21 Sep 12
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In a shameful era of America, she was denied an education in classical piano at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philly because she was black. She really was a sensation on the piano in spite of the asssholes at Curtis.
Listen to this, Love me or leave me, black and white, note the great piano break in the middle!
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Bye Bye Blackbird:
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Here she is doing Bob Dylan's Ballad of Hollis Brown!:
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This has to be the most powerful version of that song I ever heard! The planet is a better place for her being here.
And the song she mentioned in the Hollis Brown intro, Tomorrow is my turn:
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Protest song again, Revolution, 1969:
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