#RIP multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer James Mtume who died today at the age of 76. He was the son of #JimmyHeath, but raised by his step-father James Forman whowas a local jazz pianist in Philadelphia. He adopted the name Mtume which means messenger in Swahili while he was in college. In a 2019 TedTalk, he said, “Music is a unique art form. I mean all art is special. But music is unique. It’s the only art form I know that can touch you, but you can’t touch it. What do I mean by that?

Yale law professor and Pulitzer Prize winning author of “Locking Up Our Own,” James Forman, Jr., on the speech that inspired him to try to change the future of the criminal justice system. Watch the Talks at GS episode here. | Goldman Sachs

#Mtume ~ WOULD YOU LIKE TO (FOOL AROUND) IN MEMORY OF James Mtume ⋆⭒˚｡⋆🎙️✍🎹🥁🎧🎶 😇🕊💫☁️🌈🙏 James Forman (January 3, 1946 – January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working with Miles Davis between 1971 and 1975. Mtume's funk and R&B group, also called Mtume, is best known for the 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy F