The Thirsty Ear

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01  offside - berardi jazz connection
02  little man - soil & pimp sessions
03  moving away - abstract truth
04  children of the ghetto - courtney pine ft. susaye greene
05  aurora - arun ghosh
06  forbidden fruit - spiritual vibes
07  mood - robert glasper trio
08  ol' frien' blu - julie dexter
09  are they only dreams? - woody shaw

five words

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01  in the darkest place - elvis costello & burt bacharach
02  i want you - george benson
03  orange moon - erykah badu
04  you send me - roy ayers
05  i ain't got nothin' but time - orquestra was [vocals: sweet pea atkinson]
06  b.w.'s blues - tommy guerrero
07  is it too late to try? - roy ayers
08  criterion - meshell ndegeocello
09  good inside - bobby lyle
10  starlight and you - lonnie liston smith [vocals: donald smith]
11  be one - phyllis hyman

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k.d.'s groove [for My little brother]

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reproduction prohibited, 1937 by rene magritte

01 dat dere - oscar brown, jr.
02 ocean of his might - michael longo
03 aunt lovey - calvin keys
04 her - michael white
05 equinox - jose james
06 turkish bath - weldon irvine
07 idle hands - harlem river drive ft. eddie palmieri & jimmy norman
08 river people - weather report
09 dancing girl - terry callier
10 gratitude - azar lawrence
11 sweet tears - roy ayers
12 all matter - robert glasper ft. bilal

sleep deprivation

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01  the sun - dwele
02  love from the sun - roy ayers
03  tidal wave - ronnie laws
04  dream(s) - gary wilson
05  listen love - jon lucien
06  can't hide love - jimmy smith
07  sun goddess - ramsey lewis + earth, wind & fire
08  sly - mark murphy
09  murilley - charles earland
10  tell me about it now - grover washington, jr.
11  aquamarine - santana
12  fly away - ronnie foster
13  black byrd - donald byrd
14  mucho chupar - david axelrod

modern day jazz stories (jazz-influenced hip hop)

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the nile by jean-michel basquiat 

01  clin d'oeil - jazz liberatorz ft. tre hardson
02  poetry - rh factor
03  zen zen - break mechanics
04  forty days - billy brooks
05  jazz cats pt.1 - quasimoto
06  no doubt - family tree ft. iomos marad & tone the strategist
07  don't xplain - courtney pine ft. cassandra wilson & dj pogo
08  jazz hop - jazz addix
09  inner city boundaries - freestyle fellowship
10  on the hill - oliver sain
11  intermission - soulphiction
12  bragging & boasting - sound providers ft. little brother
13  interlude - jazz liberatorz
14  them that's not - j-live
15  smiling billy suite pt. 2 - heath brothers
16  blue note interlude - madlib
17  flying high in the brooklyn sky - digable planets ft. lester bowie &
      wah wah watson
18  real people - common

cosmicity: a lonnie liston smith retrospective

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untitled saturn by robert longo 

01  a chance for peace
02  voodoo woman
03  journey into love
04  starlight and you
05  expansions
06  footprints
07  quiet moments
08  peaceful ones
09  singing for love
10  summer nights
11  devika (goddess)
12  mystical dreamer (a tribute to miles davis)