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Jazz for aficionados
Cecile McLorin Salvant-- she has been in my 'CART' on amazon for quite a while, but when I place an order, she always seems to get bumped back to the 'save for later' list.Tonight after reading the latest posts here, I checked back at Amazon. Seve... 
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Aster Aweke - I have her CD titled KABU. Love it.Cheers 
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This is the CD I have. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqhP6TXBFkcheers 
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Read and heed. Anathema to sound wave generators everywhere."I think the audience for Jazz can be widened if we strengthen our work with structure. If there is more of a reason for what is going on, there'll be more over-all sense and therefore, m... 
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You folks are sure concerned about my state of hydration! The ROKING horse has his own private water hole. The water is pure here. No foreign, no free, no Avant garde, no fusion, no continental, no experimental, no crossover, no M-base, no third s... 
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Paris Texas -- I have this on LP. Could not bring myself to spring for it on CD. This is the most beautiful thing about the music. The only part I had to have. Check out the Mexican singing. Beautiful!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD5BhhF7yiQI ... 
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Southern Comfort-- I am always suspicious of music that "requires" visuals to make it seem complete. The wife likes it, but she likes recordings of birds and waves. :)Cheers 
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This woman moves me like no other artist, in any other genre of music. What a talent, and what a beauty!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLvEdMCUOFQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkUoxCGPWrwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86egpZCM68ECheers 
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One more time...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZMwVj4cVywCheers 
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Susana Baca -- Very nice. The bass line sort of reminds me of BVSC. So much of this type music is so melancholic, esp from Argentina and Peru. Can't these folks swing?? Don't worry, be Happy?Cheers 
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****I especially remember "Round Midnight", every time I hear it, I can see that photograph of him on the cover with shades, you know the one;*****Yes indeed!! The baddest cover in Jazz, or at least one of the baddest. In fact, my most recent purc... 
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****Sometimes in music, it can sound even better when you don't understand the language; *****This is true. Esp in Opera. Where quite often, all they are saying is "keep your cotton pickin' paws off my woman". But they say it so beautifully.Cheers 
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****This is music Christ and the Apostles were listening to, all the way live, not some Baptist music out of Nawlins or Mississippi, ******And after listening to a few tunes like this, The Good Lord inserted into the Good Book, "Make a JOYFUL nois... 
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Today's Listen:Lester Young -- LESTER YOUNG-THE JAZZ GIANTSThe name says it all. A few more giants on board such as Roy Eldridge, Jo Jones, and Teddy Wilson.Lester Young was to be my first review of Jazz in Mississippi.Only 5 tracks. Quality over ... 
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Visited my Doctor today. The Phlebotomist is a great Jazz fan. She was playing Nancy Wilson and Cannonball on her BOSE table CD Player. She is also from ST Louis. I don't think she knew Miles, but she knows EVERYTHING about him, and his family. Wh...