Oscar Pettiford

Sonny Rollins records with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach ‘Freedom Suite’ for Riverside (1958)

Sonny Rollins 'Freedom Suite' is an album recorded on February 11 & March 7, 1958 with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach and released the same year by Riverside.Track Listing :...

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On Austrian TV today, Attila Zoller meets Oscar Pettiford (1959)

June 15, 1959 - if in Austria, do not miss on national television, guitarist Attila Zoller and double bassist Oscar Pettiford filmed at Fatty's Saloon in Wien for "Black and...

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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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Michel Petrucciani and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen record ‘Michel Petrucciani & NHOP’ at the Jazzhouse in Copenhagen (1994)

'Michel Petrucciani & NHOP' is a collaboration album between Petrucciani, the pianist and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, the bassist recorded on April 18, 1994 at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse and released on...

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Riverside tape ‘The Unique Thelonious Monk’ with Art Blakey on drums (1956)

'The Unique Thelonious Monk' is an album of standards recorded on March 17 and April 3, 1956 with Art Blakey on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass and released the...

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Art Blakey records ‘Drum Suite’ with the Jazz Messengers and his Percussion Ensemble (1956)

Art Blakey's 'Drum Suite' is an album recorded on December 13, 1956 and February 22, 1957 with The Jazz Messengers and the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble and released the same...

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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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Helen Merrill records with Clifford Brown ‘Helen Merrill,’ her eponymous debut album for Emarcy (1955)

'Helen Merrill' is her eponymous debut studio album recorded on December 22-24, 1954, with Clifford Brown and released in 1955 by Emarcy.Track Listing : 1.Don'T Explain (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie...

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Cannonball Adderley records ‘The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco’ for Riverside (1959)

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco' is an album recorded on October 18 & 20, 1959 and released In 1959 by Riverside.Track Listing : 1.This Here (Bobby Timmons) –...

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Thelonious Monk records ‘Brilliant Corners’ for Riverside (1956)

Thelonious Monk's 'Brilliant Corners' is a studio album recorded on October 9, 15 and December 7, 1956 and released In 1957 by Riverside.Track Listing : 1.Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) -...

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Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn record ‘Great Times!’ for Riverside (1950)

'Great Times!' by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn is an album recorded on September 13, October 3 & November, 1950 and released the same year by Riverside.Track Listing : 1.Cotton...

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This week In Guitar Virtuosi 37/52

How well do you know the music of Carlos Santana, Warren Haynes, Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Orianthi, Warren Haynes, Jim Hall, Attila Zoller, Al Di Meola,...

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Bud Powell records ‘The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2’ (1963)

'The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2' is a studio album recorded on August 14, 1953.Track Listing : 1.Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke) - 02:54 . 2.Reets And I (Benny...

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Thelonious Monk records ‘Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington’ for Riverside (1955)

'Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington' is an album by Monk playing well-known songs by Ellington, recorded July 21 and 27, 1955 and released the same year by Riverside.Track listing :...

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

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Temptations, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Nirvana, Dire Straits, Tina Turner, Stanley Clarke, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Herbie Hancock We Celebrate Ella Fitzgerald, Erroll...

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Kenny Dorham records ‘Afro-Cuban’ with Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey et al (1955)

Kenny Dorham's 'Afro-Cuban' is an album recorded on January 30 and March 29, 1955 with Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey et al and released in October 1955 by Blue...

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Me:nu Du Jour – February 11, 2016

[TOD:AY] We Discover Kamasi Washington, GoGo Penguin . We Celebrate Sérgio Mendes, Whitney Houston, D’Angelo . We Listen To The Bad Plus, Erykah Badu, Luther Vandross, Sonny Rollins, Michael Bublé...

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Jazz Dancing

From 'Unsquare Dance' to 'Carribean Fire Dance' , we have mixed 14 'Swing' tunes around the theme of 'Dancing with Jazz'. It has Ray Barretto, Nat Adderley, Donal Byrd, Joe...

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Woody Herman (reHeard)

From 'Bamba Samba' to 'At The Woodchopper's Ball', we have mixed 18 'Strictly Jazz' tunes written or co-written by 'Woody Herman '. It has Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis ,...

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