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A GUY CAN DREAM, CAN'T HE?
Movies:
George Benson, in "Round Midnight", live, New York.
George Benson, in "Round Midnight", live, New York.
Wes Montgomery, in "Yesterdays", live, New York, 1965.
Wes Montgomery, in "Yesterdays", live, New York, 1965.
Suzhou street
Typical street scene
Suzhou
Traditional Chinese gardens.
Cheng Man Ching
Cheng Man Ching demonstrating push hands.
Compact (Qigong) Tai Chi taiji for Healing in Yang Style
A simplified and compacted form of the traditional Yang style in self-healing application. Master Jesse Tsao teaches the healing aspects in detail in his instructional DVD.
Sonny Rollins - Prague - 1982
www.sonnyrollins.com where "Sonny, Please" the first Rollins studio recording, is available, exclusively, on CD and downloads.
Sonny Rollins - Copehagen - 1968
www.sonnyrollins.com where "Sonny, Please" the first Rollins studio recording in five years, is available, exclusively, on CD and downloads.
Sonny Rollins - Copenhagen - 1965
www.sonnyrollins.com where "Sonny, Please" the first Rollins studio recording in five years, is available, exclusively, on CD and downloads.
Jazz scene USA Jimmy Smith
The one and only Jimmy Smith on Hammond B3 organ with Quentin Warren, guitar and Donald Bailey, drums.
Tung, YIng Chieh
Tung, Ying Chieh. Yang family style taijiquan.
Chen Shi Tong
Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) familia Chen, escuela antigua, estilo largo, antiguo (Lao Jia) primera o via (Yi Lu) por Chen Shi TongAdventure, all kinds of international movies.
Television:
Daily Show, King of the Hill, Lil Bush, Democracy Now, Countdown, history and travel documentaries, martial arts movies.
Books:
Dao De Jing, Chuang Tzu, Ni, Hua Ching's books. Books about jazz - To Be or Not To Bop by Dizzy Gillespie, Thinking In Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation, From Swing to Bop, Raise Up Off Me for example. Alexander Dumas, Jorge Amado. Outlaws of the Marsh, Strange Tales of Liaozhai and other traditional Chinese stories.
Heroes:
Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Monk, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones and too many more musicians to list. Anyone who speaks truth to power and is against corruption. A few long time friends have been an inspiration for me to try to be a better person, expand my range of possibilities in life, and are heroes for coming to America with nothing, becoming successful and living an independent life, always caring for others and having a high level of self cultivation; not compromising musical/personal integrity and being adventurous.