OT: Black Music Month - The Legends of Black Music

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Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited - such a great tune and big hit for them:

 

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Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23:

 

[Hoops66]

Can't forget the Frogman...

 

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Ronnie Laws - Always There:

 

[Hoops66]

This was banned in some places....too suggestive...times have changed!

 

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Ramsey Lewis w/Earth, Wind, & Fire: Sun Goddess

If you want to get started in jazz, this tune is a good place to start:

 

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The Five Satins recorded In the Still of the Night in the basement of St. Bernadette Church in New Haven in 1956.

 

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Jackie Wilson

 

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Earth, Wind, and Fire - Way of the World:

 

[Hoops66]

Still one of my favs....

 

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Muddy Waters, with some special guests - "Baby Please Don't Go":

 

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Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary:

 

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Lonnie Liston Smith - Summer Afternoon:

 

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Flora Purim - Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly:

 

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Besides being the frontman for Chic, Nile Rodgers wrote and produced MANY hits for MANY other artists including Diana Ross, Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Lady Gaga.

HUGE Chic fan.

 

[Monte]

 

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Ramsey Lewis w/Earth, Wind, & Fire: Sun Goddess

If you want to get started in jazz, this tune is a good place to start:

One of my all-time favorites.

 

[Hoops66]

Lots of folks have recorded this, but I think Quincy's is the best.

 

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Charles Brown's soft, soulful rendition of "One More for My Baby":

 

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Alphonse Mouzon - Golden Rainbows:

 

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Harry Wayne Casey

 

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Did y’all forget brother Al.