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We remember Tony Williams

This day (February 23, 1997), in Daly City, California, died Anthony Tillmon 'Tony' Williams, an American drummer and pioneer of jazz fusion.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock,...

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‘Music For The Dancers’ N°122 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Color Me Badd, Ace of Base, Daft Punk, Jam & Spoon, Deee-Lite, Crush, B.T., Guru Josh, Camisra, Rozalla, N-Trance, Off-Shore ? Take...

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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°336 – Vintage 2000s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bowling For Soup, Violent Delight, Jamie T, Foals, OK Go, John Mayer, My Vitriol, Staind, Gary Go, Biffy...

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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°547 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Malcolm McLaren, Alexei Sayle, Matt Bianco, Fischer-Z, The Colourfield, Blue Öyster Cult, Sharpe & Numan, Westworld, Bananarama, Fuzzbox, Men At Work, Howard...

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Radiohead release ‘Pablo Honey,’ their debut album featuring ‘Creep’ (1993)

Radiohead's 'Pablo Honey' is their debut studio album released on February 22, 1993 by Parlophone.Track Listing : 1.You (Radiohead) - 03:29 . 2.Creep (Radiohead) - 03:56 . 3.How Do You?...

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Abbey Lincoln records ‘Straight Ahead’ with Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins & Max Roach (1961)

Abbey Lincoln's 'Straight Ahead' is an album recorded on February 22, 1961 with Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach and others and released the same year by Candid.Track Listing :...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°317 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Bryan Ferry, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Brandi Wells, Fern Kinney, Pepsi and Shirlie, Kool & The Gang, Rudy Grant, Evelyn 'Champagne'...

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This week In Jazz Legends 08/52

Cassandra Wilson, David Murray, Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan, Blue Note All Stars, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock Quintet VSOP, Benny Carter, Larry Coryell, Larry Carlton,...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°412 – 2010s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of YNW Melly, Cardi B & Bruno Mars, Blocboy JB, Juice Wrld, Offset, Drake, Migos, Lethal Bizzle, Calvin Harris, Jay Rock, Nicki Minaj,...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°658 – 2010s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa, Lady A, James Bay, One Direction, Samantha Harvey, Khalid, Rihanna, Loick Essien, Picture This, Lemar, Plan B,...

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Steely Dan release their third album ‘Pretzel Logic’ featuring ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’ (1974)

Steely Dan's 'Pretzel Logic' is their third studio album fully written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and released on February 20, 1974 by ABC.Track Listing : 1.Rikki Don'T Lose...

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Tony, Garth, Tracy et al attend the ’33rd Annual Grammy Awards’ (1991)

February 20, 1991 - Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan, En Vogue, James Ingram, M.C. Hammer, Bette Midler and more. They all take part in the "33rd...

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Rough Trade publish ‘The Smiths,’ their debut eponymous featuring ‘What Difference Does It Make?’ (1983)

'The Smiths' is their debut eponymous studio album recorded in 1983 and released on February 20, 1984 by Rough Trade. Track Listing : 1.Reel Around The Fountain (Morrissey, Johnny Marr)...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°359 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Zhané, Deni Hines, Shanice, Kleshay, Honky, Young Disciples, Total, C+C Music Factory, P.M. Dawn, For Real, Black Men United, Oui 3 ?...

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Yes release their first album with Steve Howe : ‘The Yes Album’ (1971)

'The Yes Album' by Yes is their third ( and first with guitarist Steve Howe) studio album, released on February 19, 1971 by Atlantic.Track Listing : 1.Yours Is No Disgrace...

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Robert, Damon, Massive et al perform for the tsunami victims (2005)

February 19, 2005 - Robert Plant, Damon Albarn, Massive Attack, Portishead and many others will get together at "Tsunami Crisis In Asia Benefit for Oxfam" held at the Bristol Academy,...

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Happy Birthday David Murray. ‘One More Circle’

This day (February 19, 1955), in Oakland, California, is born David Murray, an American musician who plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Saul Williams...

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We remember Lee Morgan

This day (February 19, 1972), in New York, died Edward Lee Morgan, an American hard bop trumpeter.Tracklist : 1 . I Remember Clifford (1958) 2 . w/ John Gilmore -...

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Dinah Washington records ‘What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!’ (1959)

Dinah Washington's 'What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!' is an album arranged by Belford Hendricks, recorded on February 19 and August 1959 and released the same year by Mercury.Track Listing...

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Herbie Hancock records ‘Crossings,’ the second album of his Mwandishi period in February (1972)

Herbie Hancock's 'Crossings' is his tenth (and second in his Mwandishi period) album recorded in February 1972 and released in May 1972 By Warner Bros.Track Listing : 1.Sleeping Giant (Herbie...

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