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This week In Jazz Legends 05/52

How well do you know the music of Bill Evans’ moody “Nardis” evolves into an introspective canvas, while Carmen McRae’s haunting take on “Round Midnight” fuses jazz clarity with late-night...

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Saxophonists – 20 Trivia | We Answer Questions You Never Asked

This video presents 20 factual trivia questions about saxophonists across jazz, soul, rock, and pop. It covers players such as John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Clarence Clemons, David Sanborn, and Candy...

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Happy Birthday Robert Wyatt

January 28, 1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician & co-founder of Soft Machine and then, Matching Mole is 78. Happy Birthday SirTracklist : 1 . w/ Soft Machine - Clarence...

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This week In Jazz Legends 04/52

How well do you know the music of Wes Montgomery’s “West Coast Blues” showcases his inventive thumb-picked technique and octave work, supported by Tommy Flanagan’s piano and Percy Heath’s bass,...

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Blue Note publish Lena Horne’s last album : ‘Seasons of a Life’ (2006)

Lena Horne's 'Seasons of a Life' is her last album recorded between 1993 and 1997 and released on January 24, 2006 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Black Is (Marissa...

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Joe Lovano records ‘Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard,’ a live album for Blue Note (1995)

Joe Lovano's 'Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard' is a live album recorded on March 12, 1994 and January 22, 1995 and released in 1995 By Blue Note.Track Listing :...

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Benny Goodman records ‘The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert’ (1938)

Benny Goodman's 'The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert' is one of the first recording (done on January 16, 1938) of music issued on the new long-playing format and one...

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Oscar Peterson records ‘The More I See You’ with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown et al (1995)

Oscar Peterson's 'The More I See You' is an album (the first since his stroke) recorded on January 15 & 16, 1995 with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Lorne...

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Columbia publish Tony Bennett’s album : ‘Tony’ (1957)

Tony Bennett's 'Tony' is an album (re-titled 'Tony Bennett Showcase') produced by Ernest Altschuler and released on January 14, 1957 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.It Had To Be You...

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Hiromi Uehara records ‘Beyond Standard’ with her group Sonicbloom (2000)

Hiromi Uehara’s 'Beyond Standard' is an album recorded on January 9-12, 2008 with her group Sonicbloom and released on June 10, 2008 By Telarc Jazz.Track Listing : 1 : 1.Intro...

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Fine and Mellow,’ an album for Pablo (1974)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Fine and Mellow' is a studio album recorded on January 8, 1974 and released in 1979 by Pablo.Track Listing : 1.Fine And Mellow (Billie Holiday) – 06:05 ....

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On TV today, Louis, Dizzy et al at ‘Timex Jazz’ (1959)

January 7, 1959 - you do not miss Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Vic Dickenson, Jo Jones, Duke Ellington, George Shearing, Barbara Dane, Dakota Staton, Gene Krupa...

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This week In Jazz Legends 01/52

How well do you know the music of Dr. Lonnie Smith, James Carter Organ Trio, Chris Potter, Michel Petrucciani, David Sanborn, Grover Washington Jr., Art Blakey ＆ The Jazz Messengers,...

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Art Blakey records ‘Keystone 3’ with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis for Concord Jazz (1982)

Art Blakey's 'Keystone 3' is a live album recorded in January, 1982 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis and released in 1982 by Concord Jazz.Track Listing...

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Warner Bros. publish Jaco Pastorius’ third album : ‘Invitation’ recorded with his Word of Mouth big band (1983)

Jaco Pastorius 'Invitation' is his third album recorded with his Word of Mouth big band and released in December 1983 by Warner Bros.Track Listing : 1.Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) - 06:57...

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Charles Mingus begins the recording of ‘Changes One,’ an album for Atlantic Records (1974)

Charles Mingus 'Changes One' is an album recorded on December 27, 28 & 30, 1974 with Jack Walrath, George Adams, Don Pullen and Dannie Richmond.Track Listing : 1.Remember Rockefeller At...

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We remember Claude Bolling. ‘Le Souvenir De Monsieur Claude’

This day (December 29, 2020), in Saint-Cloud, France, died Claude Bolling,  a French jazz pianist and composer.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Brigitte Bardot – Everybody Loves My Baby (1968) 2 . Flying...

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Ella Fitzgerald finishes the recording of ‘Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson’ with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra (1961)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson' is a studio album recorded on January 5, 1959–December 27, 1961 with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and released in 1962 by Verve.Track Listing...

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Charles Mingus records ‘Changes Two,’ an album for Atlantic Records (1974)

Charles Mingus' 'Changes Two' is an album recorded on December 27, 28 & 30, 1974 and released In 1975 by Atlantic Records.Track Listing : 1.Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi...

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Me:nu Du Jour December 26 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, Stanley Clarke We Celebrate Curtis Mayfield, Black Veil Brides, Alphonse Mouzon, John Scofield, Sam Rivers We Watch Caetano...

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