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Branford Marsalis, "American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader", leader of his own quartet", "soloist with classical ensembles", was born on Aug. 26th. (Course: Wikipedia)

"I Thought About You" (1987, Newport Jazz Festival), music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics (not in this performance) by Johnny Mercer

youtube.com/watch?v=JALAVF9kk9

Leon Redbone, "American singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics", was born on August 26, 1949 (d. 2019). (Source: Wikipedia)

"Mississippi Delta Blues" (1977), written Jack Neville and Jimmy Rodgers

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Leon Redbone, "American singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics", was born on August 26, 1949 (d. 2019). (Source: Wikipedia)

"My Walking Stick" (1973, Buffalo Folk Festival), written by Irving Berlin

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"Bob Cowsill talks to Lisa Popeil on The Beatles, Ed Sullivan
and Other Things in this excerpt from Singers on Singing" (posted 2015)

youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3mEikGAb

Bob Cowsill, of the family band The Cowsills, who were an inspiration for The Partridge Family TV show, was born on Aug. 26. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Cowsills - "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" (1967), written by Artie Kornfeld and Steve Duboff

youtube.com/watch?v=o0zBL7Cg2X

Peter Appleyard, "Britishโ€“Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer", was born on Aug. 26 in 1928 (d. 2013). (Wikipedia)

"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" w/ guest vocalists (Jackie Richardson, Heather Bambrick, Sophie Milman and Jill Barber) (2012, CBC Music), music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Irving Mills

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Jimmy Rushing, "American singer and pianist", "featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948" (Wikipedia), was born on Aug. 26, 1901 (d. 1972).

"I Left My Baby" (1957, with the Count Basie All Stars), written by Count Basie, Andy Gibson and Jimmy Rushing

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Intel is dead.

โ€œWhile Intel is busy laying off thousands of employees some of its most experienced CPU architects, with a combined 80+ years at the firm, have left to form a RISC-V startup. AheadComputing was co-founded by Debbie Marr, Mark Dechene, Jonathan Pearce, and Srikanth Srinivasan, with the goal of โ€˜creating compelling open specification core IP.โ€™โ€

This is how you kill a company: lay-off your talent believing you will save money.

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tomshardware.com/tech-industry

"We face / A race / That tests if this country we cherish / Shall perish / From the earth / And if our Earth / Shall perish from this country."

Poet Amanda Gorman recites โ€˜This Sacred Sceneโ€™ at 2024 Democratic National Convention

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"Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France, French media say"
Story by Reuters
โ€ข 17h โ€ข 1 min read

"TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app."

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