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Art Porter..Gone Too Soon



You talkin' about devastated...that's how I felt upon hearing of this talent's demise. A horrible, horrible thing. I had just discovered Mr. Porter and ran out to buy everything I could find by him. I went nuts in the beauty behind his sound. I still can't bring myself to approach the pain I felt when he became the victim of drowning.…
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Added by SmoothJazzWorld on May 16, 2008 at 6:30pm — 5 Comments

The Long-awaited book

Coming in June!!!

Cover Design by Cynthia Marie


Added by saraphen on May 15, 2008 at 7:58am — 3 Comments

Truly Inimitable ...



Nicholas Brothers



Amazing Feet: The Nicholas…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on April 29, 2008 at 3:00am — 3 Comments

Classical Zen

A DAY WITHOUT RAIN



I stand in the open window

with my face to the sea

contemplating the similarities

between his breath

the wind, and... me.



Throwing my head back gently

upon my thoughts

while hugging the sun's rays

leaning upon his caring shoulder

dizzy..'dizzy' in want's haze.



Feeling the mist of the wave's foam

as it twinkles softly

against my cheeks

while contemplating how I…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on April 16, 2008 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

The Isley Brothers On The Clay Cole Show...1959



For the past few days i have been listening to The Isley Brothers, not the 1970's on up Isley Brothers, but the late 50's early 60's Isley Brothers and of course after doing all that listening, i had to look around on Youtube and see what i could find...



The feature video on this blog is them singing Stagger Lee on The Clay Cole Show in 1959, but…
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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on April 11, 2008 at 1:21pm — 13 Comments

Smokey and Claudette Robinson



From the 1980 Album Warm Thoughts...Smokey and Claudette Robinson singing Wine, Women, and… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on April 11, 2008 at 6:35am — 10 Comments

Glance Into The Past



Have you ever gone for a walk in the evening

In the cool of a twilight blue

And thoughts of the past came floating back

Like they so often do.



You thought of the good and bad things

That had happened in your life to you

The times you laughed, the times you cried

As though your heart was breaking into.



You remember the days of your childhood

And fairy tales that seemed…
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Added by gmack on April 9, 2008 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

I promised Solemannking I would dance with him. Since he don't know Jack about oldschool, I thought these would update his babyface, haaaa, lol. Lets get to stepping Solebrother. THE SLOP (_X_)...(_X…

I promised Solemannking I would dance with him. Since he don't know Jack about oldschool, I thought these would update his babyface, haaaa, lol. Lets get to stepping Solebrother. THE SLOP (_X_)...(_X_)..., N TURN...









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Added by JACK-OF-HEARTS (AKA WIN) on April 8, 2008 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

50 ROCKS!



Out of the past was fifty years ago for me on 3/21. I was visiting my Auntie Johanna's page and she shared this email. Sure enough, it expressed my sentiments exactly as I head into the Future. So I shall share them with you here.



Old Age, I decided, is a gift.



I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy… Continue

Added by JACK-OF-HEARTS (AKA WIN) on April 6, 2008 at 12:27am — 2 Comments

You Go To My Head





And you linger like a haunting refrain

And I find you spinning round in my brain

Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne.





You go to my head

Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew

And I find the very mention of you

Like the kicker in a julep or two.





The thrill of the…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on April 1, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Harlem Shuffle

Bob & Earl had already recorded under a myriad of pseudonyms during their careers before they were a duo; both "Bob"s (the first was Bobby Byrd, aka Bobby Day, and his replacement was Bobby Relf) and "Earl" (Earl Nelson) were key players in L.A.'s doo wop and R&B vocal scene in the mid-to-late '50s. Today, Bob &…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on March 30, 2008 at 7:00pm — 9 Comments

My Son-Evan Christian

Guitar Aficionado

Flamenco guitarist Evan Christian performs solo at The Jazz Estate on Monday nights and Jackalope Lounj on Thursday nights. "I’m doing traditional flamenco, and my own material, which is blues, soul. Some of it’s in Spanish," Christian…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on March 30, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

I Remember Jimmy Smith

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My precious Momma bought me a Hammond B3, and I tried to jam just like Mr. Smith in the 60's. I even taught my 'Birdie', Evan a few tricks when I could. Jimmy made the organ
famous to me and had that distinctive soul sound like no other.
It is one of the…
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Added by JazzWorld on March 27, 2008 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Shadows

Black and silver shadows

hang on my window sill

...light dripping from a rainy sky

I lay upon my pillow...still

...as the clouds thunder lazily...by.





Willowy figures dance across…

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Added by JazzWorld on March 27, 2008 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Dr. Yusef Lateef

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Added by JazzWorld on March 26, 2008 at 10:39pm — 1 Comment

Ethel Ennis

 

Ethel Ennis

Ethel Ennis

Photo Credit: Tim Owens
Ethel Ennis

 

Ethel Ennis' voice possesses a smooth, buttery tone heavily vested in swing, and versatile enough to deliver from the classic songbook, original material…

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Added by JazzWorld on March 26, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

The Man: Sonny Rollins



Biography

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Sonny Rollins has had a long, productive career in jazz, beginning his career at the age of 11 and playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20.…

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Added by JazzWorld on March 26, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Thelonious Sphere Monk -Truly Genius

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Thelonious Sphere Monk

((October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and…
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Added by JazzWorld on March 26, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Johnny Hartman-The Man With The Voice

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Johnny…

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Added by JazzWorld on March 26, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

My Daughter Eboni



Her eyes were jewels of immeasureable beauty,



Pure--like peering into marbles from heaven,



Kaleidoscopically changing to match the



colors of paradise..the "Eden of Blue Island"



where she was born.





The softness of her skin exuded delicate…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on March 26, 2008 at 5:00pm — 10 Comments

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