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Loading... Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea – Spain
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Loading... Archie Schepp – Attica Blues
I got the feeling that's something ain’t going right
and I'm worried 'bout the human soul...
Originally recorded as the title track of Attica Blues (1972).
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Loading... Gregory Porter – 1960 What?
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Loading... Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Composed by jazz pianist Billy Taylor, this song was originally an instrumental called “I Wish I Knew”. Taylor recorded it in November 1963 with Grady Tate on drums, Ben Tucker on bass, and a horn section. He also wrote the first verse of lyrics, then collaborated with Dick Dallas on the rest. Ms. Simone recorded the song, now retitled as “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” for her 1967 album Silk & Soul. She performs it here at Montreux ‘76.
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Loading... Cécile McLorin Salvant – Nobody
What makes a vocal artist truly incomparable? Power? Range? Fluidity? Tone? Idiosyncrasy of delivery? Some singers have all three: Hank. Ella. Sinatra. Odetta. Sam Cooke. Elvis. Little Richard. Johnny Cash. Ray Charles. Patsy Cline. Otis Redding. Aretha. James Brown. Diana Ross. George Jones. Wilson Pickett. Nina Simone. Solomon Burke. Mavis Staples. Al Green. Dolly Parton. Marvin. Stevie Wonder. Tom Jones. Freddie Mercury. Prince. Tina. Michael Jackson. Chris Cornell. Adele. Gregory Porter.
Cécile McLorin Salvant has all those same qualities. She sings in a genre not many people are listening to anymore, but she's only 26. She'll be on that list someday. One more from the same WNYC session:
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Loading... Natalie Cole – Lovers/Mr. Melody
Sad week in music unfortunately.
24 Aug 1986
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Loading... Gregory Porter – Free
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9W-9A4T-g
Some great jazz crossover albums were released in 2013, but none hit me harder than Gregory Porter's Liquid Spirit. I just got tickets to see Porter in Chicago next month, where he's opening for Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spaulding, & Leo Genovese. I think the last time I was this excited to see someone live, it was Keith Jarrett.
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Loading... Melody Gardot – Sweet Memory
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2NmGF8MTg
Melody Gardot has a remarkable story if you're interested.
Be sure and check out the beard on the hipster on bass, or as we called them back in the day, hep cats.
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