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1900- Willie Brown, Musician

" Ragged And Dirty " WILLIE BROWN (1942) The " RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945) Texas Alexander Pink Anderson Kokomo Arnold Barbecue Bob Scrapper Blackwell Black Ace Ed Bell Blind Blake Ishman Bracey Big Bill Broonzy Richard "Rabbit" Brown Willie Brown Bumble Bee Slim Gus Cannon Bo Carter Sam Collins

Vic Dickenson NICE AND EASY BLUES Vic Dickenson -- trombone Johnny Guarnieri -- piano Bill Pemberton -- bass Oliver Jackson -- drums

"Freedom Now Suite" Belgian TV BTR2 1964 (Probably January) Abbey Lincoln - Vocals Clifford Jordan - Tenor Saxophone Coleridge Perkinson - Piano Eddie Khan - Bass Max Roach - Drums

Byard Lancaster & Keno Speller - Exactement Palm Records 1974 Byard Lancaster, flute, alto and soprano sax, octavoice, bass clarinet, piano

Mood Indigo Regina Carter 2002 In a Ellington composition and it features young violinist Regina Carter is featured.Carter, born in 1966 began as a classical violinist, but became interested in jazz , and is considered one of the finest violinists in the genre.

Gym Class Heroes' music video for 'Gulity As Charged' featuring Estelle from the album, The Quilt - available now on DCD2 Records / Fueled By Ramen.

Album Releases

"Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience" - P.M. Dawn (1991)
"Shake a Lil' Somethin'" - 2 Live Crew (1996)
"Cloud 9" - Nine (1996)
"In Search Of... (first version)" - N*E*R*D (2001)
"We Them Niggas" - Roc Raida (2001)
"The Fix" - Scarface (2002)
"Thug Holiday" - Trick Daddy (2002)
"2Pac Live" - 2Pac (2004)

Bonus fact: Yo! MTV Raps premiered August 6th, 1988. Watch Episode 1 below.

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