© 1942 Thelonius Monk and Kenny Clarke – composition
© 1957 Live at Carnegie Hall – Blue Note
Piano: Thelonius Monk
Tenor Saxophone: John Coltrane
Bass: Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Drums: Shadow Wilson
Genius is such a beautifully rare flower… Genius always wears Black.
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© 1955 John Lewis, Modern Jazz Quartet.
© 1956 Django: Modern Jazz Quartet (Album) – Prestige Records
Piano – John Lewis
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
Bass – Percy Heath
Drums – Kenny Clarke
No better music for reflecting on awaking from a lucid flying dream.
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© 1965 Nina Simone, I Put A Spell On You. Philips Records.
© 1956 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Vocals & Piano: Nina Simone
Lyrics: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Tickles the very soul every time!
Music is the release; it is the place we go to, to find and ground ourselves in our escape from the ugliness that is the racial predator and his big fat lies. Sorry, can’t take away the music. Not having it!
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© 1993 Betty Carter (Live in Concert, Hamburg)
© 1994 Feed the Fire, Betty Carter (Live) Verve Records
Vocals: Betty Carter
Double Bass: Dave Holland
Piano: Geri Allen
Drums: Jack DeJohnette
Master linguist. Griot. Shaman. The One. The voice.
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© 1959 Miles Davis Blue in Green
© Kind of Blue, Miles Davis, Columbia Records
Trumpet: Miles Davis
Piano: Bill Evans
Alto Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley
Tenor Saxophone: John Coltrane
Double Bass: Paul Chambers
Drums: Jimmy Cobb
Smooth. Elegant. Exquisite. Sophisticated. Sublime.
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© 1960 Charles Mingus: Blues & Roots
Bass: Charles Mingus
Piano: Horace Parlan
Alto Saxophone: John Handy
Alto Saxophone: Jackie McLean
Tenor Saxophone: Booker Ervin
Baritone Saxophone: Pepper Adams
Trombone: Willie Dennis
Trombone: Jimmy Knepper
Drums: Dannie Richmond
This is when you are laughing and then find yourself laughing and the groove is so sweet; who cares if you are alone and laughing…
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© 2003 Salt Peanuts Live at Massey Hall – 50th anniversary of Dizzy & Charlie Parker at Massey Hall, Toronto.
Composed: Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke & Charlie Parker.
Vocals/Piano: Herbie Hancock
Bass: Dave Holland
Trumpet: Roy Hargrove
Alto Saxophone: Kenny Garrett
Drums: Roy Haynes
As smooth as the original.
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© 1976 Live German Television
Piano/Rhodes – Tom Canning
Bass – Jerome Rimson
Drums – Nigel Wilkinson
© 1959 Take Five, Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out:
Piano – Dave Brubeck
Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond
Bass – Eugene Wright
Drums – Joe Morello
http://www.davebrubeck.com/live/
#Black History Month
#BlackLivesMatter
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Dreams are the poetic expression of the soul. 