11apr25 Hey, hope all is well.

Music and more, about music
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29mar25 dream of a land my soul is from

This week's tunes and some other stuff:
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21mar25 Listen to 21mar25 by The Real Tracy Fields #np on #SoundCloud

New week new tunes, some of 'em. Hope you dig them.
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21feb25 I guess I'm living my best life now

Trumpets, female and male vocals, harmonicas - those and more this week.
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14feb25 yes I know what time it is

An A list and a B list this week
#jazz #funk
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7feb25 the laughter of children out after the rain

Again this week, I made you something. Hope you dig the tunes.
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31jan25 as a matter of fact life goes like that

The playlist is extra long this week; feels like we need it. Take good care of yourself and the good people around you.
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17jan25 just bees and things and flowers

Something to look forward to in addition to this week's tunes
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#OTD Jan 11, 1879: The Anglo-Zulu War began b/t the British Empire & the Zulu Kingdom. The war was triggered by the British invasion of Zululand following King Cetshwayo's refusal to comply with a British ultimatum to disband his military forces.
#History #BlackSky
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…and a manatee boop for good luck! #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #coralcityafterdark #boop #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bridgeinitiative #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf

Jenny Scheinman’s All Species Parade at City Winery NYC on Jan. 10, 2025. Part of Winter Jazzfest.

My annual Winter Jazzfest immersion is underway — first up, an absolutely gorgeous-sounding Jenny Scheinman band, playing music from ‘All Species Parade’

Buying this cassette in high school was one of the most revelatory musical experiences of my life. Sam & Dave were *INCREDIBLE*. RIP Sam Moore.

BLUE NOTE STORE BEST SELLER OF THE WEEK: Dexter Gordon “Our Man In Paris” (Classic Vinyl Edition) store.bluenote.com/products/dex...

ARTEMIS is on the cover of Spotify's "State of Jazz" with the release of their new single "The Smile of the Snake"! Listen: bluenote.lnk.to/Spotify-Stat...

Pre-order the band's forthcoming album "ARBORESQUE" out Feb. 28: artemis.lnk.to/ARBORESQUE

10jan25 seeing visions of the world of life within a life

It was a dark and snowy night...
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3jan25 oh, you're still here too?

Brand new jazz for a brand new year and more
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Yeah...

Jimmy Carter with his arm around Cecil Taylor following Taylor's performance on the White House lawn in 1978.

RIP Jimmy Carter, America's greatest ex-president. (This photo was a very important reference point for me when trying to figure out Cecil Taylor's height while writing IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS.)

Rest in Peace, Jimmy Carter. An underrated president, the best-ever post-president, a truly great and humble man. Also, somebody who recognized genius as soon as he encountered it.

This hunting octopus spooking a little scorpionfish is our Coral City Camera observation of the day! 🐙👻🦂🐟🧠🪸 #octopus #cephalopodsofcoralcity #scorpionfish #cephalopod #braincoral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity

29dec24 all aboard

If you've got SoundCloud, please check me out. If you love big band and classic jazz, please catch my Uncle Ted Grossman's final Night Train broadcast, 8p eastern on 29 Dec, at wlrn.org.
#addtoblacksky
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This is so cool.

In 1990 The Nicholas Brothers recreating a dance from 1935. 🔥🔥

#OTD Bill Pickett (Dec 5, 1870 - Apr 2, 1932). Cowboy, rodeo performer, actor, inventor of the technique “bulldogging” the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns & wrestling them to the ground. He performed at local rodeos and county fairs.
#History #BlackSky
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#OTD Dec 6, 1915: The SCOTUS upheld the Expatriation Act of 1907, which stripped American women of their citizenship when they married a non-citizen. Meanwhile, American men who married foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
#History #BlackSky
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#OTD Dec 7, 1941, Doris “Dorie” Miller, a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia, was officially credited with downing 2 Japanese planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII.
#History #BlackSky
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Someone just sent me an image of a trapped fox.
I asked why's he in a cage
Then they sent me a photo of his hide hanging on a barn door.
Those are the kinda people we're up against folks
That's why we need your voice to join ours

We are howling for justice at @altyellonatpark.org
Rewild the West

6 Dec 2024 I love those j-i-n-g-l-e bells

Greetings, bsky! I love words and music. Here are some of both.
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