Russell Gunn/ The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra/ Blackhawk/ Elektrik Butterfly
What We Do
-Music-
-Educate-
-Scribe-
The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra
"The Blues And It's People"
Russell Gunn & Blackhawk
Elektrik Butterfly
Russell Gunn Solo Guest Artist
Russell Gunn Arranger
-Scribe-
-Educate-
-Scribe-
Projects in development:
Lucid - Feature about a down on his luck baggage handler who discovers Lucid dreaming by accident and takes a dark path inside his own mind
East Boogie - Streaming Series coming of age dramedy set in East St. Louis , Il. in the late 1980's
-Educate-
-Educate-
-Educate-
African Drums for Kids
Three Prong Music Program
Russell Gunn Clinician
Get It How You Live
real is, as real does
Be Inspired
From East St. Louis to the Giza Plateau. I make music that is representative of the
Blues and It's People.
Inspire Others
Music is a gift that I do not take for granted. It is one's duty to share his or her knowledge freely and selflessly without the cloud of dogma or mystery
Who Am I?
I am the stone that builder refused
I am the visual
The inspiration
That made Lady sing the blues
I'm the spark that makes your idea bright
The same spark
that lights the dark
So that you can know your left from your right
I am the ballot in your box
The bullet in your gun
The inner glow that lets you know
To call your brother sun
The story that just begun
The promise of what's to come
And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won, one...
(words by)
-Asheru
"Get It How You Live"
Is not just our creed, It is the very essence of the survival technique of the American-African. But it also serves the question, "how do you live?" Ignorance and turning a blind eye or the search for truth? because how you answer, will determine how you "Get It"
Thought to Reality
There is an old saying "If you can conceive it, you can achieve it". But the timeline for achievement may be slower than you want it to be, but the saying is true, if you
DO NOT GIVE UP
All Photo's
Shahir Azron
Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra Recordings
Elektrik Funeral
"The Blues And It's People"
The Sirius Mystery
Russell Gunn's Re-Imagining of the classic Black Sabbath songbook into jazz form.
"The Blues And It's People"
"The Blues And It's People"
"The Blues And It's People"
Composed and conducted by Russell Gunn, Commissioned by The Apollo Theater of New York to honor the 60th anniversary of "Blues People" by Amiri Baraka. Performed by The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra w/ Strings and special guests Jazzmeia Horn, Miles Griffith, Leon Timbo, Weedie Braimah and Jessica Care Moore
"Russell Gunn & Blackhawk"
"The Blues And It's People"
"The Blues And It's People"
Russell Gunn's Quintet tribute to the great MILES DAVIS. Inspired by Russell Gunn's favorite recording MILES DAVIS in Person: Live At The Blackhawk.
Elektrik Butterfly - "Elektrik Funeral" Live
Elektrik Butterfly - "Elektrik Funeral" Live
Elektrik Butterfly - "Elektrik Funeral" Live
