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all day every fuckin day

Reblog daily for health and prosperity

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Hey y’all,

Tonight, I honor America’s greatest jazz pianist with a playlist of jazz standards by the inimitable Thelonious Monk.

When you hear him play a standard, you’ll never hear it the same way again.

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Queen

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To all my tumblrers out there, this one’s for you.

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Poetry

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If there were just one photo to give you an idea of Roy Haynes’ influence on the entire *culture* of jazz music, look no further.

RIP to a real one.

Thelonious Monk jamming with (left to right) Charles Mingus, Roy Haynes, and Charlie Parker at the Open Door in Greenwich Village NYC, September 1953

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Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, and Pepper Adams December 1958

Photographed by Francis Wolff at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, during sessions for Byrd’s OFF TO THE RACES.

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Vibraphone Bangers, coming atcha!

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Kick up your feet and lend your ears to some deep cuts and ol’ dusties featuring Sonny Clark, Wizard of all that Swings.

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Joe Henderson and Kenny Dorham at Dorham’s Trompeta Toccata session, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 14, 1964 (photo by Francis Wolff)

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Quite a postcard from dad in 1995

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John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy at the Village Gate, NYC,

1961

photo: Herb Snitzer

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hi tumblrzzz,

for your aural pleasure: smoky, late-night jazz hypnotica.

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Paul Chambers (with bass), Sonny Clark, Francis Wolff (background), Art Farmer (trumpet), and Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) during rehearsal for Clark's Cool Struttin' LP released 1958 (photos by Francis Wolff)

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Hey tumblrz,

Most music posted here over the years is also curated on the spotify playlist above👆 for your listening and following pleasure.

Always looking for you, jazz listeners…

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Art Pepper with the Sonny Clark Trio - Tenderly (1954)

Snap crackle pop, it's the magnificent Sonny Clark, ladies and gentlemen. Apologies for the skip at the end.