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Jimmy Smith records with Stanley Turrentine, ‘Prayer Meetin” an album for Blue Note (1963)

Jimmy Smith's 'Prayer Meetin'' is an album recorded on February 8, 1963 with Stanley Turrentine and released in 1964 by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Prayer Meeting (Jimmy Smith) - 05:45...

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Verve record ‘Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra’ (1962)

Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra' is a studio album arranged by Billy Strayhorn, featuring many members of Duke Ellington's orchestra and recorded on December 11–12, 1962 and...

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John Coltrane records the album : ‘A Love Supreme’ with Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (1964)

John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' is a studio album recorded on December 9, 1964, with Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and Mccoy Tyner and released in February 1965 by Impulse!.Track Listing...

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Duke Ellington begins the recording of ‘Ellington Uptown’ with Billy Strayhorn on piano (1951)

Duke Ellington's 'Ellington Uptown' is an album recorded on December 7 & 11, 1951, February 29, June 30 & July 1, 1952 with Billy Strayhorn on piano and released in...

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Quincy Jones releases ‘Q’s Jook Joint,’ an album featuring Stevie Wonder, Bono and Ray Charles among other famous guests (1995)

Quincy Jones' 'Q's Jook Joint' is an album (his first in six years) released on November 7, 1995 by Qwest.Track Listing : 1.Jook Joint Intro (Quincy Jones) - 01:32 ....

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John Coltrane records ‘Live at Birdland’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (1963)

John Coltrane's 'Live at Birdland' is an album recorded on October 8 , March 6 and November 18, 1963 (half in Birdland, half in studio) and released in 1964 by...

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Singing & Playing With Stevie Ray Vaughan

Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy, BB King, Dick Dale, Albert King, Jeff Healey, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lonnie Mack , Night Music Band, Jeff Beck, Albert Collins, Carlos Santana

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Epic publish ‘Family Style’ by Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan a.k.a. the Vaughan Brothers (1990)

'Family Style' by Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan a.k.a. the Vaughan Brothers is an album produced by Nile Rodgers and released on September 25, 1990 by Epic.Track Listing : 1.Hard...

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Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith record their third collaboration album : ‘Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo’ (1966)

'Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo' by Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith is their third collaboration album, recorded on September 21, 23 & 28, 1966 and released the same year...

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Ray Charles records ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two’ (1962)

Ray Charles 'Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two' is an album (following the success of Vol 1) recorded on September 5 and 7, 1962 and released in...

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Ray Charles records ‘Dedicated to You’ with Betty Carter (1960)

Ray Charles' 'Dedicated to You' is an album recorded on August 23, 1960 with Betty Carter and released In January 1961 by ABC Paramount.Track Listing : 1.Hardhearted Hannah (Jack Yellen,...

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Oscar Peterson records ‘At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival’ with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis (1956)

Oscar Peterson's 'At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival' is a live album recorded on August 8, 1956, with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis and released the same year In 1956 by...

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Dreamworks publish Jimmy Eat World’s fourth album : ‘Bleed American’ (2001)

Jimmy Eat World's 'Bleed American' is their fourth studio album co-produced with Mark Trombino and released on July 24, 2001, by DreamWorksTrack Listing : 1.Bleed American (Jimmy Eat World) -...

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Jimmy Smith records ‘Home Cookin” for Blue Note (1960)

Jimmy Smith's 'Home Cookin' is an album recorded on July 15, 1958, May 24 & June 16, 1959 and released in 1960 By Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.See See Rider...

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We remember Jimmy Scott. ‘Little Big Jimmy’

This day (June 12, 2014), in LAs Vegas, died Jimmy Scott a.k.a Little Jimmy Scott, an American jazz vocalist famous for his high contralto voice,Tracklist : Nothing Compares 2 U...

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We remember Jimmy Dorsey. ‘Dorsey Junior’

This day (June 12, 1957), in New York City, New York, died Jimmy Dorsey, an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer and big band leader.Tracklist : So Rare . Tangerine...

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We remember Ray Charles. ‘Ray Of Light’

This day (June 10, 2004), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ray Charles, an American singer and musician.Tracklist : Hit the Road Jack . Georgia on My Mind . Mess Around...

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Duke Ellington records ‘The Nutcracker Suite,’ his take on the Tchaikovsky’s work, arranged by himself and Billy Strayhorn (1960)

Duke Ellington's 'The Nutcracker Suite' is an album featuring jazz interpretations of 'The Nutcracker' by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, recorded on May 26 & 31, June 3,...

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John Coltrane records ‘Transition’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (1965)

John Coltrane's 'Transition' is an album recorded on May 26 & June 10, 1965 and released posthumously only in 1970 by Impulse!.. Track Listing : 1.Transition (John Coltrane) - 15:31...

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Atlantic record the first sessions of ‘Ray Charles,’ his debut album (1953)

'Ray Charles' is his debut album recorded between May 17, 1953 and November 27, 1956, released in 1957 (and re-released as 'Hallelujah I Love Her So' in 1962) by Atlantic...

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