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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation, Part 3
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In our final look into the basketball & jazz interconnectedness, we focus on several jazz, or funk-jazz soundtracks for movies dedicated to the game, on jazz musicians with a basketball career like Cab Calloway and Wayman Tisdale, a composition inspired by the elegant and creative crossover dribble known as the Shammgod, and more!Happy listening!
Playlist
- Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
- Leonhart Brass Band "Shammgod" Shammgod—Single (Mighty Eye Records/Fat Beats) 0:16
- Host talks 3:49
- The Rongetz Foundation "Bulgarian Basketball" Broken Doll Beat (Heavenly Sweetness) 6:42
- Host talks 13:27
- Billy Preston, Syreeta Thompson "Welcome to Cadwallader" Fast Break (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Motown) 16:10
- Ben Sidran, Mavis Staples, Pop Staples "The Tide (Keeps Lifting Me)" Hoop Dreams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Go Jazz) 19:52
- The Blackbyrds "The One-Eye Two-Step" Cornbread Earl and Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Fantasy) 23:56
- Bill Frisell "Coffaro's Theme" Finding Forrester (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Columbia) 27:08
- Host talks 31:32
- Eddie Harris "1974 Blues" Greater Than the Sums of His Parts (32 Jazz) 34:08
- Cab Calloway "Minnie the Moocher" The Blues Brothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Atlantic) 38:34
- Host talks 41:55
- Wayman Tisdale "Power Forward" Power Forward (Motown) 44:37
- Jeff Beal, Robert Glasper "Larry Bird" The Winning Time Sessions: Season 2 (HBO® Original Series Soundtrack) (WaterTower Music) 49:03
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