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If you want to hear some "liturgical jazz," there is Mary Lou Williams' Black Christ of the Andes. Below is a link to Gayle Murchison's study of the piece and a link to "St Martin de Porres" https://tools.bard.edu/wwwmedia/fisher-files/Murchison Mary Lou Williams.pdf

El Combo de Ayer:

Funeral for Salsa legend Rafael Ithier:

Not the only president that Gene Simmons has visited. In 2012, he and his beautiful wife were in Peru, and they visited the Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. You can see part of the visit in the video below (in Spanish). Today, Humala is in jail in Peru.

Daily musical engagement correlates with a marked reduction in dementia incidence. https://limelight-arts.com.au/news/listening-to-music-after-70-linked-to-sharp-drop-in-dementia-risk-australian-study-finds/

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct7x0n

Jeffrey Shurtleff - State Farm https://archive.org/details/lp_state-farm_jeffrey-shurtleff

Yep, the original Woodstock album has three LPs. Some of the recordings on the original Woodstock album were not recorded at the Woodstock festival, but that's another discussion.

Inocente

Has Rick Wakeman said anything about the 4-disc boxset? His comments about Tales from Topographic are usually unfriendly.

RIP

The BBC talks to James Marriott about the post-literate age or the death of reading... https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct71cy

La Candela

RIP, I still remember arriving to Austin decades ago and seeing Jimmy Cliff painted on a wall across the street from UT-Austin. The painting is still there. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qdren425o

An old friend: Ray Barretto

Mi Cumbia

His lips started to bleed... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/14/experience-i-played-the-trumpet-for-25-hours-straight

Apparently Air India won’t accept bookings from passengers with the last name “Sample.” https://onemileatatime.com/news/air-india-blocks-passenger-booking-ticket-real-last-name/

Bamboleate:

Probably arranged by either Charlie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Louis Ramirez, and/or Bobby Valentin. The info I have is from the back cover of the LP. You can see it here: https://elusivedisc.com/celia-cruz-son-con-guaguanco-180g-lp/?srsltid=AfmBOoqXNVkgykFNvSF3SdvuzzlzKFoQn0e8Yfe6NNZ_rp8c_AJeHHVV

Celia:

Dimension Latina:

Listening to music releases endorphins, which are natural pain relievers and mood regulators. It triggers dopamine, the so-called “feel-good” hormone connected to pleasure, memory and cognition. It lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/orchestra-prescription-9.6960793

Pedregal:

RIP