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Aug 3, 2023·edited Aug 3, 2023Liked by Co-Create

Love the Tiny Bennett duets too! Recommending this documentary on Photographer W. Eugene Smith: Jazz Loft. Here is the trailer: https://youtu.be/BRHXDrOjCE4

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Aug 2, 2023·edited Aug 2, 2023Liked by Co-Create

If you like Jazz, you should probably catch up on what's happening with it today...

Here's a 3+ hour playlist with no tracks from before 2019: https://ifrqfm.substack.com/p/is-jazz-having-a-moment

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Thank you for the shout-out! I’m currently reading a slender biography of Van Gogh that’s really good. It’s called Van Gogh: A Power Seething by Julian Bell. Recommended!

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This is excellent. Apologies for only just discovering you. Just the sort of curiosity I love. I’ll be back for more!

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I recommend the Sheryl Crowe and Go-Go's documentaries. I also enjoyed listening to Bono's memoir on audiobook.

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A real Jazz Master!

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Oh wow, thanks for including me in this Raphy. Honestly I'm so grateful. And as a jazz lover, it's probably the only time I'll get be mentioned in the same place as some of my greatest jazz heroes! Loving the biography recommendations in the comments too :) BBC2 recently ran a great series on Frida Kahlo called 'Becoming Frida' with some superb video footage I'd not seen before.

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I second Just Kids by Patti Smith- One of my all time favorites

Reborn: Journals of Susan Sontag is also incredible

I’m also a David Lynch fan, and I saw “The Art Life” a few years ago- along with his book Consciousness, Creativity, and Catching the Big Fish

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Respect : The Life of Aretha Franklin - David Ritz

And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir - Joan Baez

Chronicles V.1 - Bob Dylan

Just Kids - Patti Smith

I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen - Sylvie Simmons

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