That was just amazing. I love it!

Nancy Wilson - "I Was Telling Him About You" from "Nancy Wilson at Carnegie Hall" (DVD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKeQOuzIxo

Nancy Wilson - The Very Thought of You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qFpvlBYQy0
Nancy Wilson-I'm Beginning To See The Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9CAk9C4Irg&fe...

He was THE drummer of the early bop era, and one of the creators of the music along with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and a few others. He was a master, with incredible technique and a tremendously musical approach to the instrument. His partnership with the late Clifford Brown invented hard bop music. He played with just about every important player of his time, making a lot of classic albums along the way. Max was one of the most influential drummers in the history of jazz.

He was also an outspoken political person, very involved in civil rights and other political causes throughout his career, particularly during his marriage to the spectacular Abbey Lincoln in the 60s, but after that as well. Always forward-thinking, he kept inventing new musical forms — leading an all-percussion group in the 70s, joining a jazz quartet with a string quartet, playing with Fab Five Freddy and the NY Break Dancers at the dawn of the hip hop era.

Max was just a great human being. I saw him a couple of times in my old 60s neighborhood on the Upper West Side, but never did more than nod. Even standing at the curb hailing (or trying to hail) a cab, he had great presence.

I bought this album as mp3s the day I heard he died. I hadn't heard it in many years. Seeing this song as well as hearing it is just wonderful. Thanks!

in France. The singer is Senegal's most popular singer, Youssou N'Dour, who has an amazing voice and sings in many different styles and languages, and is well known in France. It is sung live in the Jardin du Luxembourg 10 May 2007.

Youssou N'Dour - New Africa

I was sitting on a bus one afternoon going through Brixton, South London, stuck in traffic on Brixton Road. I just happened to glance out the window and saw a sign indicating that the small, well-tended green area in that part of busy Brixton was called "Max Roach Park," and dedicated to him. I asked around and discovered that the park had only been open a short while at the time (1986), and that Max himself had officially opened it when he was in the UK earlier in the year.

It's not a huge park on the order of Hyde Park or Regent's Park, but it's lovely nonetheless, and I'm pleased that the London Borough of Lambeth saw fit to honor one of the greats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdJlvZgPuho&fe...

Charles Mingus Big Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXcRFAJDF0c&fe...

Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bSuCOcL39U&fe...

One of the more interesting albums for jazz and drummer fans is the Rich versus Roach album from Verve. It is good, and you can tell you are listening to two of the greatest drummers, but it just never made it to the level these two could reach.
I like to play it every now and then and just sit back imagining what it would have been like to be in the studio.
I don't know how the CD sounds. I suspect it will lose some in comparison to vinyl, Amiga label. I just did a quick search to find a vinyl album for sale to give you a current price - could not find one.