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Freedom & American Themes + Captain Black Big Band

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Here is the show from Independence Day weekend with American and freedom themes as explored by jazz artists. From there, we'll check out some works from the Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band, and more. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.

Playlist

  • Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30
  • Lorez Alexandria "My One And Only Love" from Alexandria The Great (Impluse!) 01:30
  • Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington "The Beautiful American" from Recording Together For The First Time (Roulette) 07:00
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi "American Ballad" from Mosaic Select 33 (Mosaic) 09:59
  • Charles Mingus "Once Upon A Time, There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America" from Charles Mingus at UCLA (Sue Mingus Music) 16:46
  • Immanuel Wilkins "Ferguson—An American Tradition" from Omni (Blue Note) 27:47
  • Kahil El'Zabar "America The Beautiful" from A Time For Healing (Spirit Muse Records) 35:55
  • Nina Simone "I Wish I knew How it Would Feel to be Free" from Silk & Soul (RCA Victor) 38:30
  • James Brandon Lewis "Someday We'll All Be Free" from Dye of I (Anti-Records) 48:12
  • Miles Davis "Freedom Together" from Freedom Together (Prestige) 41:12
  • Jaki Byard "Freedom Together" from Freedom Together ( Presteige) 55:23
  • Thad Jones, Mel Lewis "A' That's Freedom" from Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State) 1:07:56
  • Yoko Miwa Tro "Freedom" from Songs of Joy (Ubuntu Music) 1:14:44
  • Brother Jack McDuff "Prelude" from Prelude (Presteige) 1:22:02
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Theme For The Eulipions" from Return of The 5000 Lb Man (Warner Bros.) 1:30:42
  • Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band "Art of War" from Captain Black (Posi Tone) 1:41:04
  • Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band "Presence" from Presence (Smoke Sessions) 1:47:01

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