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Musical Tribute To Martin Luther King Jr. Including Nina Simone, Mingus Big Band, and Others
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- Nina Simone "Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)" from 'Nuff Said! (RCA Victor) 00:00
- Herbie Hancock "I Have A Dream" from The Prisoner (Blue Note) 13:58
- Martin Luther King Jr "Must Establish Priorities" from In Search Of Freedom (Mercury) 24:52
- Christian Sands "Fight For Freedom" from Facing Dragons (Mack Avenue) 25:23
- The Georgia Horns "Freedom One Day" from Live At Dizzy's Club (Self-Released) 33:52
- Christian McBride "A View From The Mountaintop" from The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons (Mack Avenue) 43:49
- Martin Luther King Jr "Police Brutality Will Backfire" from In Search Of Freedom (Mercury) 48:02
- Mingus Big Band "It Was A Lonely Day In Selma, Alabama" from Blues & Politics (Dreyfus Jazz) 48:55
- Jack DeJohnette "Alabama" from In Movement (ECM) 1:00:01
- Bobby Watson "Check Cashing Day (For Ms. Trudy)" from Check Cashing Day (Lafiya Music) 1:06:40
- Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln "Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace" from We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid) 1:11:06
- Martin Luther King Jr "Dr. King's Entrance Into Civil Rights Movement (Rosa Parks Excerpt)" from In Search Of Freedom (Mercury) 1:18:59
- Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiel "Triptych: Resolve/Resist/Reimagine" from We Insist 2025! (Candid) 1:20:00
- Carsten Meinart Qvartet "Requiem For Martin Luther King" from To You (Frederiksberg) 1:34:37
- Nnenna Freelon "Lift Every Voice And Sing" from Homefree (Concord Jazz) 1:38:43
- Eric Reed "We Shall Overcome" from For Such A Time As This (Smoke Sessions) 1:43:15
- Virginia Schenck "Abraham, Martin, And John" from Battle Cry (Airborne Ecstasy) 1:46:59
- Rudi Lockefeir "A Time For Peace" from A Time For Peace (Single) (Not On Label) 1:57:14
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