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Jazz for aficionados
Wynton Marsalis -- UNITED WE SWING (update)After receiving this CD  and listening to all the tracks, I have concluded that Wynton tends to take Inclusion, Diversity and PC,  just a little bit too far.  There are several artist on this CD that don'... 
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O-10,  Glad you liked the old stuff.  It was a fun time.   People put down a lot of the music, but at least it was good for having fun.  What else is the point of being young?Sort of like disco.  It's so 'hip' to bash it, but we all loved it.   I ... 
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Help!!!   I'm stuck in the 70's and can't get out!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v1J-kGxXds   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pulI3in1UgI   Cheers 
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Sitting here yesterday nodding between consciousness and sleep, with you-tube on auto, found myself in a dream state when these tunes came up.   Took me back to a simpler time.  I think.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwkwjOd7MCU  https://www.yout... 
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Today’s Mary Lou:Mary Lou Williams -- ZONING Excellent, informative booklet. When you consider what she accomplished, and especially, WHEN she accomplished it, you can only imagine what might have been. A true giant.Sadly most of her music did not... 
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****Trane is so soothing that I have been listening for some time now****Soothing, is the perfect word.Cheers 
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Today’s Mary Lou:Mary Lou Williams -- MY MAMA PINNED A ROSE ON MEFrom the notes:"At one time in my career, I felt that the Blues or Boogie-Woogie were Kindergarten music...a style of music and playing I should be ashamed of........But then I made ... 
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Today's Listen and Lesson:John Coltrane -- BOTH DIRECTIONS AT ONCE : THE LOST TAPEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv4elylwsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erlJD3Qo50c Recorded in 1963.  Released in 2018.  WTF,  you may ask.2CD set.The booklet ... 
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Favorite Williams, or just favorites?BTW, I still have a visual image in my head of the page on which her music was reviewed. Stereo Review or Jazz Times, I think.'Zodiac Suite' was  the CD.Cheers 
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Gene Harris:Another great one.    Oscar Class.Cheers 
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Slow Freight:I believe this is the first Jazz LP I ever purchased.Never found it on CD.Cheers 
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Gotta Love It .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx6AwHyp1X4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OdXi1ufU0M  Cheers 
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O-10,  I do not have that Mingus CD.Cheers 
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Today’s Listen:Count Basie & His Atomic Band -- COMPLETE LIVE AT THE CRESCENDO 1958Five CD box set. Sound quality is great. In the same class as ’100 best jazz recordings of the 50’s’.Ain’t got it, git it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR1bRt... 
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When The Frogman Marshals his Minions, it's best just to chill out with your favorite Jazz CD / LP until the howling subsides.   It won't last long.  They will soon forget what he told them to say.He's even got The Jazz Queen all excited.Now, back...