With these annual shows celebrating pride, I simply want to bask in the art and beauty of some incredible creative musicians who identify as LGBTQ.
Once again, we are living in a time where our fellow LGBTQ citizens are endangered, marginalized, and vilified. Evil forces, with tremendous money and power, are actively working on pushing our brothers, sisters, and non-binary kin to the edges of society, passing laws where simply mentioning their existence will result in punishment and reprimand. It’s insane, it’s illogical, and it’s inhumane. It’s literally anti-human.
We’re talking about humans here, fellow human beings on earth who simply want to live their lives in the pursuit of freedom and joy, same as anyone else.
1. “Jazzagenda” - 4:25
2. “Charismagic” - 3:24
Saxreligious
Elysia Marginata (2022)
https://saxreligious.bandcamp.com/album/elysia-marginata
3. “Icarus” - 4:30
Oddity
Oddisea, Pt. 3 (2023)
https://thatoddity.bandcamp.com/album/oddisea-pt-3
4. “Ghosts on the Water” - 5:41
Erika Oba/Chris Bastian
Carry On (2012)
https://erikaoba-chrisbastian.bandcamp.com/album/carry-on-2
5. “Put the Top Down” - 5:36
Dave Koz
Live at the Blue Note Tokyo (2012)
https://www.amazon.com/Live-At-Blue-Note-Tokyo/dp/B009OMVHH0
6. “Can We Talk” - 4:45
Tevin Campbell
I’m Ready (1993)
https://open.spotify.com/album/4oMHSoFd6DKPVMVb8uiZYv
7. “American Pie” - 3:52
Shea Diamond
Seen it All (2018)
https://open.spotify.com/track/5pq4uYLVfJ4sjc7CdK10St
8. “Love Somebody” - 5:11
Teddy Geiger
https://open.spotify.com/track/2i3o539d37NpxlESnw76CY
9. “Lush Life” - 3:27
10. “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing” - 4:44
Billy Strayhorn
The Peaceful Side of Billy Strayhorn (1963)