THE MASTER MARVIN BU GA LU SMITH IN DEEP CONTEMPLATION

ME

Series @107 Master Sessions of Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith DUO With Ben Newsome

Series 107, is THE PERFECT DUO, an example of DIRECT, PURE COMMUNICATION WITH NO INTERFERENCE FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES. Ben Newsome is a beautiful player and has developed strong listening skills. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is a MASTER LISTENER and the two of these players together sound like an entire orchestra. Just listen to the FLOW OF IDEAS HERE! There is little time for thinking as the conversation is up to the MOMENT and is CONSTANTLY IN MOTION. This session is a great learning tool for students to observe how important it is to listen to each other and BLEND IDEAS to create colorful sound vibration. THE SPIRIT IS STRONG IN THE CENTER OF THIS MUSIC. I believe that Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith brings out THE BEST TRAITS IN EVERY MUSICIAN THAT PERFORMS WITH HIM. HE HAS AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO MOTIVATE PLAYERS TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. Just listen to how Ben Newsome reacts to BU GA LU and how BU GA LU RESPONDS. WOW! What a treat this session is and how wonderful it is to witness such JOY between players. More duo sessions like this are needed in the JAZZ FIELD. Learning to get the most out of the TRUTHFUL MOMENT IS THE KEY and Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith plays on the highest level regardless of whether he is with one player or a hundred, he always plays those drums like it's his last opportunity to perform. This is what he teaches players. PLAY LIKE YOU MIGHT NEVER HAVE THIS CHANCE AGAIN. "GET TO THE SHIT ANY WAY YOU CAN AND SWING".
LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE,
HABIB

Series # 106 Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith MASTER SESSIONS

Series #106 PART 1 "BETTER THAN HOLLYWOOD" THE MASTER SESSIONS Of Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith
Featuring The Great John Esposito and Master Lew Scott.

Mona Lisa smiles of John Esposito were so gentle and yet powerful just like the music that said so much during the 32 minutes that I listened. GOOSE BUMP CHILLS WENT DOWN MY SPINE AS MASTER MARVIN BU GA LU SMITH PLACED HIS SENSITIVITY ACROSS THE TIME-LINE AND DEVELOPED COLOR AFTER COLOR THROUGH THE GROOVES THAT WERE LAID DOWN BY HIM AND MASTER LEW SCOTT. I believe that John Esposito is one of the MOST SPIRITUAL PIANO PLAYERS THAT I EVER HEARD and when combined with Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith and Master Lew SCOTT, it's no wonder that this music took me on a dynamic trip into a zone that I haven't explored since the days when I sat on McCoy Tyner's piano bench next to him during the LIVE AT BIRDLAND sessions of John William Coltrane with Elvin Ray Jones and Jimmy Garrison. McCoy was playing so much piano that I was taken away into another land, another dimension and that's exactly what happened here, tonight at the Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith Talmadge Street Session in his NEW 48 TRACK RECORDING STUDIO. "STATE OF THE ART SOFTWARE" is being used here. Listen to the dynamics captured by the COMPASSIONATE SOUND and MOTION STUDIO. Yeah, this music is OFF THE HOOK and some of the finest that I've ever heard. I never imagined that music could make me feel this happy and joyful. WOW! I love these guys. They get right into the center of my soul. They are such MASTERS. Playing with these CATS is a LUXURY. I mean, just sit back and allow this music to take you there. I've NEVER HEARD anyone get such a unique sound out of drums and cymbals as Marvin and John's playing is TOPS. HE'S what I call an ABSOLUTE M-TH_R FU__ER! There are few words that can be written about this group. IT'S UNIQUE. Lew Scott can stimulate anyone who plays with him, so can John but Marvin is an entity in himself, a TRUE DRUM GENIUS, ENGINEERING GENIUS, COMPOSING GENIUS AND TALENTED LEADER OF ANY GROUP HE PUTS TOGETHER as well as EDUCATOR, GREAT TEACHER. Listen to his solo work, how harmonic and creative. It's like listening to the wind blowing over the hills and the ocean. It's like riding on the sail of a sailboat. The deep thrusting beats that are created on those TOM TOMS are so hollow and deep, deep sounding, EXPLODING BUT YET ALSO CARESSING THE SPINE. Folks, this music is truly HEALING MEDICINE, IT SWINGS and SWINGS BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION. Yes, it will produce goose bumps on your skin and give you BRAIN FREEZE JUST LIKE ICE CREAM DOES TO A LITTLE KID. It touches all your senses, I SAID, YES,YES,YES, IT TOUCHES ALL YOUR SENSES. This music carries forward the essence of what TRADITIONAL JAZZ REPRESENTS. IT'S DEEP BLUES and IT'S ROOTS are always there in every chorus. What a tribute to American Jazz Music: Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith and his trio of John Esposito and Lew Scott.
I LOVED THIS SESSION TO THE MAX. BY THE WAY, I'M SURE MAX and ELVIN ARE LISTENING, DON'T YOU THINK SO?

LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE,
HABIB

MARVIN BU GA LU SMITH A GENIUS TO PAY ATTENTION TO

Many years ago in Engelwood,NJ, I met Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith, his brother Earl "BUSTER" Smith and Bobby Smith. Marvin played the drums differently than anyone I have ever heard. His older brother "BUSTER" was a great teacher of Marvin's and also a known Jazz drummer working with Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra and so many others. Buster influenced his younger brother Marvin and helped Marvin develop a great drumming gift that few of us have. Marvin is like THE WIND, THE EARTH, THE SUN, THE RAIN, THE OCEAN, FIRE,SPACE,SILENCE,STATIC,PASSION,COMPASSION,CONSTANT MOTION, HE LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER 8 which when looked at is round, circle on top of circle. He expresses himself through 5's, 6's,7's and 8's but continues to advance time in quarters, fourths with accents of three but also five. He plays without resolving things bar after bar. He sometimes breaths twelve bars at a time before he powerfully accents in a gentle but also explosive way. You can feel his soul. Marvin IS THE MUSIC. He creates flow because he is FLOW. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is a musical composer using the drums as his harmonic voice. Marvin draws all musicians that perform with him into a world of LOVE and PEACE. It is a world of healing musical medicine. I know, because when I met Marvin, I was medically ill with Heart Disease,Cancer, Chronic Osteomylitis and many other medical complications. Listening to him play was medicine in itself. His sound vibration is unique. Marvin draws souns out of his drums that I've never heard before. If you listen carefully, you'll be able to react deeply to his inner healing heart. Marvin is one of the most giving, self-less people that I have ever met. Because of his TOTAL GIVING NATURE, HE IS ABLE TO REACH SUCH HIGH SPIRITUAL LEVELS, LEVELS OF ENLIGHTENING STRENGTH. His purpose in playing music is to heal the sick and become the medicine of HARMONIC SOUND VIBRATION. In February 2011, MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE had a two page article that featured this drumming genius. Marvin has over 1,000 videos of his performances that are all unique because they document him teaching others both professional Master Players and young students. His teaching methods are totally unique and he reminds me of the old day traditional methods of "THE JAZZ MESSENGERS" and the way Art Blakey exposed young talented players to the bandstand in his NYC LOFT. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is a living legend and AN UNSUNG HERO IN THE JAZZ COMMUNITY. Through his personal recording studio, Compassionate Sound and Motion, his record label, BUMAR RECORDS and his website: jazzdrumlessons.com Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith has given to the Jazz Community, everything he has to offer this great American Art-Form called JAZZ. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith will be added to the ARCHIVES OF JAZZ MUSIC just like John William Coltrane, Charlie Parker, T. Monk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Ellington and so,so many others too numerous to mention but I simply had to write this article to make people more aware of this LIVING LEGEND and DRUMMING GENIUS OF OUR TIME, 2011, THE YEAR OF MAJOR MUSICAL CHANGE AND AWARENESS.
Steve Habib

THE Series 105 Of Dr. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith Master Sessions Compassionate Sound & MOTION

Steve Habib wrote:

Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is a MODERN DAY 2011 TRAINER OF YOUNG TALENT. Just like Art Blakey exposed young players in THE JAZZ MESSENGERS, and Art Taylor exposed young players in THE WAILERS, players like Ben Newsome are able to be exposed to THE MASTER Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith through his Master Sessions weekly at THE TALMADGE STUDIOS where Marvin does all his work. Marvin is expanding the studio in July and will have the new 48 track set up which will enhance the music even further. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is THE MODERN DAY WAY FOR YOUNG JAZZ MUSICIANS TO RECEIVE THE TRADITIONAL VALUES THAT BLAKEY, TAYLOR, ROACH AND OTHERS BROUGHT TO THEIR STUDENTS YEARS AGO. Marvin's company is COMPASSIONATE SOUND & MOTION and BUMAR RECORDS. His teaching web site is: jazzdrummlessons.com
LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE,
HABIB




Steve Habib wrote again

Series #105 PART 1 "BETTER THAN HOLLYWOOD" THE MASTER SESSIONS Of Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith
Featuring The Great Ben Newsome and Master Lew Scott.

Sometimes "LESS IS MORE". Certainly by one's self we call it a solo but with two or more, we have a special
human interaction that takes place, especially when friends are joined in musical conversation. This is exactly what is happening here at The Talmadge Street Session in the private studios of Master Dr. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith, recently written about in the February 2011 issue of MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE and interviewed on both radio and television through Marbib Radio Television Network. Marvin has a special way about him of gathering people together and tuning in to THE EXACT MOMENT OF TRUTH and playing that truth on his instrument. I have said this before on trio or duo sessions of Marvin's but tonight is very special because of the music that was selected to be performed. Firstly, Ben Newsome and Lew Scott are two of my very favorite Sax and Bass players. I knew that Ben Newsome was special when I first heard him play a year and a half ago. Lew Scott and I worked in Hugh Brodie's Cosmic Ensemble and we recorded with Brodie on many of his CD's. I know Lew's playing well and his spirit, Ben Newsome's spirit and Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith's spirit all blended together making this particular evening a TRIBUTE TO "THE GHOST" which is hopfully present in all of the most swinging Jazz and this session here represents some of the most ass-kickin, swingin, deep spiritual music I have heard in quite awhile. Yeah, Ben Newsome is an absolute MOT_ER _UC_ER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He throws down in the most unique sounding communicative way and his playing is LISTENER FRIENDLY and easy to understand. His tone is amazing and his listening ability to the other players is strong. Beautiful Love is a great great tune and I love the tone in Newsome's horn. The grooves throughout the evening were so,so cool. I loved all the expressiveness that existed between the players. GOOD BAIT, a song of Newsome's was also so very joyful and deep. I am over-joyed at all the sensitivity that existed. Record a me is also a nice tune and has a special feel to it giving the session much flavor and diversity. Body and Soul was, is and always will be one of the GREAT, GREAT BALLADS of our time and Newsome is so SOULFUL throughout.
We now come to HABIB'S FAVORITE ALL TIME PIECE OF MUSIC written by Benny Golson called:
WHISPER NOT. This is swinging before even playing the first note. WOW! THESE CATS ARE TAKING THIS SHIT TO THE MOON. IT'S OFF THE HOOK, WONDERFUL. IT DON'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. IT'S GOOSE BUMP CHILLIN. GROOVIN AS HARD AS A PIECE OF MUSIC CAN POSSIBLY SWING. Marvin, Ben and Lew have done it on this one, ALLOWING THE HOLY GHOST TO TAKE OVER. THE WORDS I WRITE CAN NEVER GIVE YOU WHAT THIS HEALING MUSIC CAN, SO LISTEN HARD, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE NOW ON VACATION ON THE ISLAND OF "BU GA LU, NEWSOME and SCOTT". HAVE FUN and LOVE IT!
LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE,
HABIB

Series 105 Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith Master Sessions Compassionate Sound & MOTION

Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is a MODERN DAY 2011 TRAINER OF YOUNG TALENT. Just like Art Blakey exposed young players in THE JAZZ MESSENGERS, and Art Taylor exposed young players in THE WAILERS, players like Ben Newsome are able to be exposed to THE MASTER Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith through his Master Sessions weekly at THE TALMADGE STUDIOS where Marvin does all his work. Marvin is expanding the studio in July and will have the new 48 track set up which will enhance the music even further. Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith is THE MODERN DAY WAY FOR YOUNG JAZZ MUSICIANS TO RECEIVE THE TRADITIONAL VALUES THAT BLAKEY, TAYLOR, ROACH AND OTHERS BROUGHT TO THEIR STUDENTS YEARS AGO. Marvin's company is COMPASSIONATE SOUND & MOTION and BUMAR RECORDS. His teaching web site is: jazzdrummlessons.com
LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE,
HABIB