FUNK FOUNDATIONS #51 / James MTUME
It has been 3 years since we lost one of the most influential percussionist Philadelphia born James Forman aka James Mtume.
Raised in a musical family where his father (Jimmy Heath) and uncles formed The Heath Brothers. In the 60’s, James studied
percussion and he started playing with Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and eventually became the percussionist
for Miles Davis. In the Miles Davis band, he hooked up Reggie Lucas (guitar), and started a song writing partnership. The duo
Lucas/Mtume wrote and produced mane tracks for artists. He also started his own project, Mtume, where he applied his most
innovative sounds. I pay tribute to his boogie funk period with his band and production work which is deep in my funk foundation
form E80’s….Enjoy the show!
George C