344: “The Plum Blossom” by Yusef Lateef

January 31, 2016 Leave a comment

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
-Plato

Song: The Plum Blossom
Artist: Yusef Lateef
Album: Eastern Sounds
Label: Prestige

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343: “Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter” by Nina Simone

January 17, 2016 Leave a comment

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate.
-George William Russell

Song: Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter
Artist: Nina Simone
Album: It Is Finished
Label: Sony

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342: “Street Preacher” by Diggs Duke

January 10, 2016 Leave a comment

True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.
-Albert Einstein

“Street Preacher” by Diggs Duke on BandCamp

Song: Street Preacher
Artist: Diggs Duke
Album: Civil Circus
Label: Brownswood

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