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| Quincy Troupe (2001) | |
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| The son of Negro League baseball catcher Quincy Trouppe (who added a second "P" to the family name while playing in Mexico to accommodate the Spanish pronunciation "Trou-pay"), Troupe Jr. attended Grambling State University on a baseball scholarship; he failed to finish either of his first two semesters and subsequently joined the United States Army. In his free time as a soldier, he developed the passion for writing that would define his career.
Upon his return to civilian life, Troupe moved to Los Angeles, where he encountered the Watts Writers Workshop and began working in a more jazz-based style. It was on a tour with the Watts group that he first began his academic life. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Miles Davis | Bags' Groove | Bags' Groove | (OJC) |
| # 2 | Thelonious Monk | Misterioso | Misterioso | (OJC) |
| # 3 | Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | So What | (Columbia) |
| # 4 | The Beatles | Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | (Capitol) |
| # 5 | Miles Davis | On the Corner | Helen Butte | (Columbia) |
| # 6 | The Police | Ghost in the Machine | Spirits in the Material World | (A&M) |
| # 7 | Kassav' | Live Au Zenith | Mwen Viré | (Sony) |
| # 8 | Youssou N'Dour | Eyes Open | Live Television | (40 Acres & A) |
| Book | Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Autumn of the Patriarch" | |||
| Luxury Item | A case of Krug Champagne | |||
| Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast | ||||
| Alt 1 | Miles Davis | Live around the World | N/A | (Columbia) |
| Alt 2 | Stevie Wonder | At the Close of the Century | N/A | (Motown) |
| Alt 3 | Jimi Hendrix | N/A | Purple Haze | N/A |
| Alt 4 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1 | N/A | (Epic) |
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19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Michael Manring 31 May Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |