Herb Ellis

Me:nu Du Jour October 15 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Angie Stone, Grateful Dead, Toto, Korn, Neil Young, Ride, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter We Celebrate Richard Carpenter, Carpenters, Fela Anikulapo Kuti We...

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On TV today, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz et al sit in with Nat King Cole (1957)

October 15, 1957 - for his own NBC show, Nat King Cole is accompanied by Jazz At The Philharmonic - that is Illinois Jacquet (ts), Ray Brown (b), Roy Eldridge...

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Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson plus the Oscar Peterson trio record ‘Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House’ for Verve (1957)

'Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House' is a live album recorded on October 10, 1957, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and released the same year by...

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘At the Opera House’ in Los Angeles for Verve (1957)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'At the Opera House' is a live album recorded on October 7, 1957 in Los Angeles and released in 1958 by Verve.Track Listing : 1.It'S All Right With...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 11 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Ray Charles, Eurythmics, Electric Light Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Gary Clark Jr., Blur, Jay-Z, Jacques Brel, Kanye West, Blossom Dearie We Celebrate Harry...

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‘Blossom Dearie’ records her first solo and eponymous album (1957)

'Blossom Dearie' is her first studio solo and eponymous album recorded on September 11–12, 1956 and released in April 1957 by Verve Records.Track listing : 1.'Deed I Do (Walter Hirsch,...

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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong record ‘Ella and Louis’ with the Oscar Peterson Quartet (1956)

'Ella and Louis' by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio album recorded on August 16, 1956 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Track Listing : 1.Can'T We Be Friends?...

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Me:nu Du Jour August 8 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, N.W.A, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, M.I.A., Oscar Peterson, Julie London We Celebrate The Edge, U2, Julian Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter,...

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Oscar Peterson records ‘The Trio’ at the London House in Chicago (1961)

Oscar Peterson's 'The Trio' is a live album recorded with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen on July 28 and 29, 1961 at the London House jazz club in Chicago and...

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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong record ‘Ella and Louis Again’ for Verve (1957)

'Ella and Louis Again' by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio (sequel to their 1956 'Ella and Louis') album recorded on July 23 & 31 and August 13,...

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Ella Fitzgerald ends the recording of ‘Get Happy!’ with various studio orchestras (1959)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Get Happy!' is an album recorded from July 24, 1957 till July 11, 1959 with various studio Orchestras and released in 1959 By Verve.Track Listing : 1.Somebody Loves...

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Me:nu Du Jour – July 7 in Music (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Jimmy Cliff, Maxwell, Eric B. & Rakim, The Stooges, Kings of Leon, Aaliyah, Primal Scream, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner We Celebrate Ringo Starr, Doc...

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Me:nu Du Jour – July 4 in Music (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Jeff Beck, Foo Fighters, Traffic, Prodigy, Jay Z, Sufjan Stevens, Oscar Peterson We Celebrate Bill Withers, Ástor Piazzolla, Barry White We Watch Tina Turner,...

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book’ with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1957)

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book' is a studio album recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on June 25 and October 17, 1957 and released the same year...

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Happy Birthday Monty Alexander. ‘The Full Monty’

This day (June 6, 1944), in Kingston, Jamaica, is born Monty Alexander, a jazz pianist with a strong Caribbean influence.Tracklist : Monticello . The Heathen . Love And Happiness ....

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We remember Stan Getz. ‘Getz à Go Go’

This day (June 6, 1991), in Malibu, California, died Stan Getz, an American jazz saxophone player who was known as The Sound. Tracklist : The Girl From Ipanema . Desafinado...

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One Broadway

From 'Give my regards to Broadway' to 'Broadway Bossa Nova', we have mixed 18 'Pure Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Broadway'. It has Dave Brubeck, Herb Ellis. Bob Maize....

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Jazzin’Around Baby Please Don’t Go

Starting and ending with Big Joe Williams's composition 'Baby Please Don't Go', we have mixed 18 'Jazz with some Blues' tunes around the theme of ' Big Joe Williams'. It...

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Sweet Suite

From 'Cherry' to 'Apple Honey' , we have mixed in "Sweet Suite", 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Sweets And Desserts'. It has Roland Kirk, Duke Ellington, Eric Donaldson,...

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Twenty Piano Men (and Women)

From 'Moten Swing' to 'The Beast', we have mixed 22 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Piano Players'. It has Hazell Scott, Mose Allison, Joe Sullivan, Bennie Moten and many...

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