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This is a very special track for me. A mixture of jazz/big-band, funk, soul and rap. So, all the styles I love in so called 'black music'. Kind of one of my absolute favorite songs of this kind... alone because it's just a very unique piece of music (even…

lyrics:

I got a dream for the world
peace in the rivers and everywhere
bridges of steel and love and cities that smile
gray empty faces walk by
and hands try to hide all the lonlieness
lighting a cigarette to blow time away

lost in the noise, lonely as…

Omar, one of my favorite soul/r&b-artists of the 90s, on his latest record "Sing (if you want it)" shows that he still has it (after I didn't expect that he could surprise me anymore). Now I even think it's his best record to this point! And that he was a…

Jazz & String-Orchestra - a legendary south-african jazz-pianist [he worked with jazz-legends like John Coltrane] (and his trio) & a young, small european Orchestra - an unbeatable combination.

Taken from "African Suite" (CD-Tip!)

Jazz & String-Orchestra - a legendary south-african jazz-pianist [he worked with jazz-legends like John Coltrane] (and his trio) & a young, small european Orchestra - an unbeatable combination.

Taken from "African Suite" (CD-Tip!)

This is a rare big-band recording of J.B. from 1969, newly released in 2004.

lyrics:

When I fall down, I need a helping hand.
And when I lose my head, it's cause it's always buried in the sand.
When I get stuck on myself, feelin' sorry for myself.
Will you help me grab a hold and please don't patrionize my soul.
When I start to l…