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Milt Jackson records the album ‘Plenty, Plenty Soul’ with Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey et al (1957)

Milt Jackson's 'Plenty, Plenty Soul' is an album recorded on January 5 & 7, 1957 with Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey, Connie Kay and more guests and...

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This week In Soul 01/52

How well do you know the music of Gladys Knight & The Pips, Aretha Franklin & Lou Rawls, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Booker T. & The MG'S, Edwin Starr, James Brown,...

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Frank Sinatra records ‘Sinatra at the Sands,’ his first live album with Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted by Quincy Jones (1966)

Frank Sinatra's 'Sinatra at the Sands' is his first live album recorded in January 1966 with Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones and released in...

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Tony Bennett records ‘Strike Up the Band’ with Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959)

Tony Bennett's 'Strike Up the Band' is a studio album recorded on January 3 & 5, 1959 with Count Basie and his Orchestra and first released as 'Basie Swings, Bennett...

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Lonnie Smith records ‘Drives,’ an album for Blue Note (1970)

Lonnie Smith's 'Drives' is an album recorded on January 2, 1970 and released in 1970 by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Twenty-Five Miles (Lonnie Smith) - 05:36 . 2.Spinning Wheel (David...

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Funky Saxophones

Something stirs mid-'60s, and by the 1970s, it thunders: Funk. Electric bass and drums form a backbone steeled by staccato guitars, with African-American origins breathing through a mesh of R&B...

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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°302 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

Bananarama’s "Cheers Then" stands out as a melancholy departure from their buoyant style, while Japan’s "Visions of China" fuses electronic textures with Asian influences. INXS nails an upbeat vibe with...

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Atco Records publish Otis Redding’s debut album : ‘Pain in My Heart’ (1964)

Otis Redding's 'Pain in My Heart' is his debut album produced by Jim Stewart and released on January 1, 1964 by Atco Records.Track Listing : 1.Pain In My Heart (Naomi...

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Bobby Bland releases his debut album : ‘Two Steps from the Blues’ (1961)

Bobby Bland's 'Two Steps from the Blues' is his debut album released on January 1, 1961 by Duke.Track Listing : 1.Two Steps From The Blues (Deadric Malone, John Riley Brown)...

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Me:nu Du Jour December 31 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Barbra Streisand, João Donato, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Winwood We Celebrate Donna Summer, Natalie Cole We Watch The Blues Brothers, The Police, The Band, Bonnie...

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Lang Lang plays Grieg, Gershwin and more in Germany (2015)

December 31, 2015 - pianist Lang Lang will play Edward Grieg, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and Herman Hupfeld with mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, baritone Lucas Meachem and the members...

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Warner Bros. publish Jaco Pastorius’ third album : ‘Invitation’ recorded with his Word of Mouth big band (1983)

Jaco Pastorius 'Invitation' is his third album recorded with his Word of Mouth big band and released in December 1983 by Warner Bros.Track Listing : 1.Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) - 06:57...

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Dinah Washington records ‘Dinah Sings Bessie Smith,’ an album for Emarcy (1957)

Dinah Washington's 'Dinah Sings Bessie Smith' is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 20, 1958.Track Listing : 1.After You'Ve Gone (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) - 03:39 ....

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Thelonious Monk records his fifth album ‘Big Band and Quartet in Concert’ for Columbia (1963)

Thelonious Monk's 'Big Band and Quartet in Concert' is his fifth album recorded live at Lincoln Center, New York City on December 30, 1963.Track Listing : 1.I Mean You (Thelonious...

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Chet Baker records the album ‘Chet’ with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay (1958)

Chet Baker's 'Chet' is an album recorded on December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959 with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay. Track...

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Toots Thielemans records ‘Man Bites Harmonica!’ an album for Riverside (1958)

Toots Thielemans' 'Man Bites Harmonica!' is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 7, 1958.Track Listing : 1.East Of The Sun (Brooks Bowman) - 07:14 . 2.Don'T Blame...

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Columbia publish Leonard Cohen’s debut album : ‘Songs of Leonard Cohen’ featuring ‘Suzanne,’ ‘Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye’ and ‘So Long Marianne’ (1967)

'Songs of Leonard Cohen' feat. 'Suzanne' and 'So Long, Marianne' is his debut album recorded In August 1967 and released on December 27, 1967 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Suzanne (Leonard...

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Frank Zappa records a live double album : ‘Zappa in New York’ (1976)

Frank Zappa's 'Zappa in New York' is a live double album recorded on December 26–29, 1976 at the Palladium in New York City and released On March 3, 1978 By...

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Duke Ellington records ‘ A Concert of Sacred Music’ at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York (1965)

Duke Ellington's ' A Concert of Sacred Music' is an album recorded at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York on December 26, 1965 and released in 1966 By Rca.Track...

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Ray Charles records ‘Genius + Soul = Jazz,’ an album arranged by Quincy Jones for Impulse! (1960)

Ray Charles' 'Genius + Soul = Jazz' is an album arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded on December 26–27, 1960 with members of The Count Basie Band and released in March...

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