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Blue Note publish Norah Jones’ sixth album : ‘Day Breaks’ (2016)

Norah Jones' 'Day Breaks' is her sixth solo studio album featuring compositions by Horace Silver and Duke Ellington and released on October 7, 2016.Track Listing : 1.Burn (Norah Jones, Sarah...

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Prestige Records tape ‘Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet’ (1953)

Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet' is an album (including four tracks performed with the Modern Jazz Quartet) recorded on January 17, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953...

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When Benny Goodman played New-York

Four occasions, three years : 1985, 1974 and 1938 "When Benny Goodman played New-York".

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Wes Montgomery records his third album : ‘The Wes Montgomery Trio (or A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar Organ Drums)’ for Riverside (1959)

'The Wes Montgomery Trio (or A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar Organ Drums)' is Montgomery's third album recorded on October 5–6, 1959 and released the same year by Riverside.Track Listing :...

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

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To The Police, Tracy Chapman, Tom Waits, Mariah Carey, Cranberries, Electric Light Orchestra, Fiona Apple, Green Day, Genesis, The Who, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Count...

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

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Massive Attack, Katie Melua, Jamie Cullum, Temptations, The Beatles, AC/DC, The Corrs, John Lennon, Prince, Diane Schuur, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane We Celebrate Gal...

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Archie Shepp records ‘The Cry of My People’ for Impulse! (1972)

Archie Shepp's 'The Cry of My People' is an album recorded on September 25–27, 1972, with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets and chamber orchestras and released the same year...

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Tony Bennett releases ‘Duets II’ recorded with seventeen famous guests (2011)

Tony Bennett's 'Duets II' is an album recorded with seventeen very famous guests and released on September 20, 2011 by Columbia. Track listing : 1.The Lady Is a Tramp (Richard...

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Charles Mingus finishes the recordings of the album ‘Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus’ that features a large ensemble of brass and saxophones (1963)

Charles Mingus' 'Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus' is an album recorded with a large ensemble of brass and saxophones, on January 20 & September 20, 1963 and released the same...

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Bill Evans records his debut album as a leader : ‘New Jazz Conceptions’ (1956)

Bill Evans ' 'New Jazz Conceptions' is his debut album as a leader recorded on September 18 and 27, 1956 and released in 1956 on Riverside Records. Track listing :...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 17 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Guns N' Roses, Frank Zappa, Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, The Roots, Cocteau Twins, Tool, Ella Fitzgerald, Fourplay, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Kenny...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 16 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Buena Vista Social Club, Erykah Badu, Talking Heads, Raphael Saadiq, Barbra Streisand, Joss Stone, Mariah Carey, Beach Boys, Bob Welch, David Bowie, Madeleine Peyroux,...

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The Visual Artists Behind Miles Davis’ Iconic Album Covers: A Deeper Look

Miles Davis' albums are known not just for their groundbreaking music, but also for their distinctive album covers. The visual artists behind these covers played a key role in shaping...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 15 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Joss Stone, Bette Midler, Bobby Womack, Frank Zappa, Muse, Huey Lewis & The News, The Kinks, Cyndi Lauper, Medeski Martin & Wood, John Coltrane,...

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Diana Krall starts the recording of her second album : ‘Only Trust Your Heart’ (1994)

Diana Krall's 'Only Trust Your Heart' is her second album recorded between September 13 and 16, 1994 and released on February 14, 1995 by GRP.Track listing : 1.Is You Is...

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This week In Jazz Legends 36/52

How well do you know the music of Herbie Hancock, Larry Coryell, Gary Burton, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn,...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°226 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Pulp, OTT, Jennifer Paige, CeCe Peniston, All Saints, Jimmy Nail, INXS, Undercover, Color Me Badd, Dannii Minogue, The Original, D:Ream ? Take...

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Joe Henderson records ‘Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn’ with Wynton Marsalis, Christian Mcbride et al (1991)

Joe Henderson's 'Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn' is a (tribute to Billy Strayhorn) album recorded on September 3 & 8, 1991 and released In 1992 By Verve.Track Listing...

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We remember Ethel Waters. ‘Blue Waters’

This day (September 1, 1977), in Chatsworth, California, died Ethel Waters, an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress.Tracklist : 1 . His Eye Is On The Sparrow (...

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McCoy Tyner records ‘Atlantis’ at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco (1975)

McCoy Tyner's 'Atlantis' is a live album recorded on August 31 and September 1, 1974 at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco and released in 1975 by Milestone.Track listing :...

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