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Public playlist for Jazz

Someone posted on Reddit you could add two songs to a jazz playlist, and two songs are always different.

It's called Kind of Us. 

Jazz musicians I discovered for myself:

Ivie Anderson: She was Duke Ellington's go to singer until asthma took her out of it. 

Sam Lanin: Early band leader. 

Isach Skiedvoll: He only has German Wikipedia entry, but my browser is set to translate everything into English.

Theon Cross: Cross is a core member of the jazz band Sons of Kemet.

Angélique Kidjo: Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and is a 2023 Polar Music Prize laureate. She has released many albums, performed around the world, and frequently collaborated with other artists.


I did Soppin' The Biscuit by Roy Hargrove and A Go Go by John Scofield, 19 and 20. 






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