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Charles Mingus records ‘Pithecanthropus Erectus,’ an album for Atlantic (1956)

Charles Mingus' 'Pithecanthropus Erectus' is an album recorded on January 30, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic.Track Listing : 1.Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus) – 10:36 . 2.A Foggy...

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Dee Dee Bridgewater begins the recording of ‘Dear Ella,’ a tribute album to Ella Fitzgerald for Verve (1997)

Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Dear Ella' is a studio album (in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year)recorded between January 29 and February 19, 1997 and released on...

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Happy Birthday Lenny White. ‘Next of Skin’

This day (December 19, 1949), in New York City, is born Lenny White, an American jazz fusion drummer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Oz Noy Trio – @the Iridium (2018) 2...

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We remember Roy Hargrove. ‘The Groove Factor’

This day (November 2, 2018), in Los Angeles, died Roy Hargrove, an American jazz trumpeter.Tracklist : 1 . The Seattle Vibe (2017) 2 . Washington DC (2014) 3 . Seoul...

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Me:nu Du Jour October 9 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Michael Bublé, Leonard Cohen, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Thelonious Monk We Celebrate John Lennon, Yusef Lateef, PJ Harvey, Jackson Browne, Nona Hendryx, Kenny Garrett,...

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Four Jazz Messengers Euro Gigs

On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany.

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Art Blakey celebrates his 70th birthday with an all-star band (1989)

October 9, 1989 - for his 70th birthday, Art Blakey has invited past members of the Jazz Messengers such as Freddie Hubbard, Terence Blanchard, Curtis Fuller, Jackie McLean, Donald Harrison,...

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Me:nu Du Jour October 5 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Bryan Ferry, Chaka Khan, Muddy Waters, Led Zeppelin, Joe Satriani, R.E.M., Elton John, Tame Impala, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Killing Joke, Einstürzende Neubauten, Stereo...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 20 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Tony Bennett, Earth Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, Sting, Green Day, AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Nick Cave, Ozzy Osbourne, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean,...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 18 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Diana Krall, Beach Boys, Macy Gray, Genesis, Lana Del Rey, Tori Amos, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, Madonna, Wilco, The Replacements, Bill Evans, Hiromi Uehara,...

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Happy Birthday Sonny Rollins. ‘Still Rockin’Rollins’

This day (September 7, 1930), in New York City, is born Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . There Will Never Be Another You (1965)...

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Me:nu Du Jour August 5 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Al Jarreau, Jeff Beck, Pat Benatar, Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Stooges, The Pogues, John Cougar Mellencamp, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson,...

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Me:nu Du Jour – July 10 in Music (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Cream, Chicago, Coldplay, Beatles, Frank Ocean, Sonny Rollins, Lee Morgan We Celebrate Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys , Béla Fleck, Mavis Staples, Lee Morgan...

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Miles Davis gathers with Friends in Paris (1991)

July 10, 1991 - Miles Davis and Friends - that is saxophonists Bill Evans, Kenny Garrett, Jackie McLean, Steve Grossman and Wayne Shorter; keyboardists Deron Johnson, Herbie Hancock and Joe...

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Miles Davis records ‘Round About Midnight’ with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones (1956)

Miles Davis' 'Round About Midnight' is an album recorded on October 26, 1955; June 5 and September 10, 1956 and released on March 18, 1957 by Columbia.Track listing . 1.'Round...

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Universal Romancers

From 'Incurably romantic' to 'I'll Take Romance' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz and World Wide Crooners' tunes around the theme of 'Romantism'. It has Jackie McLean, Charles Trenet, Houston...

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Take Five (recounted)

From 'Take Five' to 'Five Will Get You Ten' , we have mixed 19 'Pure Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Five'. It has Jackie McLean, Grover Washington, Eliane Elias,...

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All the Things Oscar

From 'I'll Take Romance' to 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' , we have mixed 23 'Jazz' tunes written or co-written by 'Oscar Hammerstein II'. It has Terry Snyder, Antigua Jazz band, Lou...

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Hopes And Promises

From 'Never Will I Marry' to 'I Will Always Love You', we have mixed 18 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Impossible Hopes And Inconsequent Promises'. It has Quincy Jones...

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Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums [Blu-ray Audio]

Comprised of three 10" albums: "Young Man With a Horn", "Miles Davis Vol. 2" and "Miles Davis Vol. 3" released in 1952 - 1954[wptab name='USA' active='active'] Comprised of three 10"...

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