{"id":5463,"date":"2026-03-28T20:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:10:30","slug":"grammy-weekend-2026-30-01-26-31-01-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/grammy-weekend-2026-30-01-26-31-01-26\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAMMY WEEKEND 2026 30.01.26 – 31.01.26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ron Trent<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday-Party 2\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

12:23<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ron Trent is authentic. His true self is on display. He is boldly honest and does not put on airs. Even for Hollywood. He remains loyal to his art and passions. Listen deeply to the percussion speak. Piano keys that uplift.\u00a0 Electronica bouncing underneath the 6th Street Bridge. This is music that heals. A sacred medicine draws those wearing t-shirts with random slogans and shoulders covered by jackets into the airy night.\u00a0 Sixty degrees feels comfortable, but the music is what heats the heart of a dancer.\u00a0 Dreamy chords and meditative melodies transform the open-air gathering into a communal dance. Although, Trent\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m glad people actually showed up\u201d crowd could have been more receptive. The lack of response is most disturbing when playing the anthem of the weekend-SoulFreakah\u2019s Mix of \u201cCure Of A Heartache<\/a>.\u201d Cause when Brutha Ron drops the music for voices to sing \u201cI\u2019ve had my eyes on you for awhile\u2026,\u201d heard are crickets. Stunned silence. Welcome to L.A.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Terry Hunter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday-Party 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

21:30<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

GRAMMY weekend arrives with a shaky thud-the wheels of an airplane touching down on the airstrip- much like the heart-pouncing thumps that come across as tired from NYC\u2019s selector Shaun Ross later that night. No tracks pop off. The multi-hyphenated Ross is preoccupied.\u00a0 Distracted.\u00a0 Perhaps because he has to pee. He texts DJ Terry Hunter. \u201cWhere are you?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Outdoors the marquee should read: GRAMMY Weekend: Anan\u00e9 and Louie, Terry Hunter and Shaun Ross. But nope. Instead souls settle for a selfie at the iconic entrance at 4067 West Pico Street. Enter. Move through rooms, bodies and vibrations. Room B echos with vocal riffs and big beats.\u00a0 Room A is where a silhouette stands dwarfed front-and-center by an ambitious monitor that flickers Terry Hunter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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25:00<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A music selector is much like the pilot landing the plane earlier that morning. You have to trust the unknown to get you safely to your destination. Also, trust the journey.\u00a0 Be mindful. One never knows where the frequencies will swing in a selector\u2019s playlist. Even if every song doesn\u2019t need to have a four-on-the-floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take Nirvana’s \u201cTeen Spirit.\u201d\u00a0 Eye roll, another version? Kurt Cobain coos over a steady four-count until the \u201centertain us\u201d hook drops as Afro drumming floods the field. On display are bodies bent over. One dancer howls at the disco ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The dance floor swells with every personality imaginable capturing Afro vibes from SoulFreakah\u2019s interpretation of Moonchild\u2019s \u201cCure,\u201d to Black Motion\u2019s \u201cJoy Joy\u201d featuring Brenden Praise.\u00a0 Angelenos are costumey. On Fela Kuti\u2019s \u201cShakara\u201d moves the raver with silver sparkles attached around her eyes to the guy sporting corn rolls and popping-and-locking to Black Motion\u2019s \u201cMoya wa Taola.\u201d\u00a0 There is big hair, sparkling dresses to the more extravagant that makes no sense-thrift store ensembles. Everyday is Halloween in this city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking back to lugging luggage at the airport earlier that morning, a selector wears many hats. These days you have to be a content generator, a viral sensation, and be stream-worthy. At times, the music takes a back seat. Not so for Chicago\u2019s Terry Hunter. The T-Box recording label head wins NAACP Image Awards, secures GRAMMY nominations for remixing Queen Bey, releases chart-topping dance singles and consistently tours-mainly stateside. Yet, many might be unfamiliar with Chicago\u2019s best kept secret. The Windy City native does not often grant interviews. He is quiet. Even his online footprint is meh. The music is where he prefers to minister.\u00a0 That spiritual side of house music he sprinkles into his selections. Hunter\u2019s classic, \u201cWonderful<\/a>\u201d is not quote gospel, however vocalist Terisa Griffin brings the church and playing the Lounge Lizards\u2019 Bootleg Mix of Yolanda Adam\u2019s \u201cWe Still Rize<\/a>,\u201d Karizma\u2019s \u201cSpirit<\/a>,\u201d and Hunter\u2019s recently release with Adams singing \u201cChurch Doors\u201d kicks ass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inhale deeply. There is no other place like being on the dance floor. The energy. The sweat. The community. And It\u2019s been a long time. You realize. Dance floors give life. Tonight is all about celebrating life. Honoring the loved ones who have sojourned from this plain. Genesis. Frodo. Tammy. Suzanne. They dance with the ancestors. They are celebrated. Celebrated in movement. Celebrated in song. Celebrated in spirit. Tomorrow is not promised-neither is one\u2019s health. There only exists one moment. The here. The now. Exhale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And listen to the approaching yells and hand claps ushering into existence Hunter\u2019s fellow Chicagoan, Stacy Kidd\u2019s \u201cLet It Blow<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 The Afro Jazz Extended Mix ignites the event\u2019s most rowdiest ruckus thus far. As Hunter goes out with a bang.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

01:00<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By the time Anan\u00e9 and Louie appear, Ross summons the witches of the East, and the witches of the West-The Ritual!\u00a0 Guys are shuffling and voguing in front of the Vegas playing onstage. On the floor, tweakers are stepping on feet. The vibe gets real messy. And the beats meander elsewhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anan\u00e9 and Christian Mantini\u2019s remix of \u201cYou\u2019re So Sweet\u201d<\/a> keeps the laters on the floor at the herstoric Jewel\u2019s Catch One<\/a>.\u00a0 Recall the documentary?\u00a0 Born a girl, poor, and lesbian, Jewel Thais-Williams became the first Black woman to establish and operate a disco for the Black and LGBTQ community in Los Angeles.\u00a0 No easy task in the early 70\u2019s.\u00a0 Thais-Williams\u2019 revolutionary spirit gave perfect purpose to this event.\u00a0 Although, she dances amongst the ancestors.\u00a0 As you walk the stairs to the exit, Jewel still asks us, \u201cDid you catch one?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday-Party 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

12:01<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the moment that excites. Or should excite. When Ron Trent plays his remix of Soul II Soul\u2019s \u201cA Dream\u2019s A Dream<\/a>.\u201d Feel the shakers and drumming empower vocalist Victoria Wilson James\u2019 operatic \u201cI can see right through you\u201d right down to the spoken word from the voice of Soul II Soul, Jazzie B. Yet, the crowd stands silent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los Angeles is a bit of an anomaly.\u00a0 Of course you will meet the most courteous people on the floor.\u00a0 But, do the same people come out to party?\u00a0 Yes. However, the consistency lacks.\u00a0 One night, the attendees are competitive breakers and the next night, the attendees are the concert types standing everywhere waiting for something to pop off. L.A. crowds are like a box of chocolates, life would be much less fun without them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

24:30<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier, underneath colossal slabs of concrete, the 6th Street Viaduct, DaM-Funk rocked the stage with boogie and Auto-tune. The Pasadena native addressed his haters. The at capacity crowd cheered. But when Rochelle Jordan arrived wearing knee high boots and her trench blew in the air, those gathered further championed the vixen by singing \u201cLadida (A COLORS SHOW)<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 Ya\u2019ll like that song.\u201d The Cali resident boasted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before exiting stage-right, Jordan shouted, \u201cCongratulations to Ron Trent for his GRAMMY nomination.\u201d Albeit, the reason for everyone\u2019s being in attendance, but somehow being amiss to \u201cA Dream\u2019s A Dream,\u201d a song originally released in 1990. Perhaps Trent, playing the next songs will elevate the vibe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, there stands two blokes comparing vape pens. The nerve.\u00a0 Both are blocking valuable dance real estate.\u00a0 A big no-no as a dancer desires to acknowledge the Yoruba Mix of Tony Touch\u2019s with Peven Everett singing \u201cNo Wonder<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally!\u00a0 Freedom to move about as space clears on Moonchild\u2019s \u201cCure<\/a>\u201d remixed by SoulFreakah. Clueless. Visages appear to decipher if they actually enjoy the sonic narrative instead of actually embracing the soul in house music.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These days in soulful house music the beats per minute have drastically slowed, the drums are more percussive and there lacks the traditional four-on-the-floor \u201coonze.\u201d <\/span>Sometimes the fun is amiss in the music altogether.<\/span><\/i> However, there comes a moment when the music gets deep. Real deep.\u00a0 A journey told at 123 beats per minute of moans and bass and electronic jobs that induce hypnosis.\u00a0 Bodies fall prey, swaying like waves in the nearby Pacific. This is sacred medicine and Ron Trent has the prescription. \u201cSensual<\/a>\u201d is a charm.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trent is no newbie when it comes to pulling out the zeitgeist in crowds. He has been in the game for decades. The second-wave house music ambassador hails from the Southside. He is an architect of the Chicago house sound popularized in the early 1990s. A pioneer who has changed the game in music. His efforts have opened doors for others to share their voice in electronic music all the while staying true to his roots. He honors.\u00a0 When opening with the artist and song that inspired him to make music, Fingers Inc\u2019s \u201cMystery of Love\u201d to his closer, \u201cStrings of Life\u201d from the Detroit Techo titan Derrick May. And now, Trent\u2019s name is added to an exhaustive list of best remixers nominated for a GRAMMY.\u00a0 As the man of the next two hours stood in head-to-toe black onstage, he tipped his wide-brim and crown, and so eloquently explained, \u201cThis is a win for soulful house music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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