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https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1216102590/at-95-jazz-icon-sheila-jordan-still-eats-drinks-and-breathes-the-music?fbclid=IwAR3tIL6CYZX3bOzqgv1Q7Jif0oaBdhtg8oywCvsm84mbyD8dTNGd0n0ckG8

The Latin Brothers:

Oscar de Leon:

Fruko:

"I don't care if you like it or not!"

No young children keeping me awake - but I did stay awake many nights listening to an elderly relative (who has dementia) yell or talk throughout the night. There was always a young female nurse nearby, and I was there to help her lift the relative if necessary. I did not feel pity for myself, but I did wonder when wilI I be in bed with dementia, yelling throughout the night. By the way, there were also some brief occasional moments when the relative recognized me, and those moments were fantastic.

I also do not blame him, but I stopped listening to Benson's albums when I saw the video of him roller skating on a sidewalk with a guitar in his hands (the video for his hit song, "Give Me the Night").

"This Masquerade" with Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald

A video from that period:

If anyone would like to see, maybe as a comparison, Bill Graham tell a musician to get the hell out of his office, go to around the 9 minute mark of the movie Fillmore:

The non-profit music library and research centre now contains more than 3m sound recordings or over 90m songs, making it one of the biggest popular music collections in the world... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/16/archive-of-contemporary-music-new-york

Hearing "Peg" and "Hey Nineteen" over and over is what made me say goodbye to Steely Dan.

I am sure I was not one of your students, but in high school I had a math teacher who listened to the Airto/Deodato version of "Do it Again." Sorry, nobody levitated.

In case you have not heard: Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" won song of the year at the Country Music Awards. https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/entertainment/tracy-chapman-fast-car-cma/index.html

If anyone wants to hear the "Moto Grosso Feio" on the Moto Grosso Feio album, here it is:

"Black Market" live:

I would add: visiting the gravesite of the musician

This appears to be the 3 September 1971:

The new release of the 1962-1966 album includes: “We Can Work it Out (2023 Mix) – from (2015 Mix)” – might be the first time I see something referred to as a mix from a mix. https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-1962-1966-2023/dp/B0CK57KYGG/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2PWSXIN8CZYMM&keywords=beatles+1962-1966+vinyl&qid=1698577533&sprefix=beatles+19%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

What looks like the same tour:

If you have not already seen this:

For those who have no problem with Yoko Ono:

Yep, check it out: https://www.loc.gov/item/2014572475/ Hopefully, someone is in the LOC writing a good biography of Max Roach. More details about the Max Roach Papers: https://findingaids.loc.gov/exist_collections/ead3pdf/music/2016/mu016007.pdf

If you can understand Spanish, you might find these lyrics to be....you be the judge:

I'll be watching the Max Roach documentary. Just before the Max program, PBS will be showing The Last Mambo.