I’m officially declaring April as Keyboard Month, in honor of two of my favorite keyboardists/synthesists, jazz great Herbie Hancock, born April 12th,  and Parliament-Funkadelic icon Bernie Worrell, born April 19th. As you will hear, both of these great musicians have contributed important innovations that influenced the techniques, sounds, and chord structures used, not just in Funk, but in contemporary music as a whole.

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Part 1 – Tribute to Bernie Worrell

Featuring selections from Bernie’s prolific, and lesser known solo works, which display his incredible range as a muician and composer.

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Part 2 – The GOATs of Funk Keyboard

The role of the keyboardist is perhaps the most overlooked of all Funk musicians.
Badd Kitti puts the spotlight on the cats who helped define the language of Funk.
Often the songwriters, arrangers and musical directors of the band, these GOAT keyboardists laid the foundation,
created the psychedelic textures and tones, held it down with syncopated rhythms AND whipped out solos as good as any lead guitarist!