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Freedom! Juneteenth National Independence Day

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Caminhos do Jazz celebrates the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth National Independence Day, Emancipation Day here in Texas, with songs of freedom: Simone, Reeves, Harris, Giddens, Staples, Ranky Tanky, Ladysmith, Soares, BaianaSystem, Owens, Horn...

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  • Nina Simone "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" by Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas from Silk & Soul (RCA Victor, 1967) 00:36
  • Dianne Reeves "Freedom Dance" by Dianne Reeves, Eddie del Barrio, Jeanne Pisano from Art & Survival (EMI, 1993) 04:57
  • Eddie Harris "Freedom Jazz Dance" by Eddie Harris from The In Sound (Atlantic, 1966) 11:53
  • Rhiannon Giddens "Following the North Star" by Rhiannon Giddens from Freedom Highway (Nonesuch, 2017) 23:04
  • The Staple Singers "Freedom Highway" by Roebuck "Pops" Staples from Freedom Highway (Epic, 1965) 25:00
  • Ranky Tanky "Freedom" by Ranky Tanky from Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Munck Mix, 2022) 27:58
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo "Long Walk to Freedom" by Joseph Shabalala from Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up/Telarc, 2006) 32:15
  • Elza Soares & BaianaSystem "Libertação," featuring Virginia Rodrigues by Russo Passapusso from Planeta Fome (Deck, 2019) 45:35
  • Endea Owens "For the People" by Endea Owens from Feel Good Music (BassBae, 2023) 49:56
  • Jazzmeia Horn "Free Your Mind" by Jazzmeia Horn from Love and Liberation (Concord, 2019) 56:46

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