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Music Is The Magic - Birthday Celebrations for Dorothy Ashby, Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong And More
ByMike Clark
drumsb.1946

Leon Lee Dorsey
bass, acousticb.1958

Lauren Henderson
vocals
Jessy J
saxophone
Dorothy Ashby
harp1932 - 1996

Tony Bennett
vocals1926 - 2023

Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971

Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965

Abbey Lincoln
vocals1930 - 2010

Joni Mitchell
vocalsb.1943
Playlist
- Dorothy Ashby "Afro-Harping" from Afro-Harping (Universal/Verve) 00:00
- " data-original-title="" title="">KJ Denhert "Chanson Baz Bar" from Album No. 9 (Motema) 02:55
KJ Denhert
guitar, acoustic - " data-original-title="" title="">Tony Bennett /
Tony Bennett
vocals
1926 - 2023" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans "When In Rome" from The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album (Fantasy) 06:09Bill Evans
piano
1929 - 1980 - Host speaks 08:59
- Mike Clark & Leon Lee Dorsey feat. " data-original-title="" title="">Mike LeDonne "Willow Weep For Me" from Blues On Top (Jazz Avenue 1) 10:17
Mike LeDonne
organ, Hammond B3
b.1956 - " data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong "Learnin' The Blues" from Ella And Louis Again (Verve) 15:54
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals
1917 - 1996 - Host speaks 23:04
- " data-original-title="" title="">Artemis "Step Forward" from Artemis (Blue Note) 24:08
Artemis
band / ensemble / orchestra - " data-original-title="" title="">Vicki Burns "You Don't Have To Believe" from Lotus Blossom Days (ViBu Jazz) 30:25
Vicki Burns
vocals
b.1961 - Host speaks 36:57
- Rachel Z Trio "Circle Game" from Moon At The Window (Tone Center) 37:56
- " data-original-title="" title="">Ian Shaw "Shine" from Shine Sister Shine (Jazz Village) 43:08
Ian Shaw
vocals
b.1962 - Joni Mitchell "Just Like This Train" from Court and Spark (Asylum) 48:17
- Host speaks 52:36
- " data-original-title="" title="">David Murray,
David Murray
saxophone, tenor
b.1955" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen &Geri Allen
piano
1957 - 2017" data-original-title="" title="">Terri Lyne Carrington "Geri-Rigged" from Perfection (Motema) 53:20Terri Lyne Carrington
drums
b.1965 - " data-original-title="" title="">Jenny Klukken "Chapters" from Color In Motion (Self Released) 1:00:00
- Lauren Henderson "Asi" from La Bruja (Brontosaurus Records) 1:04:32
- " data-original-title="" title="">Kat Parra "Veinte Aňos" from Songbook Of The Americas (Self Released) 1:09:52
Kat Parra
vocals
b.1962 - Host speaks 1:15:10
- Jessy J "Dance Beat" from Blue (Changi Records) 1:16:14
- " data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "Special People" from They Say I'm Different (MPC Limited) 1:20:01
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022 - " data-original-title="" title="">Leslie Odom Jr. "The Party's Over" from Leslie Odom, Jr. (S-Curve Records) 1:23:17
Leslie Odom Jr.
vocals
b.1981 - Host speaks 1:26:23
- " data-original-title="" title="">Jean Fineberg "Unfinished Business" from Jean Fineberg & Jazzphoria (Self Released) 1:27:23
Jean Fineberg
woodwinds
b.1956 - " data-original-title="" title="">Peter Eldridge "Out There Holding On" from My Museum (Self Released) 1:32:00
Peter Eldridge
vocals - " data-original-title="" title="">Kat Edmonson "A Voice" from Old Fashioned Gal (Sony Records International) 1:36:23
Kat Edmonson
vocals
b.1983 - Host speaks 1:40:40
- " data-original-title="" title="">Marc Cary "Throw It Away" from For the Love Of Abbey (Motema) 1:41:46
Marc Cary
piano - " data-original-title="" title="">Gregory Porter "Lonesome Lover" from Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 1:47:31
Gregory Porter
vocals
b.1971 - Abbey Lincoln "Music Is The Magic" from Devil's Got Your Tongue (Verve) 1:50:35
- Host speaks 1:56:13
- Vivien Garry Quintet "A Woman's Place Is In the Groove" from A Woman's Place Is In the Groove (PNR) 1:57:06
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