Kenny Burrell

Jimmy Smith records ‘The Sermon!’ with Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey et al (1957)

Jimmy Smith's 'The Sermon!' is an album recorded on August 25, 1957 and February 25, 1958 and released in 1959 by Blue Note.Track listing : 1.The Sermon (Jimmy Smith) –...

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Happy Birthday Kenny Burrell. ‘Round Midnight Blue’

This day (July 31, 1931), in Detroit, Michigan, is born Kenny Burrell, an American jazz guitarist.Tracklist : 1 . All Star Guitar Night (2015) 2 . w/ Stevie Wonder –...

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Jimmy Smith records ‘Back at the Chicken Shack’ with Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine et al (1960)

Jimmy Smith's 'Back at the Chicken Shack' is an album recorded on April 25, 1960 with Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine & Donald Bailey and released in 1963 by Blue Note.Track...

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‘Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane’ record together with Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers & Jimmy Cobb (1958)

'Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane' is a collaboration album recorded on March 7, 1958 with Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb and released in April 1963 By New Jazz.Track...

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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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Chet Baker records the album ‘Chet’ with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay (1958)

Chet Baker's 'Chet' is an album recorded on December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959 with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay. Track...

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Herbie, Art, McCoy, Kenny, Jimmy et al, they are all at Mt Fuji Jazz Day 2 (1987)

August 28, 1987 - is the second day of the Mt Fuji Jazz Festival in Japan which presents this year Herbie Hancock Super Trio, Art Blakey's Realtime Jazz Messengers, McCoy...

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Happy Birthday Kenny G. ‘Super G’

This day (June 5, 1956), in Seattle, Washington, is born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick a.k.a Kenny G, an American contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist.Tracklist : Songbird . Forever In Love ....

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This week In Jazz Legends (collaborations) 37/52

How well do you know the music of Bobby McFerrin, The LCJO Randy Crawford, Joe Sample, Kenny Garrett, Roy Ayers, Oscar D'Leon, Steve Turre, Joe Zawinul, Trilok Gurtu, Freddie Hubbard,...

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This week In Jazz Legends 30/52

How well do you know the music of Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster, John Faddis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, VSOP II, Laurindo Almeida, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Santana, Gil Evans, Rahsaan...

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Epic publish Stevie Ray Vaughan’s fifth album : ‘The Sky Is Crying’ (1991)

Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Sky Is Crying' is his fifth studio album recorded with Double Trouble and released on November 5, 1991 by Epic.Track Listing : 1.Boot Hill (Writer Unknown)-...

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Playing Coltrane

Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Branford Marsalis, Raul de...

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Delmark publish Junior Wells debut album : ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’ recorded with Buddy Guy (1965)

Junior Wells 'Hoodoo Man Blues' is his debut album recorded with Buddy Guy on September 22 and 23, 1965 and released the same year by Delmark.Track Listing : 1.Snatch It...

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We remember Bill Evans. ‘Bill Went’

This day (September 15, 1980), in Fort Lee, New Jersey,, died William John Evans a.k.a. Bill Evans, an American jazz pianist.Tracklist : 1 . Nardis (1970) 2 . But Beautiful...

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Horace Silver records ‘Blowin’ the Blues Away’ for Blue Note (1959)

Horace Silver's'Blowin' the Blues Away' is an album recorded on August 29-30 & September 13, 1959 with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes and released the same...

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Me:nu Du Jour August 28 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Marvin Gaye, John Mayall, Ben Harper, The Weeknd, Robbie Williams, Robert Cray, Andra Day, Devo, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Joe Pass We Celebrate LeAnn...

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We remember Stevie Ray Vaughan. ‘A Ray Of Life’

This day (August 27, 1990), in East Troy, Wisconsin, died Stevie Ray Vaughan, an American guitarist, singer-songwriter.Tracklist : 1 . Voodoo Child 2 . Riviera Paradise (1989) 3 . Tightrope...

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This week In Jazz Legends 34/52

How well do you know the music of Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tynerr, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Return to Forever, Stan Kenton, Jimmy...

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Me:nu Du Jour – July 31 in Music (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Fleetwood Mac, Joss Stone, Elvis Presley, Deep Purple, Buddy Guy, Lianne La Havas, Gillian Welch, Nat King Cole, Christian Scott, The Young Rascals, Goldie...

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Happy Birthday Jon Faddis. ‘The Dizzyple’

This day (July 24, 1953), in Oakland, California, is born Jon Faddis, an American jazz trumpet player and conductor.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Barcelona Jazz Orquestra - Groovin' For Nat...

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