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72 years ago today, Thelonious Monk recorded “Blue Monk” · XDL

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72 years ago today, Thelonious Monk recorded “Blue Monk”

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100 years ago today, John Coltrane was born. For 20 days, I’ve shared one essential Coltrane recording each day. For the final one, something more personal: a family film edit set to my all-time favorite Coltrane piece: “Equinox”

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68 years ago today, Miles Davis released “Milestones”

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Once in a while, you have to listen to “Take Five” by Brubeck just to appreciate how damn good it is.

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Happy birthday to Ray Charles, born on this day in 1930!

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“Get Up Offa That Thing” by James Brown was released as a single 50 years ago today.

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“Abracadabra” by Steve Miller Band was released 44 years ago today.

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Happy birthday to Charlie Parker, born on this day in 1920!

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