7 thoughts on “Meditation: “I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel To Be Free””
Thanks for this one. I believe, I have a faint memory trace, that I saw Billy Taylor on TV years ago.
This song is one of my favorites. I love Nina Simone’s rendition.
Ilene, native of Brooklyn, of http://wordpress.com/#!/read/blog/id/45646927/ also posted this one .
Steve, I tell you, I never tire of listening to this song — both versions. You’re right, the Nina S. version is so haunting. Thanks for the head’s up re. Ilene’s posting.
Always sang this song in the classroom and taught it to my students. They also performed it on stage. It’s a fave of mine and I have posted Nina Simone singing it on my blog. “Bumba told me to visit since he knows I like Billy Taylor , the song, music, etc. Thanks so much! OH….I just noticed Bumba’s reply to you above this…funny!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for visiting! And thank you so much for posting Nina’s version — and sharing the anecdote about your students…I was going back and forth this morning about which one to share so now we have both 🙂
Thanks for writing and the follow.
Hey John. Good to see you. Hope you’re doing well. You know, I posted this but didn’t check out where it might come from. I’m so happy to have these little moments from those long-ago chat shows preserved. A different time in so many ways.
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Thanks for this one. I believe, I have a faint memory trace, that I saw Billy Taylor on TV years ago.
This song is one of my favorites. I love Nina Simone’s rendition.
Ilene, native of Brooklyn, of http://wordpress.com/#!/read/blog/id/45646927/ also posted this one .
Steve, I tell you, I never tire of listening to this song — both versions. You’re right, the Nina S. version is so haunting. Thanks for the head’s up re. Ilene’s posting.
Always sang this song in the classroom and taught it to my students. They also performed it on stage. It’s a fave of mine and I have posted Nina Simone singing it on my blog. “Bumba told me to visit since he knows I like Billy Taylor , the song, music, etc. Thanks so much! OH….I just noticed Bumba’s reply to you above this…funny!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for visiting! And thank you so much for posting Nina’s version — and sharing the anecdote about your students…I was going back and forth this morning about which one to share so now we have both 🙂
Thanks for writing and the follow.
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Isn’t his Oscar Perterson’s anthem?
Wasn’t this from the David Frost Show around 1969? It also showed up on an obscure LP as I recall..
Hey John. Good to see you. Hope you’re doing well. You know, I posted this but didn’t check out where it might come from. I’m so happy to have these little moments from those long-ago chat shows preserved. A different time in so many ways.