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Chicago’s FUNKADESI will ROCK your WORLD

Byard Lancaster
1990s1997DocumentaryRareLiveyoutube

Consider THIS ringing endorsement from President Barack Obama after hearing them perform at a Democratic fund-raising event : “ There’s a lot of FUNK in that DESI ! “ https://FUNKADESI.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here’s a performance clip from 1997 – their first full year of operation. FUNKADESI w/ BYARD LANCASTER on flute - LIVE in CHICAGO 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szuO4uQ_mLI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And here’s a video about a FUNKADESI documentary that’s in the early stages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkni4NVeZ7g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here’s a playlist of rare jazz video from the Chicago scene : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM5SLgKJD8mjpn5w4da-Oo02FWDbvSfwj ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STAY TUNED to TheMotionDevotion for more dynamic videos. ( Why not just SUBSCRIBE and make it easy on yourself? ) https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMotiondevotion?sub_confirmation=1 .•*´¯`*•.¸.¸.•*´¯`*•.¸•*´¯`*•.¸ ¸.•*´¯`*•.¸¸.•*´¯`*•.¸.¸.•*´¯`*•. TheMotionDevotion MISSION STATEMENT: Educate, Entertain, Inspire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUESTIONS: info@TheMotionDevotion.com

About Byard Lancaster

Byard Lancaster (August 6, 1942 – August 23, 2012) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flutist.

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