MusiQology 101 with Dr. Guyby Mark Anthony Neal
By day Guthrie Ramsey, Jr. is a not-so-mild-mannered ethnomusicologist and college professor (and part-time baseball player), but by night he dons his Funkenstein cape and transforms into Dr. Guy, an accomplished pianist and leader of Dr. Guy’s MusiQology. Y the Q?, the first release from Dr. Guy’s MusiQology, pushes the boundaries of what some might refer to as “Smooth Jazz," and draws on references like Quincy Jones, Joe Sample, Toni Morrison (“Sula’s Groove, “Dorcas’s Lament” and “Milkman’s Dues”), Herbie Hancock and the Doobie Brothers, while giving love to the Philly community that he now claims.
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