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This week In Jazz Legends 52/52

How well do you know the music of Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack...

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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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Twist Craze

From the contagious rhythm of the Twist to the regional ripples it creates, the evolution of this dance unfolds before your eyes. Experience the twists and turns of music history...

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Miles Davis records with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson, ‘Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants,’ an album for Prestige (1954)

'Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants' is an album recorded on December 24, 1954 and October 26, 1956, with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson and released in 1959 By...

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Warner Bros. publish ‘Shaka Zulu,’ an album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo produced by Paul Simon (1987)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo's 'Shaka Zulu' is their twenty fifth album produced by Paul Simon and released in 1987 by Warner Bros.Track Listing : 1.Unomathemba (Joseph Shabalala) - 03:47 . 2.Hello...

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Ornette Coleman records his sixth album : ‘Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation’ for Atlantic Records (1960)

Ornette Coleman's 'Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation' is his sixth album recorded on December 21, 1960 September 1961 and released by Atlantic Records.Track Listing : 1.Free Jazz (Part One) (Ornette...

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This week In Jazz Legends 51/52

Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett, Grover Washington Jr, Milton Nascimento, Wagner Tiso, Tony Bennett, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef, Arturo O'Farrill, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny,...

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Samantha Fish performs for Paste Magazine (2017)

December 18, 2017 - Samantha Fish will perform a short acoustic set at Paste Magazine Studios in New York City

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Arturo O’Farrill brings the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to Cuba (2014)

December 18, 2014 - Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra perform with pianist Alexis Bosch and Cuban tresero & singer Cotó (Juan de la Cruz Antomarchi Padilla) at...

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Dave Brubeck Quartet records ‘Jazz at the College of the Pacific’ for Fantasy Records (1953)

Dave Brubeck Quartet's 'Jazz at the College of the Pacific' is a live album recorded on December 14, 1953 and released in December 1953 by Fantasy Records.Track Listing : 1.All...

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Branford Marsalis records ‘Contemporary Jazz’ with Eric Revis, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Joey Calderazzo for Sony Music (1999)

Branford Marsalis' 'Contemporary Jazz' is an album recorded in December 1999 with Eric Revis, Jeff 'Tain' Watts and Joey Calderazzo and released in August 2000 by Sony Music.Track Listing :...

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Stanley Clarke Trio featuring Hiromi and Lenny White records ‘Jazz in the Garden’ for Heads Up (2008)

Stanley Clarke Trio's 'Jazz in the Garden' is its debut album recorded on December 13–14, 2008 with pianist Hiromi and drummer Lenny White and released on April 15, 2009 by...

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Jean Luc Ponty goes to Brazil (1980)

December 13, 1980 - French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty performs at Palacio das Convencoes do Anhembi in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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This week In Jazz Legends 50/52

How well do you know the music of Dinah Shore, Andy Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Dave Brubeck,...

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On TV today, Lester, Billie, Thelonious et al at ‘The Sound of Jazz’ (1957)

December 8, 1957 - if you love jazz, you do not want to miss "The Sound of Jazz", a special edition of the CBS television series "Seven Lively Arts." It...

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Jason Mraz visits Brasilia (2013)

December 7, 2013 - the "Circuito Banco do Brasil" with Jason Mraz stops at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Brasilia, Brazil

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Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn perform for Paste Magazine (2017)

December 7, 2017 - husband and wife, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn will perform a short acoustic set at Paste Magazine Studios in New York City

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On TV today, John Coltrane Quartet at ‘Jazz Casual’ (1963)

December 7, 1963 - John Coltrane Quartet - that is John Coltrane (ts), McCoy Tynerr (p), Jimmy Garrison (b) and Elvin Jones (d) - tapes three songs for "Jazz Casual"...

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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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Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera plays at home (2013)

December 4, 2013 - Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera's fame, will revisit the band's 1983 album "High Land Hard Rain" in its entirety at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow,...

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