Category: music

Scenes in the city

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Charles Mingus – A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry. 1957

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Bill Hardman (trumpet), Clarence Shaw (trumpet), Shafi Hadi (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Bob Hammer (piano), Charles Mingus (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
(variance) — Melvin Stewart (spoken word), Lonne Elder (lyricist), Langston Hughes (lyricist), Horace Parlan (omit),

Bethlehem Records has remastered and digitally released the album as high res 24-bit audio files.

additional notes

Coté Moune Yo

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“Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini-Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978,” to be released by Strut Records.

via repeating islands.

Another track:
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stuff

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Black Thought shout-outs Mickalene Thomas

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lyrics.

a favorite from Statik Selektah, “The thrill is gone” with Styles P and Talib Kweli, 2009.

sean price

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