Branford Marsalis
3) Border-free
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The great Cuban jazz pianist Valdes and his group perform music with a wide variety of musical inspiration. Featuring Branford Marsalis.
7) Wide open
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This is Michael's first completely original release in nearly 17 years with 12 new songs produced by Michael and drummer Shannon Forrest (Toto). The album includes many guest artists and musicians including Forrest, guitarist-singer Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule), guitarist Robben Ford, bassist Marcus Miller, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, Amy Holland, David Paich and many more.
10) Djin djin
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Kidjo's latest release is one that fuses European, Middle Eastern, and African pop sounds. She's a very ambitious and fearless artist, which is seen in songs like Senamou; Papa; and her cover of the Rolling Stones tune Gimme Shelter.
" ... She handily reinforces her stature as an upbeat heroine of contemporary Afro-pop."--New York Times.
"Rich rhythms form the sturdy foundation over which Kidjo sings in a handful of languages ... spirited and moving...
13) Mercury falling
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Sting creates simplistic, soul-influenced arrangements that carry all of the hallmarks of someone who has studied music.
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Jazz is born in New Orleans at the turn of the century emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music, funeral parade music and above all, the blues. Musicians profiled here who advanced early jazz are Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Keppard, and musicians of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
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"The film tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used without her consent to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search, along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne), to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical...
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In the 1960s, jazz fragments into the avant-garde and many divided schools of thought. Many jazz musicians like Dexter Gordon are forced to leave America in search of work while other use the music as a form of social protest: Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Archie Shepp make overtly political musical statements. John Coltrane appeals to a broad audience before his untimely death. Saxophonist Stan Getz helps boost a craze for bossa nova music, but...
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Spike Lee is one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors of all time. Now five of his most provocative, thought-provoking films are available in one collection. From the breakout hit dramedy "Do the right thing" to the gritty, urban "Clockers," Lee peels away life's layers, exposing the ironies, brutalities, rhythms and prejudices of the naked city in this powerful collector's set.
Clockers (1995): a film about the violent world of drug...