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Jazz & Boxing
Miles Davis was a boxing fan because he could relate to it in two ways: boxing (like jazz) is a remarkably honest sport, and boxing (like jazz) is a remarkably rough business. The work of great boxers, like the work of great jazz musicians, speaks for itself. Boxers and jazz players share a mutual mandate: transcending human limitation. Fight fans live for such resilience. Jazz fans are the same. ...
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“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. 
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londonsoulstew asked: We love this blog! Thanks for all your quality posts! Respect from your UK soulful counterparts! All the best.
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Happy New Year everyone!!! I want to thank all the followers and listeners for joining me on my musical journey. There are so many great things I have planned for jazzinbooks. Beyond introducing/rediscovering jazz music; I will be reaching out to you (the listener) for your favorite  jazz inspired tunes , with the Jazz in Books “Rundown LIVE!!” (DETAILS coming soon) So, let’s...
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Anonymous asked: Greetings, I wanted to thank you once again for posting my "Soul On Ice!:Expansions" podcast episode on your page last month. If you haven't already, check out part 2 of the episode on WTDK/RevolutionRadio. Peace & blessings....*theDynamiteDaveSoul*
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Album Notes: Chico Hamilton's Revelation
In March of 2011, with his 90th birthday six months off, legendary jazz drummer/bandleader & NEA Jazz Master Foreststorn ‘Chico’ Hamilton trekked out of his New York City penthouse apartment to helm a marathon recording session resulting in 28 new tracks with his Euphoria group @ Manhattan Sound Recording Studios on midtown’s west side.  No one woodsheds like a jazz drummer, and coming off a...
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Ace Hotel: The truth is, it doesn’t really matter... →
acehotel: The truth is, it doesn’t really matter where it came from. The phrase is the kind of non-sequitur that I thought might stir people in a positive way. It’s just odd enough, just off-topic enough that I hoped people would react to it and create their own relation to it. Sometimes you know…
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This Week: at Smalls Jazz Club
183 West 10th Street  Monday December 05 10:00 PM to 12:30 AM - The Ari Hoenig Trio Ari Hoenig - Drums , Jean-Michel Pilc - Piano , Johannes Weidenmuller - Bass  7:30 PM to 9:45 PM - The Randy Ingram Trio Randy Ingram - Piano , Philip Donkin - Bass , Obed Calvaire - Drums  1:00 AM to close - After-hours Jam Session Hosted by Spencer Murphy Spencer Murphy - Bass  Tuesday December 06 5:00 PM to...
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