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RIP

The BBC talks to James Marriott about the post-literate age or the death of reading... https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct71cy

La Candela

RIP, I still remember arriving to Austin decades ago and seeing Jimmy Cliff painted on a wall across the street from UT-Austin. The painting is still there. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qdren425o

An old friend: Ray Barretto

Mi Cumbia

His lips started to bleed... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/14/experience-i-played-the-trumpet-for-25-hours-straight

Apparently Air India won’t accept bookings from passengers with the last name “Sample.” https://onemileatatime.com/news/air-india-blocks-passenger-booking-ticket-real-last-name/

Bamboleate:

Probably arranged by either Charlie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Louis Ramirez, and/or Bobby Valentin. The info I have is from the back cover of the LP. You can see it here: https://elusivedisc.com/celia-cruz-son-con-guaguanco-180g-lp/?srsltid=AfmBOoqXNVkgykFNvSF3SdvuzzlzKFoQn0e8Yfe6NNZ_rp8c_AJeHHVV

Celia:

Dimension Latina:

Listening to music releases endorphins, which are natural pain relievers and mood regulators. It triggers dopamine, the so-called “feel-good” hormone connected to pleasure, memory and cognition. It lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/orchestra-prescription-9.6960793

Pedregal:

RIP

Mentira!

This fascinating album follows jazz drummer Baby Dodds as he demonstrates the sonic elements of his famous solos and discusses these component parts with the attentive audience. From a discussion of drumming in the 1920s to a tom-tom "workout," Dodds' album is as entertaining as it is educational. https://folkways.si.edu/baby-dodds/footnotes-to-jazz-vol-1-talking-and-drum-solos/ragtime-oral-history-biography/album/smithsonian?mc_cid=8916691311&mc_eid=2c917bba9f

Sonido Bestial...check it out:

Eddie Palmieri:

Well, then:

RIP

A dude gives his view of the 10 best salsa orchestras – he speaks in Spanish, but the salsa is understandable in any language:

Getting coworkers to enjoy jazz may require a bit more strategy. I once had a coworker who often listened to recordings of classical music performed on a piano. So I brought in a Bill Evans CD, and she liked the jazz that Bill Evans performed.

If you have not seen this video already:

There is always space for some boogaloo: