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The great Roy Haynes with Charles Lloyd!
Photo: D. Darr, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
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Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius - The best Weather Report group.
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Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole - 1955
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The Ornette Coleman Quartetl 1987 Germany. L-R, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, and Ornette Coleman #jazz #art #jazzhistory #jazzlegends

Paco de Lucía John McLaughlin & George Benson
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#NowPlaying John Coltrane - Alabama (1963)

On September 15, 1963, four young girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama.

Later that year, John Coltrane recorded “Alabama,” a work widely understood as his musical response to the tragedy.

This live performance features the classic Coltrane quartet:

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Jimmy Garrison – bass
Elvin Jones – drums

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Charlie Parker & Strings at Birdland in New York City circa 1951.
Photo by (and courtesy of) Marcel Fleiss
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Tadd Dameron with Miles Davis, Kenny Clarke, James Moody and Barney Spieler in Bordeaux, France, on May 12, 1949 #jazz #art #jazzlegends #jazzhistory

Rahsaan Roland Kirk : The Photography of W. Eugene Smith.
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Joe Pass at GIT, Hollywood, California
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