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Chet Baker records the album ‘Embraceable You’ (1957)

Chet Baker's 'Embraceable You' is an album recorded on December 9, 1957 and released in 1995 by Pacific Jazz .Track Listing : 1.The Night We Called It A Day (Tom...

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Me:nu Du Jour December 7 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Temptations, Sonny Rollins, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Foreigner, Artists United Against Apartheid, Wes Montgomery, Duke Ellington, Mahavishnu Orchestra We Celebrate Tom Waits We Watch Tina...

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Artists United Against Apartheid release a collective album ‘Sun City’ produced by Steven Van Zandt (1985)

Artists United Against Apartheid's 'Sun City' is an album featuring Miles Davis, Bono and Bob Dylan among other guests produced by Steven Van Zandt and released on December 7, 1985...

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This week In Singing Ladies 49/52

How well do you know the music of Corinne Bailey Rae, Adele, Diana Krall, Brandi Carlile, Cat Power, Tori Amos, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Armatrading, Tracy Chapman, Sinéad O'Connor, Dianne Reeves,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 49/52

How well do you know the music of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carlos Ward, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stan Getz, Flora Purim, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Wes Montgomery,...

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Dinah Washington records ‘The Swingin’ Miss D,’ an album arranged by Quincy Jones (1956)

Dinah Washington's 'The Swingin' Miss D' is a studio album arranged by Quincy Jones and recorded on December 4–6, 1956 and released in 1957 by Emarcy.Track Listing : 1.They Didn'T...

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Playing and Singing Zappa

To Celebrate Frank Zappa, who passed away today in 1993, we have selected various solo artists or bands who have covered the songs Zappa wrote or co-wrote. They are Swann,...

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Miles Davis records in Paris ‘Ascenseur pour l’échafaud’ for the eponymous Louis Malle movie (1957)

Miles Davis' 'Ascenseur pour l'échafaud' is an album featuring the musical cues for the eponymous 1958 Louis Malle film recorded on December 4 and 5, 1957 and released in 1958...

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Joe Henderson records ‘Inner Urge’ for Blue Note with Mccoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Elvin Jones (1964)

Joe Henderson's 'Inner Urge' is his fourth album as a leader recorded on November 30, 1964 with Mccoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Elvin Jones and released in 1965 by Blue...

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Me:nu Du Jour November 29 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Diana Krall, Mary J. Blige, Joni Mitchell, Love, Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington We Celebrate George Harrison, John Mayall, Chuck Mangione We Watch...

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Pablo Records tape ‘Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie,’ their eponymous album (1974)

'Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie' is an album recorded on November 28 & 29, 1974 and released in 1974 By Pablo.Track Listing : 1.Caravan (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol)...

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Lester Young records the album ‘The President Plays’ with the Oscar Peterson Quartet (1952)

Lester Young's 'The President Plays' is a studio album recorded on November 28, 1952 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet and released in June 1954 By Norgran Records.Track Listing : 1.Ad...

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Carmen McRae records ‘Portrait of Carmen,’ an album for Atlantic (1967)

Carmen McRae's 'Portrait of Carmen' is a studio album recorded on November 27-29, 1967 with Shorty Rogers, Benny Carter and Gene Di Novi and featuring arrangements by Oliver Nelson and...

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Roland Kirk starts the recording of ‘The Inflated Tear,’ an album for Atlantic (1968)

Roland Kirk's 'The Inflated Tear' is an album recorded between November 27 and 30, 1967 and released on June 14, 1968 by Atlantic.Track Listing : 1.The Black And Crazy Blues...

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20 Questions You Never Asked About Garage Rock| We Answer Them Anyway

This video explores Garage Rock through 20 factual Q&As — from The Strokes to The Duke Spirit. It highlights the raw sound, DIY attitude, and evolution of underground rock. Simple...

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Me:nu Du Jour November 25 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Luther Vandross, The Band, Jackson Browne, War, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Duke Ellington, Weather Report We Celebrate Percy Sledge We Watch Bob Marley, Jimi...

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This week In Jazz Legends 47/52

How well do you know the music of Anita O'Day, Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Weather Report, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Joshua Redman, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Desmond,...

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Columbia publish Earth, Wind & Fire’s eighth album : ‘All n All’ featuring ‘Serpentine Fire’ and ‘Fantasy’ (1977)

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'All n All' feat. 'Serpentine Fire' & 'Fantasy' is their eighth (and most well known) studio album released on November 21, 1977 by Columbia.Track Listing :...

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B.B. King records ‘Live at the Regal’ at the Regal Theater in Chicago (1964)

B.B. King's 'Live at the Regal' is a live album recorded on November 21, 1964 at the Regal Theater in Chicago and released in 1965 By Abc.Track Listing : 1.Every...

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Pat Metheny records ‘One Quiet Night’ solo on acoustic and baritone guitars (2001)

Pat Metheny's 'One Quiet Night' is a solo album recorded on November 21, 2001 and January 2003 on acoustic and baritone guitars and released on May 13, 2003 By Warner...

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