50s-60s

Read more about the article Horace Silver finishes the recording of ‘Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers’ featuring Art Blakey (1955)

Horace Silver finishes the recording of ‘Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers’ featuring Art Blakey (1955)

‘Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers’ is an album recorded on November 13, 1954 & February 6, 1955 with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and released in 1955 by Blue Note.

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Read more about the article Johnny Hodges records with regular members of the Ellington orchestra, ‘Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges’ (1964)

Johnny Hodges records with regular members of the Ellington orchestra, ‘Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges’ (1964)

Johnny Hodges‘ ‘Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges‘ is an album recorded on February 6, 1964 & March 8, 1965 with regular members of the Ellington orchestra and released in 1964 by Impulse!.

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Read more about the article Cream release their fourth and final studio album : ‘Goodbye’ featuring ‘I’m So Glad,’ ‘Sitting on Top of the World’ and ‘Badge’ (1969)

Cream release their fourth and final studio album : ‘Goodbye’ featuring ‘I’m So Glad,’ ‘Sitting on Top of the World’ and ‘Badge’ (1969)

Cream‘s ‘Goodbye’ is their fourth and final original studio album released on February 5, 1969 by Polydor.

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Read more about the article Ray Charles begins the recording of ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ featuring ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ and ‘You Don’t Know Me’ (1962)

Ray Charles begins the recording of ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ featuring ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ and ‘You Don’t Know Me’ (1962)

Ray Charles‘ ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ is a studio album recorded between February 5 & 15, 1962 and released in April 1962 by ABC-Paramount.

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Read more about the article Lou Rawls records his debut album : ‘Stormy Monday’ a.k.a. ‘I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water’ with the Les McCann trio (1962)

Lou Rawls records his debut album : ‘Stormy Monday’ a.k.a. ‘I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water’ with the Les McCann trio (1962)

Lou Rawls‘ ‘Stormy Monday’ is his debut album also known as ‘I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water’ recorded on February 5–12, 1962, with the Les McCann trio and released the same year by Capitol.

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Read more about the article RCA publish Jefferson Airplane’s second album : ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ featuring ‘Somebody to Love’ and ‘White Rabbit’ (1967)

RCA publish Jefferson Airplane’s second album : ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ featuring ‘Somebody to Love’ and ‘White Rabbit’ (1967)

Jefferson Airplane‘s ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ feat. ‘Somebody to Love’ is their second (but the first with Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden) album, recorded during November 1966 in Hollywood, California and released on February 1, 1967, by RCA Victor.

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Read more about the article Horace Silver records with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes, ‘Finger Poppin” for Blue Note (1959)

Horace Silver records with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes, ‘Finger Poppin” for Blue Note (1959)

Horace Silver‘s ‘Finger Poppin” is an album recorded on January 31, 1959, with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes and released mid-April 1959 by Blue Note.

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