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What humans have done with string instruments is enough for me to feel like humanity is worth saving, but weโre on extremely thin ice
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29 Jul 2024
i hope one day my wikipedia page links to yours
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๐จ Watkins: โI swear on my kids life I told Cole Palmer weโd be coming on and heโd set me up to score and it happenedโ (@footballtweet)
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Bernard โPrettyโ Purdie. A stone cold rhythmic king thatโs been involved in more hits than Pablo Escobar.
A short selection of songs, from a cast of thousands, celebrating the artistry of this drumming great:
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2 Jun 2024
Wishing a big Happy Birthday today to Earl Young: The Man Who Invented Discoโs Beat ๐ ๐ฅ
Read @Spin Magazine's article on the great man at buff.ly/3x7WY6l
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28 May 2024
Marshall Allen is 100 years old and be smoking black and milds like a true blue Philly bul.
HBD to the legend โค๏ธ
28 May 2024
In celebration of Germantown-based saxophonist Marshall Allen's 100th birthday, take a look back at our interview with him from last year, and learn why he is still exploring Sun Raโs "space music."
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1 Dec 2023
โYou canโt use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.โ
โ Maya Angelou
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29 Nov 2023
BOTD in Dayton, OH (he moved to Pittsburgh, PA as a child), he's responsible #Jazz standards such as "Take the A train" (written when Duke gave him directions to Harlem), "Lush Life" and more. Happy heavenly birthday to Billy Strayhorn who would have been 108 today.
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17 Nov 2023
"That's all I do, is dream." - Duke Ellington
๐ฝ๏ธ: @thejazzestate
#jazzisdead
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30 Oct 2023
RIP to the modern drum icon who influenced an entire generation of touring/gospel/R&B drummers out here. Aaron Spears was a special cat, and this clip is perhaps the most revered. Everybody and they momma pulled this clip up ๐๐พ๐
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13 Oct 2023
โAnywayโ is OUT NOW
PROD: @brasstracks
Written w/ @DominicMissana & @zbeeez
open.spotify.com/track/6STYfโฆ
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9 Oct 2023
In reality, all the problems we experience day to day come from our self-cherishing and self-grasping โ misconceptions that exaggerate our own importance. However, because we do not understand this, we usually blame others for our problems, and this just makes them worse.
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