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Born out of early 20th century America, swing dancing - and the jazz music that inspires it - is an art form that is still loved and practiced worldwide. Join host Ruby Bell and special guests for a deep dive into swing dancing, swing music, and all of the various stuff that intersects with swing dance culture both historically and today.
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Jazz Beat with Tom Reney

NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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A Jazz and Blues podcast from New England Public Radio's (WFCR) Tom Reney. Tom has been the host of the daily Jazz a la Mode radio program for over 30 years. He lectures widely on jazz, and his writing on music has appeared in the Boston Globe, Downbeat, Jazz Times and the jazz blog at NEPR.net. He can be reached at TR@nepr.net.
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Just Coolin is where Bee-Bop meets Hip-Hop and all flavors of Jazz. We show and tell the history of past and current music giants. Follow us on YouTube and our website www.justcoolin.com to catch up on past episodes! The jcoolin’s Podcast is Jazz , Real & Black ,Hip Hop music untold stories.
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The Jazz Treasury Podcast is devoted to exhibiting the best of jazz history in the format of an auditory tour of America’s richest indigenous music. Bi-weekly a different aspect of jazz will be presented. It may be a portrait of a musician such as Duke Ellington or John Coltrane. It could be a specific instrument like the bass or trumpet. We may visit a jazz city like Chicago or New Orleans. Other exhibits will focus on genera such as bebop or swing. Your curator and tour guide, Rich Sylvest ...
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JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST.
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And Now The Music

Liz Huff & Bruce Gigax, Notes To Music Productions

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A show about music, bringing you great musicians and fantastic sound! Your Host and producer: Liz Huff, singer, performer, educator, improvisor, and your guide to the musicians and music we bring you each episode. Your Sound Guy: Bruce Gigax, long time audio engineer for The Cleveland Orchestra, now doing even more fun things in classical, jazz, choral, and Health Journeys Guided Imagery. The Musicians: different every time, often people who are skilled in several areas including: classical, ...
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WAX ON is both a listening party, placing the needle in the groove of a collection of favourite jazz albums, as well as an intimate space for story-telling and reflections. Moderated by Irish Times music critic Cormac Larkin, with a panel of jazz aficionados, Wax On brings the audience on an intimate journey through the life and recordings of some of the most influential and important artists of the jazz genre. Presented by Improvised Music Company. https://www.facebook.com/imcmusic/ https:/ ...
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Day Dream is an audio drama inspired by the life of jazz artist and composer Billy Strayhorn. It contrasts Billy’s journey, looking back on his life during a radio interview, with the journey of Andre, an aspiring jazz vocalist struggling to find his voice in today’s world. Released in 8 episodes, Day Dream is set in two time periods: Billy in 1965, and Andre in Modern Day. 1965 takes a look at the musical genius, whom world-renowned artist Duke Ellington called his “writing and arranging co ...
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JOTW currently features musicians worldwide (Ireland, UK, Japan, Austria, France, etc), with all different skill levels and at all different ages, ranging from 12 to 92 years old. Top horn players and other musicians who play in the bands of well-known artists such as Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Lettuce, Snarky Puppy, Prince, Jill Scott, Preservation Brass Band, Bootsy Collins and more have joined in. This group continues to grow by hundreds each week. www.jamoftheweek.com Support this podcast: htt ...
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Friday Night Sunset Solo Session Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/friday-night-sunset-solo-session-jon-hammond Youtube https://youtu.be/JsXkL7JN_O8?si=Wz_NsT-H5_SibYfl FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/2196807240684187/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C-OAhUJuceV/ Friday Night Sunset Solo Sess…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: White Onions Jon Hammond Band Ellington Room Session Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/white-onions-jon-hammond-band-ellington-room-session Youtube https://youtu.be/yS5Um4ttZZE?si=FVETJZDiRY1Y0O_q FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/2404269956429311/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C-INgwOOjg9/ White Onions …
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#WATCH MOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 07 27 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-07-27-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/XXpkFBd2pSc?si=RlB6s93LE2gi8Tt6 Jon Hammond Show 07 27 2024 by Jon Hammond Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Jon Hammond Show, Music, Jazz, Blues, Funk, Travel, Photography, Pu…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: M 42 Crosstown Jon Hammond Band Ellington Room Sessions Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/m-42-crosstown-jon-hammond-band-ellington-room-sessions Youtube https://youtu.be/oqlqIlx-2PY FB https://fb.watch/tk7wAHGav9/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C9aX1NiuhoQ/ M 42 Crosstown Jon Hammond Band Ellington Room Sessions by…
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Transcript Thoughts About, and Selections from "Melodic Faces" We're doing something a little differently for this episode of the Jazz Legacy Radio Podcast. If you're familiar with the program you know we do interviews and primarily orate about jazz. But I want to share some music with you. Each song here, has a particular story and is kind of conn…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 06 29 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-06-29-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/BuziBgM0Rpg?si=ZjP_vLtl6j--UYUF Jon Hammond Show 06 29 2024 by Jon Hammond Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Jon Hammond Show, 06 29 2025, Music, Travel, News, Photography, Hamm…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: A 100 After Oiling All The Way Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/a-100-after-oiling-all-the-way-jon-hammond Youtube https://youtu.be/drhWvUFc6IM?si=lfvL1N4qZGjEzI0r FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/1185442782806561/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C8id6dzsZsz/ A 100 After Oiling All The Way Jo…
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This episode is a love letter to the blues, with nods towards possible forebears, like the African trickster spirit, Elegba, who morphed into various protagonists of countless folktales of the African diaspora, using cunning to survive. It's easy to see how the blues, played to beat the blues, could be thought of as Elegba's greatest magic trick to…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: 2024 Jon Hammond Funk Unit NAMM Show Opener Select Photos Master Photographer Lawrence Gay Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/2024-jon-hammond-funk-unit-namm-show-opener-select-photos-master-photographer-lawrence-gay Youtube https://youtu.be/ivhqGc1Gb8o?si=hyJVuv4q3NPZlYzM FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/481336…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 06 15 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-06-15-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/JmYk_msUmug?si=05ghdGD5HhHYVTcd Jon Hammond: Another special announcement - photo by Teddy Fung - Jon Hammond on Superlux TUBE CM-H8G #tubemicrophone #SpecialAnnouncement Happy 85th Birthday Bernard "Pretty" P…
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Tap dancer Johnathan Morin talks about how his art form has taught him life lessons, and how deeper exploration of his history, and his Cree heritage informs what he does, and helps him develop more as a person. What did you think of the program? Despite what some have said, this music is far from dead.…
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Tap dancer Travis Knights is well respected in the tap dance community. In this interview, he shares what he has learned about himself, his artform and lessons from one of his most valued and important mentors, the late legend, Ethel Bruneau. What did you think of the program? Despite what some have said, this music is far from dead.…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 05 25 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-05-25-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/RLOZwbm6nxU?si=BQfXga4Gz684FbiC FB https://fb.watch/shLkUDYE3L/ Jon Hammond Show 05 25 2024 by Jon Hammond Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Savoy Lounge, Jon Hammond Show, Manh…
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For this short edition of the podcast - "Short Notes" - I'm recalling the experience of playing behind Sonny Fortune, a guest artist at the University of New Orleans. Two jazz ensembles got to perform with him, and when it was our turn, I found myself going in directions I didn't know I could, simply because of the guest artist and how he made it s…
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Langston Hughes' classic, The Weary Blues, opens this preview of the Jazz Legacy Podcast's examination of the blues. What does it mean? What is it's function? How has it been used? Is its relevance eternal? What did you think of the program? Despite what some have said, this music is far from dead.By Mboya Nicholson
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Fillmore Jon Hammond Band Live Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/fillmore-jon-hammond-band-live Youtube https://youtu.be/PD9LrVENv58?si=wZpdUtAU91CQN3Yb FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/1688557915280754/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C6k_5ZsuNi3/ Topics The Fillmore, Jon Hammond Band, Hammond Organ, Poc…
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I'm postponing the next episode of the podcast, but wanted to acknowledge the 94th birthday of jazz pianist Willie Metclaf, who I was fortunate enough to know when I lived in New Orleans 20 plus years ago. If you are trying to remember his face, just think of the movie "Ray". He played the old man who taught Ray the piano as a child. (Yeah, now you…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Hammond Report With Marc Baum On The Gig Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/hammond-report-with-marc-baum-on-the-gig_202405 Youtube https://youtu.be/ChxgoJbqT-k?si=2aFvwK8sspTDLS7Y FB https://fb.watch/rPp86IifS7/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C6c2hf8uHE-/ Hammond Report With Marc Baum On The Gig by Gig, Duo, Tenor S…
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https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/happy-birthday-podcast.mp3 Happy Birthday, Duke! Duke Ellington was born on this date 125 years ago. Today also marks the 7th anniversary for podcast/blog Ellington Reflections. I’m currently editing my Cootie Williams biography and securing the necessary image permissions, so it may be a …
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Ellington Orchestra alumnus Brad Shigeta, and Ellington Orchestra member James Zollar are two friends who have known each other 30 plus years. They are here talking with me about their experiences in New York, elder musicians who took them under the proverbial wing, and of course, their time with Ellington's orchestra when it was under the directio…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Killing Some Time Before My Flight At Piano Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/killing-some-time-before-my-flight-at-piano Youtube https://youtu.be/dijmbCdZx8w?si=IJjk5aGofgLi6rTY FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/442380635033320/ Killing Some Time Before My Flight At Piano by Jon Hammond Topics Solo Piano, Kawai…
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“At Columbia University’s New College, where I was studying engineering, my instructors constantly inquired whether I had written any songs. I was persuaded to sit down and play several of my compositions for them. Next they demanded why I wasn’t studying music formally. Their insistence convinced me that I ought to take a try.” Mercer Ellington, N…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 02 24 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-02-24-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/Ub6Tvn5QZog?si=niVx4CoyFwiLmM8l FB https://fb.watch/ql7eiRJG7m/ Jon Hammond Show 02 24 2024 by Jon Hammond Topics Public Access TV, Music, Travel, News, Original compositions, photography, NAMM Show, Manhattan…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: 2024 NAMM Show Opener LATE RENT Jon Hammond Funk Unit Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/2024-namm-show-opener-late-rent-jon-hammond-funk-unit Youtube https://youtu.be/UeZl5EOArg4?si=kWuMyNktYvGxbt__ FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/924172269173583/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C3auD9MuHdy/ 2024 NAMM Sh…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 02 17 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-02-17-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/7MZItokQ5rg?si=kXObjNTV0GDfpxwt Jon Hammond Show 02 17 2024 by Jon Hammond Topics Jon Hammond Show, NAMM, Funk, Hammond Organ, Public Access TV, Manhattan Neighborhood Network MNN, Jazz, Blues, News Language E…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: 2024 NAMM Opener Czechoslovakian Salsa Song Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/2024-namm-opener-czechoslovakian-salsa-song Youtube https://youtu.be/oVrLZn6tBNo?si=MgU47Zg404GW-B8A FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/1536030590518673/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C3H3FUcu1cE/ 2024 NAMM Opener Czechoslovakia…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: 2024 NAMM Show No X Cess Baggage Blues JON HAMMOND FUNK UNIT Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/2024-namm-show-no-x-cess-baggage-blues-jon-hammond-funk-unit Youtube https://youtu.be/Oij1xV0EztY?si=_zFLNocf3NQPfW1n FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/368530102477259/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C2-e-USuuFC…
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#Watchmovie here: Soundchecking Organ With Timmy Garofalo Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/soundchecking-organ-with-timmy-garofalo Youtube https://youtu.be/CZ9HyFsOU0k?si=pjpmuNWrgkO_qIKF FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/1376658959646826/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C28x6kluCAl/ Soundchecking Organ With Timmy Garofalo…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: 2024 NAMM Opener LYDIA' S TUNE Jon Hammond Funk Unit Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/2024-namm-opener-lydia-s-tune-jon-hammond-funk-unit Youtube https://youtu.be/VthQnYN5ImQ?si=N0cyZg0vR9N9Q-NB FB https://fb.watch/pYL8BKMGPN/ 2024 NAMM Opener LYDIA' S TUNE Jon Hammond Funk Unit by Jon Hammond Topics Concert, NAMM Show, J…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 02 03 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-02-03-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/BLMD-TGg9Uk?si=JSFU78epBQg69vXA Jon Hammond Show 02 03 2024 by Jon Hammond Topics Jon Hammond Show, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Public Access TV, Music, Travel, Jazz, Blues, Hammond Organ, Photography Lang…
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“Jimmy Jones is a close member of our musical family. Outside of our original version, he and Toby Hardwick were the first to do “Come Sunday.” I have had many different associations with him, the most notable being when we did My People in Chicago in 1963. I could not be there during the entire run, and he took over many of my responsibilities, pl…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Night Drive LA Jon Hammond Blues Cruise Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/night-drive-la-jon-hammond-blues-cruise Youtube https://youtu.be/b9Mb_XnChqE?si=ZSgFgvYTgg3f3B39 FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/383701854163814/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C1m7ry2Os1n/ Night Drive LA Jon Hammond Blues Cruise …
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“Harold “Shorty” Baker came into the band in 1942 to give us our first trumpet section of four. He joined Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, and Wallace Jones, and with his phenomenal phrasing and tone control he was an immense asset. He ad-libbed hot or blues as though he were recalling some beautiful dreams of St. Louis, his home and birthplace. His way of …
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Christmas Celebration With Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/christmas-celebration-with-jon-hammond Youtube https://youtu.be/BsAt-pOuiCQ?si=TF_-T0knMMEy5KgU FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/1310205132997120/ #Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C1OW9Tuu_nE/ Topics Christmas, Celebration, Music, Ho…
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“Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Wellman Braud were like Jelly [Roll Morton]; they’d talk as long as anyone would listen and hung around outside the Band Box. After Braud got written up in Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” column, he was too big for anybody. Ripley said he could pick faster than any bass player. He quit Duke’s band and started one of his …
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Thanksgiving Travelers Piano Jon Hammond Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/thanksgiving-travelers-piano-jon-hammond Youtube https://youtu.be/YSkQq7Uoaxg?si=ereyn8La4SygTlxb FB https://www.facebook.com/558692101/videos/313598831445456/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz5--ctOjFy/ Thanksgiving Travelers Piano Jon Hammo…
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The recordings heard on this podcast episode: (CD: “Duke Ellington, The Centennial Edition” RCA Victor ‎– 09026-63386-2) I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Recorded 30 October 1928 and 10 November 1928, NYC) Arthur Whetsel, Freddie Jenkins – trumpet; Joe Nanton – trombone; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano;…
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https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/portrait-of-arthur-whetsel.mp3 “As a trumpet player, [Arthur Whetsel] had a tonal personality that has never really been duplicated. Sweet, but not syrupy, nor schmaltzy, nor surrealistic, it had a superiority of extrasensory dimensions. Both as a soloist and from the point of view of team…
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https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/portrait-of-norris-turney.mp3 Norris Turney (Photo by Jan Persson) The recordings heard on this podcast episode: Checkered Hat (CD: “Togo Brava Suite” Storyville Records STCD 8323) Recorded 3 February 1971, New York City Cootie Williams, Eddie Preston, Harold “Money” Johnson, Mercer Elling…
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In 1967, the west African nation of Togo released a postage stamp of Duke Ellington. Ellington reciprocated by writing the four movement Togo Brava Suite in 1971, the subject of this month’s episode of Ellington Reflections. 1967 Togo postage stamp celebrating Duke Ellington A performance of the Togo Brava Suite performed by the European Broadcasti…
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“Then in 1960 we came up with Suite Thursday for the Monterey Festival that year…we tried to parallel John Steinbeck’s story, “Sweet Thursday,” which was set in Monterey’s Cannery Row.” Duke Ellington, Music is my Mistress https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/suite-thursday.mp3 The recordings heard on this podcast episode: Mi…
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https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/parisian-celebration-23_004.mp3 “Over on the Left Bank in Paris, Billy Strayhorn and Aaron Bridgers and their In crowd used to take us to a place called Le Paysan on the Rue de Tournon, where we would have wonderful French soul food. Wine and appetizers would be served, and seated comforta…
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