Do What You Want To Do: The Legacy of Reggie Andrews
Lost Notes: Groupies
KCRW
4.7 • 721 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Lost Notes examines the legacy of Reggie Andrews, a world-class musician, producer, and mentor who changed the lives of countless young musicians in South LA.
Andrews spent more than four decades in the LAUSD school system, teaching and mentoring generations of notable musicians: Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, Cameron Graves, Ronald Bruner Jr. and his brother Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, Patrice Rushen, Gerald Albright, Ndugu Chancler, Rickey Minor, The Pharcyde, Syd from the Internet, Tyrese Gibson, and hundreds more – taking them from South LA to the Hollywood Bowl stage and far beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Michael. |
| 0:01.5 | Yes, Novena? |
| 0:02.5 | I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but I want to talk about school. |
| 0:08.7 | Oh, just when I thought I was out for summer break, you pull me back in. |
| 0:13.7 | I knew you'd say that. I'm sorry. |
| 0:16.3 | No, I'm just playing. It's all good. I love being a teacher. I love teaching. I never, ever mind talking about it. |
| 0:22.5 | Well, that's good because teaching is a major part of why we're here today. |
| 0:27.4 | But I wonder if you can guess who we're focused on if I give you a musical clue. |
| 0:32.1 | Ooh, you know how much I love a challenge. |
| 0:34.5 | Hit me with a clue. |
| 0:52.5 | Yeah. I love a challenge. Hit me with a clue. Okay, whoa. |
| 1:01.9 | I know that's Donnie Hathaway's this Christmas, but I have no idea who is playing it or how it connects to Lost Notes from KCRW. |
| 1:15.5 | Okay, well, what if I told you that playing on that recording were none other than Camasi Washington, Terris Martin, Cameron Graves, and also Ronald Bruner Jr. and his brother Stephen, |
| 1:18.9 | who most folks know better as Thundercat. |
| 1:19.6 | Yes. |
| 1:20.2 | Okay. |
| 1:24.5 | Then we must be getting ready to talk about the legendary teacher Reggie Andrews, huh? |
| 1:25.5 | You're good. |
| 1:33.1 | Not only did he teach and mentor all of those players, but also Patrice Russian, Gerald Albright and Dugu Chancellor, Ricky Minor, the far side, Sid from the Internet, |
| 1:39.7 | Tyrese Gibson, and countless other young musicians, taking them from South L.A. to the Hollywood |
| 1:46.0 | Bowl stage and far beyond. Oh, yes. And based on that list, if he had just been an educator, |
| 1:53.4 | his legacy would have been secure. But he was also a multi-instrumentalist, an arranger, a producer. |
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