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Ira
@thejazzsoul.bsky.social
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Curating Jazz Music from the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s
•Literary Fiction•Photography-Art
"Jazz has always been the music of protest, equality, and inclusion"
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#Jazz #Music #BookSky #ArtLover #Photography #BlueCrew #Resist
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Thelonious Monk (piano solo 4:15)
and
Sonny Rollins

"I Want To Be Happy"

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#Jazz #JazzSky #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying
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Tonight - WKCR 89.9FM in the NYC area or wkcr.org. Dipping in their archive, Art Taylor and Charlie Rouse. Should be good - check it!

#WKCR #jazzsky #jazzmusic #PhilSchaap
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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It is time, #JazzSky
Album cover - Wynton Marsalis, Crescent City Christmas
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Red Garland Trio
A Garland of Red (1956)

A Foggy Day
youtu.be/KOS4mZvgscs

#NowPlaying #JazzSky #VinylSky #RedGarland #PaulChambers #ArtTaylor #RudyVanGelder #PrestigeRecords #Japan
This is a photograph of the jazz album A Garland of Red by The Red Garland Trio, featuring Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. The album cover has a beige background with the title in bold letters, along with a black-and-white photo of Red Garland on the right side. It’s a Prestige Records release, catalog number LP 7064, and the words “HI-FI” appear at the top. The record is displayed upright on a wooden stand, with decorative items like ceramic drums and a small green frog figurine in the background.
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Some #BOTD Wynton Kelly 🎂 listening. Mostly 🎹 trio here 👇. When the horns come in, maybe too much flute for my taste, but Adderley and Golson sound inspired. 1959. Delightful. 🍷

#jazzsky, #jazz, #nowplaying
Album cover Wynton Kelly, "Kelly Blue"
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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↕️↔️ McCoy Tyner - Expansions
(recorded 1968 / released 1970)

McCoy Tyner - piano
Woody Shaw - trumpet
Gary Bartz - alto
Wayne Shorter - tenor
Ron Carter - cello
Herbie Lewis - bass
Freddie Waits - drums

#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl
McCoy Tyner expansions record cover sitting in a Christmas tree
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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#JazzParty #JazzSky

Relaxing after shoveling.

Gerry Mulligan with Paul Desmond - "Wintersong"

youtu.be/wg4sCRQFp84?...
Wintersong (Take 2)
YouTube video by Gerry Mulligan - Topic
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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In the 9 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, pianist Duke Jordan from 1973. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Here you go #MusicSky #Jazz #JazzSky

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Brother Jack McDuff - Opus De Funk
Brother Jack McDuff - Opus De Funk
YouTube video by Eccentricon
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December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Ray Charles & Leela James - Compared to What?

#DecemberDuets
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#RayCharles
#LeelaJames
#SoulMusic
#JazzSky

Great duet, on one of my all time favorite songs. Less jazzy than the McCann/Harris version, but full of soul.

youtu.be/aJVmWhDYR8Y?...
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The Bookshop (2017)
dir: Isabel Coixet
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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"You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were." ~ Sidney Poitier
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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north santiam state park
looking to the west
Looking to the west in North Santiam State Park, Oregon. Standing on the north bank of the Santiam river on a clear day. Green grass, large rocks and a few leafless bushes on the near Bank. Clear skies reflecting off the river with trees lining the opposite bank ☮️
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#StrongerTogether #TacoTuesday #MeidasBoosts #resist 👊🏼
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Wynton Kelly, Jazz Pianist, Composer, #BornOnThisDay in 1931, in Brooklyn, New York
With Chambers & Cobb
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Tuesday offering: Embraceable You. #piano #musicsky #musiciansky #jazz #jazzpiano #nowplaying #onlybeautifulthings
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow
#PeacefulMoments
#GoodCompany
#BundledUp
#Clouds
#Sea

#Warmth isn’t always about
temperature …

📷 11/25 #EastCoastKin
#MobilePhotography
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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we are floating lanterns
in the deepening cusp a light like lantern glows and mirrors fierce in pale air and water surrounding islands harboring birds and deeply nestled creatures and hope
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"there really is no preventative cardiac MRI," Reiner said. "Of course, the whole note has kind of a weird, defensive, you know, evasive tone to it. First of all, this is not part of the president's comprehensive physical examination."

Without being a physician: I was already "deeply skeptical" 🥴
'Disconcerting': Ex-White House cardiologist deeply skeptical of  'weird' Trump MRI reveal
A former Bush administration cardiologist questioned the Trump administration over its report Monday that the president is in "excellent health."Dr. Jonathan Reiner, the late former Vice President Dic...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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"His presidency, in terms of getting anything significantly done, is over," Carville said. "He's definitely got to deal with a Democratic House. I think it's more likely he's going to be dealing with a Democratic Senate, too."

No rest, people. Keep pushing, keep voting them out!

#StopTheMadness 👊🏼
'His presidency is done': Prominent strategist reveals Trump's 'stunning' vulnerability
A prominent political strategist claimed during a podcast interview on Monday that President Donald Trump's second term is effectively over after Democrats picked up wins in key state races, which he ...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Good morning from the Upper East in sunny Santa Barbara! I've been here exactly 21 months today and always filled with gratitude that I get to live in such a special place!
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #stripes The alternative is #mono bird captures 🪶

Hope you have a great day 🫶

#XtraXmas #TurtleDoves #birds #birding #ArtAdventCalendar
#photography #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
Close-up of a Eurasian Collared-Dove, the background is blurred
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Puffed up...🪶

#HolidayRobin #FestiveDailyRobin #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #birding #gardening #photography #wildlife #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
A robin among the branches of a bare bush
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Fagus sylvatica rubra 🌳
#ThickTrunkTuesday in Gressoney-Saint-Jean
#ClassicMono
I 🖤 #trees
B/W photo of a 150-year-old beech tree, taken from below. The trunk is in the foreground, with another tree in the background to the left.
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM