Motivation ✨

Miles Davis by Don Hunstein, 1969.

A radiant Lena Horne performing “The Lady Is a Tramp” in the 1948 film, “Words and Music,” which was (very, very) loosely based on the professional partnership of the great composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist Lorenz Hart.

This is Ryan Van Poederooyen’s kit. NICE VIEW 👀

Wow how true.

There is no scenario where lesser evils win and the oppressed do not lose. 

Hazel Scott plays “Foggy Day” with Charles Mingus on bass and Rudy Nichols on drums.

Nice!

Fun with #hdoe #DrumLife http://ift.tt/2d0zxPY

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#Reposting @_reflexx_ with @jun_otto_1 Shhhh someone is trying to sleep here!! (Not a problem with the CP1!!) 👌🏼👍🏼⚫️ #practicepad #reflexx • • • 🇰🇷🇺🇸Sweet!! RLRL RRLL~ #reflexx #practicepad #drumming #rudiments

Nina Mae McKinney and Emmett “Babe” Wallace in a scene from the short 1936 film, “The Black Network.” McKinney (1912-1967) was the first Black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio (A five year contract with MGM in 1929). Emmett “Babe” Wallace (1909-2006) was an actor, singer and composer who had a lot of juicy (and sometimes uncredited) parts in vintage Black movies, most notably as “Chick Bailey” in “Stormy Weather” in 1943. Ms. McKinney is featured in the women’s edition of “Vintage Black Glamour” and Mr. Wallace is in the men’s edition, “Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters (May 2016).