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Wayne Shorter records ‘Adam’s Apple’ an album for Blue Note (1966)

Wayne Shorter's 'Adam's Apple' is his tenth album recorded on February 2 & 24, 1966 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Adam'S Apple (Wayne Shorter) -...

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Horace Silver records with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes, ‘Finger Poppin” for Blue Note (1959)

Horace Silver's 'Finger Poppin'' is an album recorded on January 31, 1959, with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes and released mid-April 1959 by Blue Note.Track Listing...

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Jackie McLean records ‘Right Now!’ an album for Blue Note (1965)

Jackie McLean's 'Right Now!' is an album recorded on January 29, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Eco (Jackie Mclean) - 06:09 . 2.Poor Eric...

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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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Joe Henderson records with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson et al, ‘Mode for Joe’ an album for Blue Note (1966)

Joe Henderson's 'Mode for Joe' is his fifth studio album recorded on January 27, 1966 with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson & more and released the same year by...

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Freddie Hubbard records ‘Red Clay’ with Joe Henderson and Herbie Hancock for CTI (1970)

Freddie Hubbard's 'Red Clay' is an album .recorded on January 27, 28 & 29, 1970 with Joe Henderson & Herbie Hancock and released the same year by CTI.Track Listing :...

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Sonny Rollins records ‘Alfie,’ an album for Impulse! (1966)

Sonny Rollins' 'Alfie' is an album featuring music from the British film of the same name, recorded on January 26, 1966 and released the same year by Impulse!Track Listing :...

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Modern Jazz Quartet records ‘Fontessa,’ an album for Atlantic (1956)

Modern Jazz Quartet's 'Fontessa' is an album recorded from January 22 till February 14, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic.Track Listing : 1.Versailles (John Lewis) - 03:22 ....

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Jimmy Smith records ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ a studio album with a big band for Verve (1964)

Jimmy Smith's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is a studio album recorded on January 20-21 & 27, 1964 with a big band and released in March by Verve.Track Listing :...

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George Benson records ‘In Concert-Carnegie Hall,’ a live album produced by Creed Taylor (1975)

George Benson's 'In Concert-Carnegie Hall' is a live album recorded on January 11, 1975, produced by Creed Taylor and released the same year by CTI. Track Listing : 1.Take Five...

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Kenny Burrell records ‘Midnight Blue’ with Stanley Turrentine and Ray Barretto (1963)

Kenny Burrell's 'Midnight Blue' is an album (and one of his best-known) recorded on January 8, 1963 with Stanley Turrentine & Ray Barretto among others and released in 1963 By...

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Nina Simone records ‘Baltimore,’ an album for CTI (1978)

Nina Simone's 'Baltimore' is an album recorded in January 1978 and released the same year by CTITrack Listing : 1.Baltimore (Randy Newman) - 04:39 . 2.Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)...

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Kudu Records publish Grover Washington, Jr’s debut album : ‘Inner City Blues’ (1972)

Grover Washington, Jr's 'Inner City Blues' is his debut album produced By Creed Taylor and released on January 3, 1972 by Kudu Records.Track Listing : 1.Inner City Blues (Marvin Gaye)...

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Lonnie Smith records ‘Drives,’ an album for Blue Note (1970)

Lonnie Smith's 'Drives' is an album recorded on January 2, 1970 and released in 1970 by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Twenty-Five Miles (Lonnie Smith) - 05:36 . 2.Spinning Wheel (David...

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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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Wayne Shorter records ‘Speak No Evil’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones (1964)

Wayne Shorter's 'Speak No Evil' is his sixth album recorded on December 24, 1964 with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones and released in 1966 By Blue...

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Don Cherry records with Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes and Edward Blackwell ‘Complete Communion,’ an album for Blue Note (1965)

Don Cherry's 'Complete Communion' is an album recorded on December 24, 1965 with Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes and Edward Blackwell and released in 1966 By Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Complete...

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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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Lee Morgan records ‘The Sidewinder’ for Blue Note (1964)

Lee Morgan's 'The Sidewinder' is an album recorded on December 21, 1963 and released in 1964 by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.The Sidewinder (Lee Morgan) - 10:25 . 2.Totem Pole...

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Wes Montgomery records his nineteenth album : ‘Down Here on the Ground’ for A&M (1967)

Wes Montgomery's 'Down Here on the Ground' is his nineteenth album recorded on December 20, 21, 1967 & January 22, 26, 1968 and released in 1968 By A&M.Track Listing :...

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