We remember Illinois Jacquet. ‘Screeching’
This day (July 22, 2004), in Queens, New York, died Illinois Jacquet, an American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist. (more…)
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This day (July 22, 2004), in Queens, New York, died Illinois Jacquet, an American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist. (more…)
Miles Davis‘ ‘Porgy and Bess’ is a studio album (featuring arrangements by Davis and Gil Evans from the George Gershwin’s opera) recorded on July 22 and August 18, 1958 and released on March 1959 by Columbia Records.
This day (July 21, 2023), in New York City, died Anthony Dominick Benedetto a.k.a Tony Bennett, an American singer. (more…)
‘Lounge Lizards‘ with John Lurie is their first eponymous album produced by Teo Macero, recorded on July 21-22, 28-29, 1980 and released In 1981 by Eg Records.
This day (July 21, 2020), in New York City, died Annie Ross, Scottish jazz singer and actress, best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. (more…)
Bobby Hutcherson‘s ‘Oblique’ is an album recorded on July 21, 1967, with Herbie Hancock, Albert Stinson and Joe Chambers and released in 1980 By Blue Note.
‘Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington‘ is an album by Monk playing well-known songs by Ellington, recorded July 21 and 27, 1955 and released the same year by Riverside.
‘Collaboration’ by the Modern Jazz Quartet & Laurindo Almeida is an album recorded on July 21, 1964 and released the same year by Atlantic.
‘Love Devotion Surrender’ by Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin is an album recorded with their respective bands, Santana and The Mahavishnu Orchestra and released on July 20, 1973 by Columbia.