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August 1, 2025

Happy Birthday, Slide Hampton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5xN0xJVXs Trombone players don't get enough respect. It seems as if it is a terribly…

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Jazz Music Music

August 1, 2025

Brenda Lee: The Underestimated Little Miss Dynamite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3uYkzYrno Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta in 1944. Lee was a…

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Jazz Music Music

August 1, 2025

Jimmy Smith and His Hammond B-3 Organ Bridged Blues and Jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSLoxwkCYE Jazz/blues organist Jimmy Smith was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1925 or 1928 --…

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Music Pop Music

August 1, 2025

Joan Armatrading Semi-Retires With an 18-Month Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl3i1GMuyeU Joan Armatrading has had a long and varied career. She was born in St.…

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Jazz Music Music

August 1, 2025

Clark Terry: 1920-2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJywI536S4 A life well played and, by all accounts, well lived. There is a tremendous…

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Blues Music Music Podcasts

August 1, 2025

Podcast: Doug MacLeod and the Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5z3fcco3ys A Conversation with Doug MacLeod: Doug MacLeod is a bluesman, which I believe he…

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Blues Music Music

August 1, 2025

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown: Brilliant In Many Ways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wq_2A7sDAk Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was an extraordinarily gifted musician. Many folks are aware that he…

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Music

August 1, 2025

Happy Not Birthday, Booker T. Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80k4qakPrqA The Daily Music Break takes every opportunity to send out birthday greetings to musicians…

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Music New Music

August 1, 2025

New Music: Dan Weber

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eORG34xxBq0 The Daily Music Break was supposed to feature a podcast with country singer/songwriter Dan…

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Music

August 1, 2025

The Many Worlds of Valerie June

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSKJOwbKQ30 It's hard to not like Valerie June and her music. Here is what Andy…

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Happy Birthday, Slide Hampton

Brenda Lee: The Underestimated Little Miss Dynamite

Jimmy Smith and His Hammond B-3 Organ Bridged Blues and Jazz

Joan Armatrading Semi-Retires With an 18-Month Tour

Clark Terry: 1920-2015

Podcast: Doug MacLeod and the Blues

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown: Brilliant In Many Ways

Happy Not Birthday, Booker T. Jones

New Music: Dan Weber

The Many Worlds of Valerie June

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