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Rick McLaughlin
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Music superfan, bassist, educator (Berklee Prof.); https://linktr.ee/rickmclaughlinmusic and @rickmclaughlinmusic elsewhere
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Brooklyn Bowl, tonight at 6pm!
#music #musicsky #livemusic #ethiopianmusic #jazzmusic #jazzsky
Image of a double bass from the perspective of the performer.
January 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Stevie Wonder is the greatest, and we need Sesame Street.
#music #musicsky #steviewonder #sesamestreet

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The Wonder of Stevie Wonder
The Greatest on Sesame Street
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January 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Such an Eberhard Weber fan.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Eberhard Weber
Colours of Chloe Bring Comfort
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January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Brooklyn! Swing by the Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday, Jan 10 at 6pm! Either/Orchestra plays Ethiopiques - rehearsal last night was killer, so def swing by. Link in comments.
#musicsky #jazzmusic #ethiopianmusic #holisticbassist #doublebassist #ethiopiques
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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The few pieces I have seen by Mary Spender have been great, and this one is no exception.
"...and maybe that's the real economics of jazz: not profit, but participation."
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Can Live Music Actually Survive?
YouTube video by Mary Spender
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January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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At a red light listening to Funkadelic’s “Free Your Mind and Your Ass will Follow”. Car next to me was honking aggressively but it sounded cool because it was Do.
#music #musicsky #eartraining #solfege #moveabledo
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Stevie is the best. And what a band!
#music #musicsky #steviewonder #sesamestreet

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Sesame Street - Stevie Wonder performs "1-2-3 Sesame Street"
YouTube video by Sesame 101
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January 8, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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TJ Maxx on Boylston and Newbury has closed. Bring back Tower Records!
#music #musicsky
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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On my time with Bob Moses and meeting Abbey Lincoln.
#substack #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Bob and Abbey
Moses and Lincoln
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January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Substack, eh? Checking it out.
#music #musicsky #substack #jazzmusic #jazzsky #ethiopianmusic

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First post!
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January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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The newest Lionel Loueke album, duo with Dave Holland, "United", is so beautiful.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Humanism by Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland on Apple Music
Song · 2024 · Duration 4:33
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January 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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Gearing up for Saturday's concert at the Brooklyn Bowl in NYC (link in comments!), and I found a recording of Either/Orchestra with Alemayehu Eshete at Lincoln Center from 2008! #music #musicsky #livemusic #doublebassist #holisticbassist #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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EITHER ORCHESTRA 1/4
YouTube video by EEPEEYEEP
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January 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Audra McDonald sure is amazing.
#music #musicsky #happynewyear

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"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" ft. Audra McDonald | Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
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January 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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My favorite song from an old David Friesen album. This seems to be streaming in only select places.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #doublebassist

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Martin's Balcony by David Friesen on Apple Music
Song · 1990 · Duration 2:53
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December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Happy birthday, Joe Lovano! This track knocked me out when I first heard it; they opened with this when I saw the band (Sco, Lovano, Irwin, Stewart) in Oct 1992. I played with Lovano when I was a student, too…awesome.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #happybirthday

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Wabash III
YouTube video by John Scofield - Topic
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December 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Sentimental. I love a beautifully written, wonderfully performed love song. Charlie Haden, Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts, Larance Marable and Shirley Horn, with Broadbent's wonderful string writing.
#stunning #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
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The Folks Who Live On The Hill
YouTube video by Charlie Haden - Topic
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December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Stanley Clarke, Allan Holdsworth and Stewart Copeland.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Stories to Tell
YouTube video by Stanley Clarke - Topic
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December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Been up to SO much recently. Nice to be listening to Stanley Clarke's "If This Bass Could Only Talk"...and that's it. Loved that record when it came out. Wayne sounds great on this, too.
#music #Musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
December 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Please consider donating to my tax-deductible project! Raising money to buy equipment we need to launch a project which builds community through shared experiences, via music. More info below (link in bio - Linktree - and also in comments).
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzskly

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Rick McLaughlin Music Appeal 2025FA
YouTube video by Rick McLaughlin
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December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Maybe controversial, but I love the Modern Jazz Quartet. I love their attention to detail and care with phrasing and development. Recorded on this date in 1954, "Django".
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #thirdstream

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Django
YouTube video by The Modern Jazz Quartet - Topic
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December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Ute Lemper's control is astonishing. Both volumes of her Kurt Weill recordings are incredible.
#music #musicsky #kurtweill #utelemper

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Weill: Youkali
YouTube video by Ute Lemper - Topic
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December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Little something for my father (great drummer) on the third anniversary of his passing. Here’s hoping he can fill in these open spaces on a drum set, wherever he is.
#jazzmusic #jazzsky #doublebassist #holisticbassist #jazzdrums
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Happy birthday, Frank Zappa! Was a super fan for decades and managed to own 85 of his albums at one point. This is the band/period I go back to the most, with "Freak Out" and "We're Only in it for the Monday" next.
#music #musicsky #happybirthday

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Frank Zappa - Inca Roads (Visualizer)
YouTube video by FrankZappaVEVO
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December 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Happy birthday, David Baker. Going to his jazz theory class at the Aebersold camp in Elmhurst, IL in 1990 was ear opening. Given how much time I spend thinking about/teaching music theory-related things, I owe a lot to him; grateful to have heard him teach.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I have a long story involving listening to Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz" album for the first 3x, to/from a wedding gig in 1992. Did not dig it, but by the time I got back home, I was hooked. Recorded on this date in 1960.
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961) (Full Album)
YouTube video by Jazz Time with Jarvis X
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December 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM