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Monday, 11/14/11

There may yet be hope for this world: this clip, on YouTube, has nearly
two million views.

Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; Larry Gales, bass; Ben Riley, drums), “Blue Monk,” live, Norway (Oslo), 1966

More? Here. And here. And here.

Sunday, 11/13/11

No one today—not even Mavis herself—takes you the places she did
in her prime.

The Staple Singers (featuring Mavis Staples), “We’ll Get Over”
TV broadcast (The Johnny Cash Show), 1969

Time for just a few notes? 2:37-40.

More Mavis? Here. And here. And here.