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Jazz for aficionados
Today's Mary Lou:Mary Lou Williams -- ZODIAC SUITERecorded in 1945.  Sound quality awesome.   The notes give a short synopsis of the Zodiac signs, and the person she had in mind when she wrote each piece for that sign.Examples: Gemini -- Paul Robe... 
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A song that used to belong to Billie Holiday.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3C9L6VzOdY    Been posted before, but you really can't get too much of this.Cheers 
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The most expressive instrument of all.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNdJh79Ms88    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZexCpTTWHc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViV86TQI3ok  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FgkTL15ok  https://www.youtube.com/wat... 
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Sons of Kemet:Was that a song or was the playback thingy stuck? Seems as if they played the same thing over and over.On Impulse?? The label that Coltrane built?!?!? Blasphemy!!Cheers; 
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Today's Listen:Kenny Barron Trio -- BOOK OF INTUITIONhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYwxQ1RsDYQ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpxqmHImTTI   I think he likes Monk.   Like Oscar Peterson and Gene Harris, this man does not make bad recordings.Cheers 
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*****her playing is incredible, remind me of the great gato barbieri*****from a commenter on the Nubya Garcia clip.Nuff said. 
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*****Should I expect you to like it just because I like it? I think not.*****You think right.Everything and everyone is judged by what and who went before them.   Going back in time, suppose you had tickets to a concert featuring Miles, or Morgan... 
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Today's Mary Lou:Mary Lou Williams -- SOLO RECITAL MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1978I could not find the complete album on you-tube but I am sure these cuts are from that album.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmyulf11sQ   https://www.youtube.com/watch?... 
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The Piano Choir:Nice enough, but, I never know what is the purpose  of music like this.I get in the mood for Jazz, spirituals, Motown, R&B, Classical, even Christmas music.   I can't see myself ever being in the mood to listen to this.Probably... 
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Recent purchase. This guy can sing like they used to sing back in the day. He is from Europe, so I am not sure if he has the intangible thingy. The right touch. He was part of the Playing for Change project.Check it out.https://www.youtube.com/wat... 
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Just messin' with you Frogman.   Chill.CheersI had no idea Lincoln Center was that such a much. 
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The Frogman Lives!!!!We were speaking of Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan and Lyle Levett etc......being on a Jazz CD by the country's  premier Jazz band.   Especially with the word 'Swing' in the title.Never heard Bird playing with Hank Snow.    Just ... 
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St Louis here I come.   All your Kenny G LPs?Cheers 
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You could get arrested for dancing to the Ohio Players.   That is, if you danced to the music.Cheers 
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*****Rok, at the Lincoln Center, they delight in trying to fit square pegs in round holes.*****True, I just wonder,  is it Wynton, or the people he answers to.Cheers