING…WHAT IS UK SOUL AND WHY IS THERE EVEN A THING CALLED UK SOUL? AND THATS A GOOD QUES...

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Back in 2019, I began a series of mixtapes that I would give out to friends called “Jazz and R&B. I dont know what made me think of doing something like that. I think it was because for me, Jazz is something that’s calming, its grooving, its funky, its sad…but out of all of it, Jazz is probably close to being my second favorite so Im always do...

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IT WOULD TAKE ME LOTS OF TIME TO GIVE THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS MUSIC BECAUSE THE ROOTS OF IT WERE BIRTHED DURING THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC THAT CAME TO AMERICA WITH THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES IN THE 50’S, 60’S AND 70’S, AND WITH THAT, IT WAS AMERICAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR AMERICAN JAZZ AND SOUL MUSIC, THAT CROSSED OVER TO EUROPE AFTER WORLD ...

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EPISODE #35-BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - 4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL_VOL.4

Here I am again with another House music mix for you, hopefully getting you more in the mood for the end of summer and towards the Labor Day holiday season! Yes, I know, I know, life is a little more hectic…the kids are back in school and any last minute vacation plans jus...

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The year is 1991. I’m stationed in Skaggs Island, California…and skkkrrrrtttt…hold up, let me tell you the full story. Okay. In 1989, I left Fort Meade Md. and got orders to NSGA Skaggs Island, Ca. a US Navy site located about 30 minutes north of San Francisco, and 15 minutes west of Vallejo, California. I had made it California and I was verrryy ...

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WELL, WHAT DO I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EPISODE? IT’S ANOTHER TRIBUTE EPISODE. WOW, LIFE ALWAYS SEEMS TO THROW US THESE CURVE BALL. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I DID AN EPISODE ABOUT THE PASSING OF ONE OF MY FAVE JAZZ MUSICIANS, THE LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST, DAVID SANBORN, WHO PASSED ON MAY, 12TH. AND HERE, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, ON JUNE 13TH, ONE OF MY A...

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28 JUNE 2024 EPISODE -BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS -  BLAZE STREET LOVES HOUSE VOL. 1  
HERE WITH ANOTHER HOUSE EPISODE OF THE BLAZE STREET MUSIC OF A LIFETIME PODCAST. I’VE BEEN ON A BIT OF A BREAK LATELY, BECAUSE I’VE HAD A SORT OF ‘MUSIC BLOCK’ WHERE I WAS JUST KIND OF WANTING TO PULL BACK, AT LEAST FROM THE PODCAST, JUST A LITTLE. AND I’VE ...

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HOW DO I START, THIS EPISODE IS A BITTERSWEET EPISODE FOR ME. ONE OF MY FAVE MUSICIANS, SAXOPHONIST DAVID SANBORN, PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, MAY 12TH, AT THE AGE OF 78. SANBORN HAD BEEN IN A BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER, A BATTLE THAT HE FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY SINCE 2018. 
FOR ME, IN MY LIFETIME, DAVID SANBORN WAS ONE OF MY FAVE MUSICIANS BECAUSE HIS...

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4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL, VOL. 3!! Back this week with another episode of some funky, smooth and riveting house music. I went through the crates for this one, not going too classic but just digging enough for a little smidget of some disco and lots of  souful house for you this time.  I think I have several tracks by one of my fave producers a...