In the few minutes before this grand opening at that angular room of glass, wood & concrete with New York's 65th & Broadway as its surround backdrop, I thought, "How sweet it is to be loved by you..." This room, on the Lincoln Center campus, looks and smells like my boss (& mentor) Marcus Samuelsson, but also, it sounds like me. [see my cover photo to see the room - or go to 65th & Broadway] Special thanks to Marc Smooth the best relay race teammate ever. The batons you pass to me are made of mahogany and gold. [looking up, far, and wide] Thank you http://www.marcussamuelsson.com/about-last-night/american-table-cafe-and-bar-opens http://americantablecafeandbar.com/calendar/grand-opening/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/business/marcus-samuelsson-both-a-chef-and-a-brand.html The Look Of Love - Dorothy Ashby Take 5 - Carmen McRae Bye-Ya - Thelonious Monk Not Enough Mama - Horace Silver Giant Steps - John Coltrane New York, New York - Duke Ellington Love Me Or Leave Me - Nina Simone I Got A Woman - Ray Charles Ain't That Peculiar - George Benson (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher - Otis Redding Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers What'd I Say? - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Featuring Norah Jones Harmonica Man - Stevie Wonder Twistin' the Night Away - Sam Cooke Soul Bossanova - Skeewiff I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters Tell Her About It - Billy Joel Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty Stepping Out - Joe Jackson Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart My Sharona - The Knack It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - BIlly Joel Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder Get Ready - Rare Earth Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Reflex) I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince (Dimtri From Paris) Uptown - Prince I Feel For You - Chaka Kahn I Used To Feel Alright - Marvin Gaye I Was A Teenage DJ - Greg Wilson Feel Reel - Illvester (Kon) I Want Your Love - Chic (Dimitri) Forever Came Today - Jackson 5 (Frankie Knuckles) Can You Feel It - The Jacksons On The Radio - Res Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (Psychemagik) Harlem - Bill Withers See Line Woman - Nina Simone the Songstress (Jerome) S.I.L.U. - Karizma Peaceful Island Life - Nickodemus Horse With No Name - America Ain't Got No/I Got Life - Nina Simone Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini Salsastion - David Shire What'd I Say? - Ray Charles (Lovegroove) photo by https://www.facebook.com/SaraGeePhotographer // http://saragiusti.tumblr.com/ http://www.soulhead.com/2012/08/09/dj-qool-marv-live-set-1st-day-of-summer-2012-at-red-rooster-harlem-nyc-usa-free-mp3-mixtape-download/ http://www.marcussamuelsson.com/playlists/sounds-of-summer-dj-qool-marvs-playlist http://www.marcussamuelsson.com/news/a-look-at-the-global-street-food-dj-qool-dj-marv More listen ins on the presentation conversations between Qool Marv and the Samuelsson family: http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2012-09-23T14_04_59-07_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2012-01-21T14_07_21-08_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-19T14_42_59-08_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2012-01-15T16_07_26-08_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-12-19T11_13_07-08_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-06T21_18_35-08_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-20T09_36_57-07_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-08T07_18_23-07_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-16T12_26_15-07_00