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Posts tagged: jazz

jellyroll81:

Cantora de Yala
Esperanza Spalding

jellyroll81:

Cantora de Yala

Esperanza Spalding

thejazzpoet:


John Coltrane live in Stuttgart, 1963. 

thejazzpoet:

John Coltrane live in Stuttgart, 1963. 

lilybet:

This is wonderful. I recommend the whole clip, but skip ahead to the 5:10 mark if you simply want Woody Allen at his jazziest. 

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If I Had You by Benny Goodman Orchestra

oldhollywood:

Benny Goodman Orchestra - If I Had You

ourpresidents:


John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993
It’s the birthday of jazz giant Dizzy Gillespie.  What better occasion to put on some bebop and look at a very cool picture of Dizzy blowing his horn at the White House.  June 8, 1979, Jazz Concert on the South Lawn with President Jimmy Carter.





I will never have this man’s cheeks.

… I will never understand why I just wrote that

ourpresidents:

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie

October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993

It’s the birthday of jazz giant Dizzy Gillespie.  What better occasion to put on some bebop and look at a very cool picture of Dizzy blowing his horn at the White House.  June 8, 1979, Jazz Concert on the South Lawn with President Jimmy Carter.


I will never have this man’s cheeks.

… I will never understand why I just wrote that

There are no wrong notes in Jazz.
Danny Volcano
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made-in-california:

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Helen Forrest

I really like listening to jazz.

reblogging this one again

Haiku:

Get this romantic In mood, good food for my soul, them kisses, your lips

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made-in-california:

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Helen Forrest

I really like listening to jazz.

Get this romantic
In mood, good food for my soul,
them kisses, your lips

Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy
 Thelonious Monk (via jellyroll81)