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  1. 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
  2. Sonido Bestial...check it out:
  3. A dude gives his view of the 10 best salsa orchestras – he speaks in Spanish, but the salsa is understandable in any language:
  4. 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.
  5. If you have not seen this video already:
  6. There is always space for some boogaloo:
  7. The Latin Brothers:
  8. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/internet-archive-and-major-labels-settle-621-million-copyright-lawsuit/ar-AA1MBjeF
  9. Salsa Sudada:
  10. The Hendrix re-releases have been going on for decades. I have seen a song released first as a 4-minute version, then years later the release of “the complete” 6-minute version of the recording, then came the release of the remastered version, etc. Now I rarely buy Hendrix releases – but I did get the Band of Gypsys box set.
  11. The deal includes 90 percent of Davis’s music publishing rights... https://variety.com/2025/music/news/miles-davis-catalog-acquired-reservoir-media-1236512587/
  12. Bruce Springsteen - Sólo le Pido a Dios
  13. I hope this video is considered educational and not a violation of forum policy: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-consumers-can-expect-as-de-minimis-exemption-ends?fbclid=IwY2xjawMjEFVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqa5lKDt-U18I19J5t7l8hbvsUm86p4wxbVYFdximnuKStvY39Mk5vP3xWe5_aem_vgw5_D0FLBiMKD2qNJYyVw
  14. From the BBC and Geraldo Rivera: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct7447
  15. A summary: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/postal-services-suspend-us-usa-deliveries-how-will-it-affect-you
  16. Are people already familiar with this video (and the other videos) on the Portal to Texas History website? https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1553179/?q=elvin jones
  17. The city of Birmingham [United Kingdom] has opened up an online book of condolence for fans from across the world to leave their thoughts, memories and messages after the sad passing of Ozzy Osbourne. https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/blog/Ozzy
  18. If you want to read Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit, I suggest that you also read (or first read) Robert C. Solomon's In the Spirit of Hegel. https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Hegel-Robert-C-Solomon/dp/0195036506
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    R.I.P. Tom Lehrer

    One of my chemistry professors at college had us all hear this recording in class:
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