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Miriam Makeba

We remember Dizzy Gillespie. ‘Dizzy Pieces’

This day (January 6, 1993), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Dizzy Gillespie, an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer.Tracklist : w/ Stan Getz: - A Night In Tunisia (1978) . w/ Lalo Schifrin – Here it tis…

PORTRAITS

We Remember Miriam Makeba ‘We Remember Mama Africa’

This day (November 9, 2008), in Castel Volturno, Italy, died Miriam Makeba, a South African singer and civil rights activistDigest Tracklist : Khawuleza 1966 . Pata Pata ( 1967 ) . Africa Is Where My Heart Lies.. . w/ Paul Simon - Under…

SINGING WITH

Singing With Paul Simon

Paul Simon whose birthday is today - Happy Birthday BTW - has duetted with a myriad of singers of all genres. We have selected twelve of them : Art Garfunkel, Edie Brickell , George Harrison, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Joan…

VIDEOS

Miriam, Joe, Sting et al get together for Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday (1988)

June 11, 1988 - Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Sting, George Michael, Eurythmics, Graham Chapman, Lenny Henry, Al Green, Joe Cocker, Jonathan Butler, Freddie Jackson, Ashford & Simpson, Fry and Laurie, Wet Wet Wet,Joan Armatrading, Paul…