Rachelle Ferrell serenades Hague Jazz (2011)

Rachelle Ferrell  serenades Hague Jazz (2011)
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Herbie Hancock records ‘Empyrean Isles’ featuring ‘One Finger Snap’ and ‘Cantaloupe Island’ (1964)

Herbie Hancock‘s ‘Empyrean Isles’ feat. ‘One Finger Snap’ and ‘Cantaloupe Island. is his fourth album recorded on June 17, 1964 and released the same year by Blue Note.

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Columbia tape ‘Miles Davis at Fillmore’ with Steve Grossman, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack Dejohnette and Airto Moreira (1970)

Miles Davis at Fillmore’ is a live album recorded on June 17 – 20, 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York and released in December 1970 by Columbia.

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Sun Ra & his Arkestra travel to Norway (1982)

Sun Ra & his Arkestra travel to Norway (1982)
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Azymuth plays in Tokyo (2011)

Azymuth plays in Tokyo (2011)
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James Carter Quartet plays at Jazz Baltica (1997)

James Carter Quartet plays at Jazz Baltica (1997)
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Stanley Jordan Trio plays in Lebanon (2011)

Stanley Jordan Trio plays in Lebanon (2011)
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Art Blakey records ‘Ugetsu’ with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard (1963)

‘Ugetsu’ by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers is a live album featuring Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, recorded on June 16, 1963 at Birdland in New-York and released In October 1963 by Riverside.

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Bill Frisell plays in Rochester (2007)

Bill Frisell plays in Rochester (2007)
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Kamasi Washington visit Minneapolis (2018)

Kamasi Washington visit Minneapolis (2018)
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Lang Lang turns 30 in Berlin, then Herbie followed by fifty kids walks in (2012)

Lang Lang turns 30 in Berlin, then Herbie followed by fifty kids walks in (2012)
Lang Lang turns 30 in Berlin, then Herbie followed by fifty kids walks in (2012)

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We All remember Ella Fitzgerald. ‘Hello Ella’

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This day (June 15, 1996), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ella Fitzgerald, an American jazz and song vocalist, also known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella, who had a vocal range spanning three octaves and was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn-like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. (more…)

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On Austrian TV today, Attila Zoller meets Oscar Pettiford (1959)

On Austrian TV today, Attila Zoller meets  Oscar Pettiford (1959)
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The Michel Petrucciani Trio plays at Jazz Baltica (1996)

The Michel Petrucciani Trio plays at Jazz Baltica (1996)
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The Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Quintet plays at Jazz Baltica (1996)

The Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Quintet plays at Jazz Baltica (1996)
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Bobby McFerrin goes to Ukraine (2013)

Bobby McFerrin goes to Ukraine (2013)
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