Nigel Rampant
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Nigel Rampant
@nigelrampant.bsky.social
Aged B-boy and frustrated DJ. Gooner. Green. Left. Funk, spiritual jazz and Zappa freak #RejoinEU
Was lucky enough to be in an audience of 12 to watch a very special spiritual jazz gig by the legend Andy Hay on Saturday. Check him out on Bandcamp.
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
RIP Sly.
June 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Final version of my #Zappa portrait, (after more work on his chin).

Charcoal pencils over inked musical scores on coffee-stained paper (Frank loved his coffee!).
June 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My Deep Spiritual #Jazz playlist on Spotify is more of a database, running for 116hrs+ and featuring luminaries like:

Horace Tapscott
The Coltranes
Sun Ra
Pharoah Sanders
Eddie Gale
Hannibal Peterson
Byard Lancaster
Roland Kirk

It has nearly 5,000 saves. Listen: open.spotify.com/playlist/289...
May 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
May 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just framed my Frank #Zappa portrait, drawn in charcoals over hand-inked copies of his musical scores.

Video of my process below ⤵️

#FrankZappa #portrait
May 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
AI still isn't great with names, is it?

#DeLaSoul #Posdnous
April 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The league IS IN PLAY!!! #Arsenal
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Props to @bylinetimes.bsky.social cover designer @babs-i.bsky.social for this month's cover. Abyss-olutely superb!
November 23, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Nice! Would've been there, but.... couldn't join you as I was taking my 87 Yr old Dad to the Ellington cinema event in the Barbican.
November 20, 2024 at 1:30 AM
The best music on Spotify? It's hard to find.

But I've done it for you! 100 hours of the best Afro-Eastern modal SPIRITUAL JAZZ! An Aladdin's Cave of audio wonderment.

Right here for free: open.spotify.com/playlist/289...
November 14, 2024 at 8:19 PM