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Jazz for aficionados
Jose James:Reminds me of Oscar Brown Jr.   Who, btw, should have been a great Jazz singer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViV86TQI3ok&list=PLA6F7D6A7A9893A2Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZexCpTTWHcCheers 
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Kurt Elling:I suspect he struck me the same way Rachelle Ferrell struck when she did autumn Leaves.   A little over the top.Cheers 
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Today's Listen:Kenny Drew Jr. Trio -- PORTRAITS OF CHARLES MINGUS & THELONIOUS MONKDrew plays with a freshness and energy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Eys6wA57ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcegtgQy2cUCheers 
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Today's Listen:John Coltrane -- JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMANA Kinder and Gentler Coltrane?  As the notes ask, what happened to all the male Jazz singers?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecrE80rnjhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-968Fw3bACheers 
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Today's Listen:Kenny Burrell + anyone who is anyone -- ELLINGTON IS FOREVER VOLS 1 & 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5bAzKBI6Qg  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqeNFhgqdfk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbclln2mkNI https://www.youtube.com... 
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The Frogman:Have you ever been involved in, or watched a performance of Ravel's Bolero, where the snare drummer dropped one or his sticks?   I was watching this and thought what a disaster that would be.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9CMPOz1SaQA... 
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***** After years of practically prohibiting Jazz in state-sponsored musical groups, the Cuban govenrment decided to create an image, for propaganda reasons, that Cuba was a free and open society and created and funded what would become "Iraker... 
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Today's Listen: Irakere -- THE BEST OF IRAKEREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKTANfUHnXshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44dUAruBdwE   ilyastill sitting?   Better call EMS quick.Lots of praise for Sandoval and D'Rivera in the notes.  Chucho barely... 
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Today's Listen:Charles Mingus -- THE GREAT CONCERT OF CHARLES MINGUSAptly named.  Recorded in Paris in 1964.  2CD set.  Eric Dolphy, what a loss.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0qcq9eocmw&t=142shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ZX8li9cAshttps... 
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The number one reason,  not to die in New Orleans.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nURb5geCD5wDo these folks ever play in tune?Cheers 
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Reagan Nailed it.Cheers 
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***** I think you should see Michael Moore's movie where he tells how good he lived as a child on the salary his father earned working in a factory. *****When I read this and saw Moore's name, I Laughed out loud.   Surely you jest.People working ... 
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***** Money and power were a nice combination when people like the Kennedy's had it,*****This cries out for an explanation !!!  Unless of course someone stole my Kennedy check from my mailbox.BTW, it's amazing how much money rich people in this c... 
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The brilliance of Gershwin cannot be overstated, even if you tried.  In fact, the music itself reduces these two greats to sidemen.Beautiful CD.   Even the strings fit.Cheers 
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Ran across this a few minutes ago.   Reminded me of a Church I was in a few days ago, in the Park Cities area of Dallas.   I think that's Acman's neck of the woods.The organ had pipes that reached to heaven, or so it seemed, and the organ player k...