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Randy Weston records ‘The Spirits Of Our Ancestors’ for Verve (1991)

Randy Weston's 'The Spirits Of Our Ancestors' is an album recorded on May 20, 21 & 22, 1991 with an all-star cast of musicians and released the same year by...

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We Remember Coleman Hawkins. ‘The True Mister Bean’

This day (May 19, 1969), in New York City, New York, died Coleman Hawkins, an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Disorder At The Border 2 . With Lester...

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We Remember Chuck Brown. ‘Go! Go! Mr. Brown’

This day (May 16, 2012), in Baltimore, Maryland, died Chuck Brown, a guitarist and singer, called the Godfather of Go-goTracklist : 1 . NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2010) 2...

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Arturo Sandoval releases ‘Trumpet Evolution’ (2003)

Arturo Sandoval's 'Trumpet Evolution' is an album ('a journey through the great trumpeters from jazz's and orchestral music's past') released on May 6, 2003 by Crescent Moon/Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Dipper...

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Willie Nelson releases ‘Stardust,’ his 22nd album featuring ‘Blue Skies’ and ‘All of Me’ (1978)

Willie Nelson's 'Stardust' is his 22nd studio album featuring 'Blue Skies' and 'All of Me,' produced by Booker T. Jones and released in April 1978 by ColumbiaTrack Listing : 1.Stardust...

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Me:nu Du Jour Apr.29 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Eurythmics, Temptations, Funkadelic, Drake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Divine Comedy, Snarky Puppy, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Toots Thielemans, Bill Frisell, Wayne Shorter...

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Toots Thielemans records ‘Only Trust Your Heart’ with Fred Hersch, Marc Johnson, Harvie Swartz & Joey Baron (1988)

Toots Thielemans' 'Only Trust Your Heart' is an album recorded in April and May 1988 with Fred Hersch, Marc Johnson, Harvie Swartz & Joey Baron and released by Concord.Track Listing...

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We remember Count Basie. ‘For The Count’

This day (April 26, 1984), in Hollywood, Florida, died William 'Count' Basie a.k.a Count Basie, an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Sarah Vaughan,Tony Bennett,George...

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Ella Fitzgerad records ‘Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert’ produced by Norman Granz (1958)

Ella Fitzgerad's 'Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert' is a live album recorded on April 25, 1958 with a trio led by Lou Levy and released in 1988 by Verve.Track...

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Tony Bennett releases ‘If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set,’ an album arranged by Don Costa (1965)

Tony Bennett's 'If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set' is a studio album arranged by Don Costa and released on April 19, 1965 by Columbia.Track Listing :...

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‘The Great Concert of Charles Mingus’ is recorded in Paris with Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan et al (1964)

'The Great Concert of Charles Mingus' is a live album recorded on April 19, 1964, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and released the same year by America.Track Listing...

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Me:nu Du Jour Apr.3 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Simon & Garfunkel, Joe Cocker, Dr. John, En Vogue, Doves, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Chris Potter, Bobby Hutcherson, Chick Corea We Celebrate Young M.A,...

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Jaco Pastorius takes the Word of Mouth Big Band to ‘Aurex Jazz Festival 1982’

During the first week of September 1982, Jaco Pastorius, the Word of Mouth Big Band and a couple of special guests such as Toots Thielemans took part in the "Aurex...

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Zorn In Concert

From Montreux to Marciac via New-York, Hamburg and Warsaw, "Zorn in Concert" gathers seven hours of irrepressible inventiveness and musical genius.Track Listing : 1.Naked City (Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 1990/07/19)...

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Last week In Visual Artists 13

Joe Pytka, Deborah Feingold, Don Hunstein, Francis Wolf, Cal Schenkel, Michel Gondry, Stuart Haygarth, Herb Greene, Arnold Newman, Mark Romanek, Julian Schnabel, . They are the 11 Visual Artists selected...

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Coltrane For A Day (17 hours)

From the debut till the end, from "Bakai" - the first track on "Coltrane" (recorded this day in 1957) - to "Tranesonic," - the last track on 1967 "Stellar Regions"...

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Satchmo Loves Company

Louis Armstrong's exuberant and gravelly voice happened to be the perfect match with the mellifluous or crooning voices of his contemporaries. His blasting trumpet, the perfect contrast with the pianist.Who...

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Salena Jones – Bring Flowers to Salena

This day (January 29, 1944), in Newport News, Virginia, is born Joan Elizabeth Shaw a.k.a. Salena Jones, an American jazz and cabaret singer.

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Chick Corea records ‘Three Quartets’ with Michael Brecker, Eddie Gomez and Steve Gadd (1981)

Chick Corea's 'Three Quartets' is an album recorded in January & February 1981 with saxophonist Michael Brecker, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Steve Gadd and released in July 1981 by...

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A Box Of Candies

From 'Chocolate Shake' to 'Candy Man' , we have mixed 18 'Jazz And Latin' tunes around the theme of 'Chocolates & Candies'. It has Stan Getz , Taj Mahal &...

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