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Snow White Don Sleet Ice-T

Watched the St. Olaf Choir on PBS last night - a Christmas time tradition for me.

Roscoe Mitchell: Solo [3] (Mutable Music)

"Shake It Down" (Frog)

Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis: Divine Gemini

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Happy Birthday, Young Fella!

Happy Birthday!

Archie Shepp: Montreux One

Clark Terry: Duke with a Difference (Riverside) One of the first jazz LPs I bought - over 50 years ago - and it still sounds great to me.

Happy Birthday, David!

Happy Birthday, Dmitry!

Happy Birthday!

Founder and lead singer of The Mighty Clouds of Joy: http://www.soultracks.com/story-joe-ligon-mighty-clouds-dies

The voice of God has spoken. Thanks for clarifying that.

Remember Ben Webster

Byard Lancaster and Arthur Blythe play on this one. Archie Shepp and George Lewis (trombone) play on this one.

I recall reading her obituary in 2001 and thinking about what a sad life she must have had.

Roscoe Mitchell plays on a Nick Gravenites 45. I've never heard it, but Chuck Nessa has a copy.

I wonder if they get to keep the clothing they're photographed wearing (if it's not already their own)?

That's a very good one.

Sometimes, for some musicians, music is music. Often, walls are erected by non-musicians.

Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones playing with Dolphy and Mingus on: Bobby Bradford playing with a somewhat mainstream trio:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/arts/music/groupmuse-first-classical-music-concert-in-my-living-room-zaffre-quartet.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic&action=click&contentCollection=music&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront