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4 months

@AdrianYounge has collected some of his all-time favorite #soundtracks & scores and curated a special #DJmix on @AppleMusic , the very first from @jazzisdead . Check it out and you may hear some cues by from Adrian & @alishaheed for the new @appletv series #Sugar .

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South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim #jazzisdead

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At the age of 92, the one and only Ahmad Jamal has passed away. There will never be another. 💔 #jazzisdead

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Miles Davis Quintet live in Milan, Italy 1964 🎺 Miles Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) #jazzisdead

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The 🐐 #TheloniousMonk live in 1966. Respect to the greats who changed the game forever

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Fela Kuti & Africa 70 “Lady” live in ‘72 #jazzisdead

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"There's no bad note, the note next to the one you think is bad, corrects the one in front.” — #MilesDavis (1988)

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Happy bornday #CharlieParker aka “Bird” 🎷

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Toshiko Akiyoshi playing her own composition entitled The Third Movement for a NBC show called The Subject is Jazz, 1958 📽️: @thepianism #jazzisdead

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Miles Davis playing basketball with John Lennon during a Garden Party on June 12, 1971 at Allen Klein's house, Riverdale, New York #Repost 🔁 @jazzphotoarchive

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Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters performing “Chameleon” live in Germany, 1974. #jazzisdead

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Pharaoh Sanders plays in an abandoned tunnel in #SanFrancisco , 1982 #pharoahsanders #jazzisdead

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Thelonious Monk in the studio for “Ugly Beauty”

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The great #TonyWilliams plays with #StanGetz , #StanleyClarke & #ChickCorea live at Montreux Jazz, 1972 #jazzisdead

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Donny Hathaway live in 1970 “The Ghetto” 📽️: Reelin’ In the Years Archives

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Happy 100th birthday to Marshall Allen of the Sun Ra Arkestra 🎂 Allen joined the Arkestra in the '50s and continues to play with them to this day. ✨ 📽️: The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Thelonious Monk "Rhythm-A-Ning" live in Brussels, 1963 #jazzisdead

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Alice Coltrane plays with Pharaoh Sanders 📽️: an excerpt from the 16mm short documentary "A Love Supreme" made for a segment of National Education Television's Black Journal (1970) #alicecoltrane #pharoahsanders #jazzisdead

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"See a lot of folks believe that if they can't change the whole world by themselves, no sense in them doing anything. Absolutely wrong." - Gil Scott Heron #jazzisdead

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Milton Nascimento "Para Lennon e McCartney" live in Switzerland, 1981 #jazzestamorto

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Miles & Coltrane live in '59 #jazzisdead

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Celebrating the life of a true master, happy birthday to the 🐐, Miles Davis #jazzisdead

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"Outerspace Ways Inc." Sun Ra & his arkestra inside his Philadelphia home on Morton St. 📽️: An excerpt from a 1969 French television special

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An excerpt from Sun Ra'a '73 film "Space Is The Place" featuring Marshall Allen, the current musical director for the Sun Ra Arkestra who is 100 years old today. 🪐 #jazzisdead

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Baden Powell plays "Manhã de Carnaval (Theme from Black Orpheus)" live in '74 #badenpowell #jazzest ámorto

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Celebrating the life and legacy of Jaco Pastorius on what would have been the legendary bassist's 72nd birthday 🕊️ Here he performs with #WeatherReport live at Montreux Jazz in '76 #jacopastorius #jazzisdead

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#GeorgeDuke plays live with The #CannonballAdderley Quintet at the 7th Newport Jazz Festival held in The Netherlands, 1971 #jazzisdead

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Billie Holiday sings "Strange Fruit" live in 1959, a haunting performance from Lady Day. 📽️: Reelin' in the Years Archives #jazzisdead

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Today we celebrate the life of drummer Tony Williams on what would have been his 78th birthday. 🕊️ Here he is at 22 playing with Miles Davis in Karlsburg, Germany (1967) #jazzisdead

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Ron Carter, Japanese commercial for Suntory whiskey, 1986 #jazzisdead

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Happy bornday @JohnColtrane ! John Coltrane Quintet performing “Walkin” LIVE in Dusseldorf Germay in 1960.

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Improvisation techniques from master teacher Bill Evans 🎹 #jazzisdead

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Sun Ra & his quartet live in NYC, 1973 🔮 #jazzisdead

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Celebrating the life and legacy of master Dave Brubeck on his day of birth. 🕊️ Here is performs the classic "Take Five" with his quartet live in Belgium, 1964 #jazzisdead

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Our friends @Rza & @Emicida sent a special message for the people of Brazil to yesterday's Jazz Is Dead Summit: São Paulo. #rza #emicida #wutangclan #artdontsleep #jazzisdead

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Bill Evans plays "Emily" at the home of Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto, Helsinki, Finland 1969 #billevans #jazzisdead

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Celebrating the life and legacy of the great Donald Byrd on what would have been the trumpet player's 91st birthday 🕊️ Here he performs live at Montreux Jazz in '73, recently released as a live album on @bluenoterecords . #jazzisdead

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Fela Kuti plays "Shuffering and Shmiling" 📽️: an excerpt from the Konkombe documentary highlighting #Nigeria 's music scene made by English film-maker Jeremy Marre, filmed in 1979 #felakuti #afrobeat #jazzisdead

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Happy 84th Birthday to The Godfather of Neo-Soul, @RealRoyAyers ! 📽️: Performing "Searching" on #SoulTrain , 1976 #royayers #jazzisdead

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"That's all I do, is dream." - Duke Ellington 📽️: @thejazzestate #jazzisdead

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Que Beleza #AmaroFreitas , one of the newest and greatest revelations of Brazilian jazz. #jazzest ámorto

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"Music is a spiritual thing." - Fela Kuti 📽️: Fela Kuti & Africa 70 live in Berlin, 1978. Tony Allen on drums. #jazzisdead

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On this day in 1917, Thelonious Monk was born. Happy birthday great maestro. Today we dance with you. 🕊️ #TheloniousMonk #jazzisdead

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Weather Report perform "Waterfall" live in 1971 Joe Zawinul on keys, Wayne Shorter on sax, Alphonze Muzon on drums, Dom Um Romao on percussion, Miroslav Vitouš on bass #weatherreport #jazzisdead

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John Coltrane & Stan Getz together in Germany, 1960 #jazzisdead

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Yesterday marks what would have been the 75th birthday of the great Gil Scott-Heron. Here is a performance of "We Almost Lost Detroit" at the No Nukes concert in '79. 📽️: #Repost @funklife4ever

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Master teacher Pharaoh Sanders live in '97 #jazzisdead

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Ella Fitzgerald sings "Sunshine of Your Love" live at Montreux in '69 #jazzisdead

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Pharaoh Sanders "The Creator has a Master Plan" live in concert, 1968 📽️: Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, Sirone - bass, Najeed Shabazz - drums #jazzisdead

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Weather Report live at Montreux, 1976 🐐 #jazzisdead

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"Music is not material. Music is Spiritual." - Sun Ra 🔮 An excerpt from the 1980 documentary Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise #jazzisdead

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Eric Dolphy "Meditations On Integration" composed by Charles Mingus #jazzisdead

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Today we celebrate the legacy of vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson who would have been 83 years old today. 🕊️ Here he is with his quartet live in Bologna, Italy 1977. #jazzisdead

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Stan Getz plays "Desafinado" live in Denmark, 1970 #jazzisdead

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Alice Coltrane performs her husband's music with Pharaoh Sanders. Excerpt from Alice Coltrane - Documentary "A Love Supreme" (Black Journal 1970) #alicecoltrane #pharoahsanders #alovesupreme #jazzisdead

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Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters performing “Chameleon” live in Germany, 1974. 📽️: @thejazzestate

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#JohnColtrane live in Germany, 1960. #jazzisdead

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Celebrating the legacy of the great maestro Ramsey Lewis on what would have been his 89th birthday. 🕊️ Here he is live in '73 with his trio playing the classic "Summer Breeze" #jazzisdead

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Miriam Makeba sings Jorge Ben’s “Chove Chuva” live in Sweden 1966 📽️: #Repost @sopedradamusical #mpb #miraimmakeba #jorgeben #africa #brazil #jazzestamorto

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Celebrating the legacy of the great Ahmad Jamal on what would have been his 94th birthday. 🕊️ Rest In Peace, maestro. #jazzisdead

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#JimmySmith revolutionized the Hammond organ in the ’50s and ’60s. His @BlueNoteRecords sessions from 1956 to 1963 were extremely influential in showing the instrument could be creatively used in a jazz context.

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Bill Evans rehearsal tape from 1966, Copenhagen 📽️: in concert with Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund and Danish drummer Alex Riel, double bass Eddie Gomez. #billevans #jazzisdead

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk live in Prague, October 1967 🎷☠️ #jazzisdead

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Yusef Lateef Quartet play "Yesterdays" live on Jazz Harmonie 📽️: Recorded at Parc Floral de Paris, 1972 #jazzisdead

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110 years ago today, the intergalactic bandleader Sun Ra was born. Today we celebrate his cosmic legacy. ✨ #jazzisdead 📽️: A clip from 1974’s Space Is The Place via @thejazzestate #sunra #spaceistheplace

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Miles Davis Septet live in Italy, 1971 ✨ The Lineup: Miles Davis (Trumpet), Gary Bartz ( sax), Keith Jarrett (keys), Michael Henderson (bass), Ndugu Leon Chancler (drums), Charles Don Alias (percussion), James Mtume Forman (percussion) #jazzisdead

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Today we celebrate the 97th birthday of John William Coltrane. 🕊️ Home videos from his life with Alice in the 1960s. #johncoltrane #jazzisdead

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Today we celebrate the life & legacy of maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim on what would have been the legend's 97th birthday. 🕊️ Here he is in '64 singing "The Girl from Ipanema" accompanied by Andy Williams on The Andy Williams Show. #jazzest ámorto

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Max Roach performs his famous Hi Hat Solo. via @rbr .music #maxroach #drums #jazzisdead

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Gal Costa canta com Tom Jobim e Beppe Grillo "Gabriela" (1984) #jazzestamorto

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Serge Gainsbourg plays "All The Things You Are" alongside guitarist Elek Basick & bassist Michel Gaudry in 1964. 🕊️ Gainsbourg's 96th birthday would have been just days ago. #lejazzestmort

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Lonnie Liston Smith live with Pharaoh Sanders, 1968 #jazzisdead

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Ivan "Mamão" Conti's catalog in 60 seconds. Untouchable. 🦅 Rest in paradise, Mamão

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Brother Jack McDuff Quartet live in France 1964, featuring a 21 year old George Benson. #jazzisdead

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Nancy Wilson sings "The Very Thought of You" 📽️: 1964 television program The Hollywood Palace #jazzisdead

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10-year-old saxophonist Jedidah Olawunmi @jedsax #jazzisdead 📽️: via @thejazzestate

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Santo & Johnny Farina perform "Sleep Walk" live in 1959 on the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show #jazzisdead

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Lonnie Liston Smith plays with Pharaoh Sanders band, 1968 #jazzisdead

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Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Airto Moreira & Lenny White performing Straight Life, live at the DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show, 1975. #jazzisdead

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86 years ago the world gave us the incomparable Alice Coltrane. Today we celebrate you on your day of birth. 🕊️ Performing here at an international jazz music festival in Warsaw, Poland in 1987. #alicecoltrane #harpist #jazzisdead

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Djavan sings "Serrado" in a '79 Fantástico clip #jazzest ámorto

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Happy Birthday, @herbiehancock ! 🐐 #jazzisdead

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Paul Chambers plays "The Theme" live with Coltrane, Winton Kelly & Jimmy Cobb circa 1960 #jazzisdead

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Charles Mingus bass solo, 1968 📽️: The opening scene from Mingus: Charlie Mingus, a documentary film directed by Thomas Reichman, #jazzisdead

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Wishing a very happy birthday to the great #BobbiHumphrey 🎂 Here Bobbi performs live on @PBS Soul! "The Blue Note Show" in 1972.

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Stanley Clarke's bass solo with Return To Forever at the Molde Jazz Festival 1972 #jazzisdead

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They're out here changing the game 🔥 @DOMi_keys & @jdbeckmusic

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Tom Jobim performs "One Note Samba" live in '64. Maestro João Donato on piano. #jazzest ámorto

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Grant Green Trio live in 1969 ✨This footage was recorded for French TV but was never broadcast. Filmed in France at Maison de la Radio, with Larry Ridley on bass and Don Lamond on drums. #jazzisdead

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Charles Mingus’ Pledge of Allegiance. Happy 4th 🇺🇸 #jazzisdead

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Sonny Rollins performing live at Opus 40, a sculpture park in New York, 1986. 📽️: This footage is from the documentary “Saxophone Colossus” by Robert Mugge via @thejazzestate #jazzisdead

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“The piano ain't got no wrong notes.” 📷: Thelonious Monk in Paris, 1964 photographed by Guy Le Querrec #jazzisdead

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We are incredibly saddened by the news of the passing of our friend, João Donato. A magical human with an enormous musical orbit. An 88 year old master of the piano.

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Max Roach Quartet &. Abbey Lincoln perform "All Africa" live at BRT TV Studio in Belgium, 1964 #jazzisdead

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Milt Jackson performs "Round Midnight" live in Japan, 1990 #miltjackson #vibes #jazzisdead

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Fatou Seidi Ghali performing the track Telilit from the album Les Filles de Illighadad 📽️: #Repost @rbr .music

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Milton Nascimento "Beco do Mota" live in 1969 #jazzestamorto

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Ella Fitzgerald sings "Summertime" live in '69 #jazzisdead

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The Stan Getz Quartet live At Montreux, 1972 📽️: Stan Getz (Saxophone), Chick Corea (piano), Stanley Clarke (bass), Tony Williams (drums) #jazzisdead

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"So I’m always trying to make something that might sound bad sound beautiful in some way. I’m a person who just starts playing anything I want to play, and make it turn out to be maybe some beautiful music" - Pharoah Sanders RIP to the Great #PharoahSanders ✨

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