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John Coltrane finishes the recording of ‘My Favorite Things,’ an album with Mccoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Elvin Jones (1960)

John Coltrane's 'My Favorite Things' is his seventh (and his first where he plays soprano) album recorded on October 21, 24, 26, 1960 and released In March 1961 by Atlantic.Track...

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John Coltrane records ‘Coltrane Plays the Blues’ with McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Elvin Jones (1960)

John Coltrane's 'Coltrane Plays the Blues' is an album recorded on October 24, 1960 during the sessions for 'My Favorite Things.' Track Listing : 1.Blues To Elvin (Elvin Jones) -...

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John Coltrane records ‘Live at Birdland’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (1963)

John Coltrane's 'Live at Birdland' is an album recorded on October 8 , March 6 and November 18, 1963 (half in Birdland, half in studio) and released in 1964 by...

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John Coltrane records ‘Live in Seattle’ with Pharoah Sanders, Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones et al (1965)

John Coltrane's 'Live in Seattle' is an album recorded on September 30, 1965 and released In 1971 by Impulse!.Track Listing : 1.Cosmos (John Coltrane) - 10:49 . 2.Out Of This...

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Elvin Jones plays at Newport Jazz (1990)

August 18, 1990 - Elvin Jones is with Sonny Fortuneand Pat LaBarbera (ts), Chip Jackson (b) at "Newport Jazz Festival" in Newport, RI

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Wayne Shorter records his fifth album ‘JuJu’ with Mccoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones (1964)

Wayne Shorter's 'JuJu' is his fifth album recorded on August 3, 1964. In 1964 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Juju (Wayne Shorter) - 08:30 ....

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Miles Davis records ‘Blue Moods’ with Charles Mingus and Elvin Jones (1955)

Miles Davis' 'Blue Moods' is an album recorded on July 9, 1955, together with Charles Mingus and Elvin Jones and released the same year by Debut.Track Listing : 1.Nature Boy...

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John Coltrane records ‘Ascension’ with Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp et al (1966)

John Coltrane's 'Ascension' is an album of continuous performance without breaks recorded on June 28, 1965 and released in February 1966 by Impulse!Track Listing : 1.Edition I/Ascension (John Coltrane) –...

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John Coltrane records ‘Coltrane’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (1962)

'Coltrane (1962)' is a studio album by John Coltrane recorded on April 11, June 19, 20 and 29, 1962 and released In August 1962 by Impulse!..Track Listing : 1.Out Of...

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McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter & Elvin Jones meet at Playboy (1982)

June 19, 1982 - The Great Quartet - that is McCoy Tynerr, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter & Elvin Jones - is expected at the Playboy Jazz Festival in the Hollywood...

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Island publish Grace Jones’ sixth album : ‘Living My Life’ featuring ‘Nipple to the Bottle’ and ‘My Jamaican Guy’ (1982)

Grace Jones' 'Living My Life' is her sixth studio album (and the last of the three albums she recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas) released on November...

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Booker T. Jones performs at Toronto Jazz Festival (2015)

June 24, 2015 - Booker T. Jones and his band featuring Melvin Brannon (b), Ted Jones (g), Vernon Black (g) and Darian Gray (d) are at Toronto Jazz Fest in...

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This week In Jazz Legends 20/52

Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, The Marsalis Family, Hank Jones, Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner Quartet, George Benson, Earl Klugh, Miles Davis, John Scofield, Elvin Jones Trio, Esperanza Spalding, Bobby McFerrin, Miles...

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This week In Jazz Legends 18/52

Miles Davis, Gill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Martial Solal, Johnny Griffin, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Hank Jones, Joe Lovano, Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval, Elvin Jones, Joshua Redman, Herbie Hancock,...

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John Coltrane records ‘Live At The Village Vanguard Again!’ with Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane et al (1966)

John Coltrane's 'Live At The Village Vanguard Again!' is a (free jazz) album recorded on May 28, 1966 and released in December 1966 by Impulse!Track Listing : 1.Naima (John Coltrane)...

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John Coltrane records his ninth album : ‘Olé’ for Atlantic (1962)

John Coltrane's 'Olé' is his ninth album recorded on May 25, 1961 and released in February 1962 by Atlantic.Track Listing : 1.Olé (John Coltrane) - 18:17 . 2.Dahomey Dance (John...

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John Coltrane records ‘Africa/Brass,’ his eighth album with French horns and euphonium (1961)

John Coltrane's 'Africa/Brass' is his eighth studio album recorded on May 23 & June 7, 1961 with French horns and euphonium and released the same year by Impulse! Records.Track Listing...

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This week In Jazz Legends 19/52

Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Arturo Sandoval, Branford Marsalis, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, Woody Shaw , Pharoah Sanders, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard, Keith...

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Happy Birthday to Ron Carter. ‘Beau Ron’

This day (May 4, 1937), in Ferndale, Michigan, is born Ron Carter, an American jazz double-bassist. Tracklist : 1 . w/ Al Foster & Eli Degibri – United Blues (2019)...

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Impulse! publish John Coltrane’s ‘Impressions’ featuring Eric Dolphy on one track (1963)

John Coltrane's 'Impressions' is an album (both live and studio) recorded in November 1961, on September 18, 1962 and April 29, 1963 and released in 1963 by Impulse!Track Listing :...

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