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Even amid a brutally violent weekend in Chicago and the nation, some quiet healing was taking place in Englewood. Or maybe quiet isn’t the right word.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/memory-in-the-center-an-afro-opera-homage-to-nelson-mandela-ernest-dawkins-dawk-music-review-by-hrayr-attarian.php
http://www.keysandchords.com/album-review-blog/ernest-dawkins-live-the-spirit-residency-big-band-memory-in-the-center-an-afro-opera-homage-to-nelson-mandela
http://gapplegatemusicreview.blogspot.com/2015/07/ernest-dawkins-live-spirit-residency.html
http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD51/PoD51MoreMoments3.html
http://jazztimes.com/articles/76568-afro-straight-ernest-dawkins
http://jazztimes.com/articles/27637-the-prairie-prophet-ernest-dawkins-new-horizons-ensemble
Chicago Trio – Velvet Songs (RogueArt, 2011) ****
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