MTUME on Sly living his basement, artistic longevity and exploratory funk with Miles

#blackmusicmonth throwback with great versatile musician and activist

Very few people have had a life as rich and varied as James Mtume. Born in Philadelphia and raised in a deeply musical family (his biological father was saxophonist Jimmy Heath, his stepfather pianist James Foreman), he grew up excited by activism and music. He’d become member of Ron Karenga’s black nationalist US Organization and would become political…