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  • Dat Dere by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Bobby Timmons on Piano)

    “Dat Dere” by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Bobby Timmons on Piano) (The Big Beat, Blue Note, 1960). Music by Bobby Timmons & lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. I heard it while watching the documentary Chops about high school jazz bands competing in a Duke Ellington competition at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New …

  • Harlem Flat Blues by The Jungle Band (Duke Ellington)

    Check out this great album of early Ellington recordings here: Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick And Vocalion Recordings 1926-1931.

  • The Star-Crossed Lovers by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn

    “The Star-Crossed Lovers” by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Such Sweet Thunder, Columbia/Legacy, 1957).

  • The Water Is Wide (Live) by Dusty Springfield

    “The Water Is Wide” by Dusty Springfield

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