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The vibrant and joyful music of Luiz Santos, a worldwide artist from New York City USA, will make you feel alive. His brilliant mix of Brazilian percussion, Caribbean, Chamber Music and Jazz as he plays the drums and the piano will fill your heart with hope. Simply put on one of his albums and you'll be sure to feel uplifted and encouraged. What makes the music of this world-class Brazilian drummer, percussionist, pianist and composer so unique and incredibly special? His unparalleled creativity

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During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music.

John Coltrane

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, Hot Lips Page and Cab Calloway.

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Salvador Dali on motorcycle at the hotel Le Meurice in Paris, 1973.

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Salvador Dalí -The Three Sphinxes of Bikini - 1947

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John and Bill Evans performing during Mahavishnu's concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July of 1984. Photos by Jean-Guy Python.

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"Day of God" (Mahana no Atua), 1894 - Paul Gauguin

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The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

Wayne Shorter

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Salvador Dalí - Neo-Cubist Academy (Composition with Three Figures) - 1926

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John Coltrane performs at the Newport Jazz Festival
Photo: Gai Terrell/Redferns

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Alice and John Coltrane

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Alongside Chick Corea in Return to Forever, Clarke was instrumental in the explosion of jazz-fusion, creating a band that was as powerful as a rock group.
(L-R) Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea & Al Di Meola

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'The Fleeting Moment of Sun', 2010, Eastern Gouache, by Saitō Kazu (斉藤 和, born 1960)

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Freddie Hubbard- Stanley Clarke- Joe Henderson- Lenny White - Chick Corea- Chaka Khan- 1982

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Led Zeppelin performing at Earl’s Court, 1975.
Photo: Chris Walter

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Gustav Klimt (Austrian, July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918)
Calm Pond on the Kammer Castle Grounds, 1899

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Miles Davis at the Cummis Thestre. Paris November 30, 1957
photography: Jean-Pierre LELOIR

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John Coltrane praying for nuclear bomb victims at Peace Memorial Park, Nagasaki, Japan. July 14, 1966.

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Landscape at Auvers after rain (1890).
Vincent van Gogh

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The market doesn't influence my thinking in the slightest, except I'd suspect anything that makes it. I love Bartok, Berg, Stravinsky. The fact that music is polygonal, atonal, polyrythmic or whatever doesn't bother me - but it must say something.
Bill Evans

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The "Martha McKeen" of Wellfleet, 1944
Edward Hopper (American, 1882 - 1967)

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The wonders of nature, 1953
Rene Magritte

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Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian - 1972

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John Coltrane during the recording sessions for 'A Love Supreme', Van Gelder Studio, Englewood, NJ, December 10, 1964
Photo: Chuck Stewart

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Toots Thielemans at the Blue Note jazz club - Chicago, Illinois-1950.

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The Violinist at the Window, 1918

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Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
Claude Monet

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GET Afro Brazilian Latin Jazz 'Candombe Improvisations'
Get it here: https://luizsantos.com/track/1331858/candombe-improvisations

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Bubbles surrounding The Police at the filming of Roxanne for the TV show Top 50 Rock Planet in Amsterdam.
Photo: Barry Schultz

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Miles Davis' philosophy was clear: create, take risks and reinvent yourself, even if it meant making the public or critics uncomfortable

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Landscape with Fence and Trees, 1916-19,
Edward Hopper

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'The hands find a way to do what the heart wants to say'

Paco de Lucia

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Marc Chagall’s painting a part of "The Triumph of music" on the mural of New York's Metropolitan Opera 1966.

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“Don't play what's there; play what's not there.”
― Miles Davis

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"Reminiscence of Brabant" - Saint-Remy-de-Provence, 1890
Vincent van Gogh

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Adelsteen Normann (1848-1918)
Midnight in Norway