The Misfit

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Member Since: 2/8/2002
Total Mixes: 94
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Lenox Avenue Runs Into Heaven

Artist Song
Phineas Newborn, Jr.  Cookin' at the Continental 
Mose Allison  If You're Goin' to the City 
William Bell  I Forgot to Be Your Lover 
Etta James  Tell Mama 
Cannonball Adderley  Work Song 
Junior Parker  Mystery Train 
Aretha Franklin  Niki Hoeky 
James Carr  You've Got My Mind Messed Up 
Elvin Jones  Gingerbread Boy 
Johnny Jenkins  Down along the Cove 
Bobby "Blue" Bland  Little Boy Blue 
Big Maybelle  Blues Early, Early 
Bud Powell Trio  Tempus Fugit 
Shorty Long  Function at the Junction 
LaVern Baker  Soul on Fire 
Fenton Robinson  You Don't Know What Love Is 
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers  Moanin' 
Little Milton  Walking the Backstreets and Crying 
Sonny Rollins  'Round Midnight 
Chet Baker  The Thrill Is Gone 

Comment:

Despite the title (which was inspired by a Kenneth Patchen poem), this mix has very little specifically to do with Harlem.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 9/27/2002
Great, great stuff. Nice to see Phineas Newborn.
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Mo Twang!
Date: 9/27/2002
Wow! This looks fantastic.
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Franklin Onn
Date: 9/27/2002
wow is right! jazz & soul & r&b all simmered together into a delectable bluesy stew. go 'head & burn an extra copy for me please, 'cause i'll be needin' it.
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p the swede
Date: 9/27/2002
looks really great man, love James Carr
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Rob Conroy
Date: 9/27/2002
Looks great. As I said before, I have your CDs duped... I just have to remember them one of these days when I leave for work in the morning...
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greaseball
Date: 9/27/2002
this is beautiful, nice work.
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buglady
Date: 9/27/2002
This looks amazing!
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laufi
Date: 9/27/2002
this sounds fantastic! i would love to hear this right here and now.
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valis
Date: 9/27/2002
...really nice Misfit! Always good to see Mose 'round here.., and the Junior Parker cut is a favorite.....
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Nautticat
Date: 9/28/2002
Holy moly, what a mix! Nice work!
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McDonald12
Date: 9/28/2002
superb. A great cover also
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Bluke
Date: 12/12/2004
Strange, isn't it, that Fats Waller had a song called "Lenox Avenue Blues," which was used by David Lynch in his film "Eraserhead," which also contained the song "In Heaven"? Maybe it's just me.