Coolest guy on the planet?
Will Gaines (tap dance) with Steve Beresford (piano), Alex Ward (clarinet), live, London, 2009
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lagniappe
I tap-danced for ten years before I began to understand that people don’t make musicals anymore.
what’s new
(an occasional series)
Dad, listen to this . . .
—my (19-year-old) son Luke
Lupe Fiasco, “The Show Goes On” (2010)
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Take 2
Live, Georgetown University, 10/30/10: “Superstar,” “The Show Goes On” (’til he forgets the lyrics), back to “Superstar”
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More from Georgetown
“Hip-Hop Saved My Life”
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lagniappe
Interview (Tavis Smiley, 2008)
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listening room
Here, in MP3 format, is a track featuring a guy we listened to the other day: Cecil Taylor, with drummer Tony Williams (“Morgan’s Motion,” from Williams’ 1978 album The Joy of Flying).
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