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Sonny Rollins‘ ‘No Problem’ is an album recorded between December 9 and 15, 1981 with Bobby Broom, Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw and Tony Williams and released the same year by Milestone.
Woody Shaw‘s ‘Rosewood’ is an album recorded on December 15-19, 1977 with a sextet and released in 1978 by Columbia.
This day (December 15, 2011), in New London, New Hampshire,, died Bob Brookmeyer, an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger and composer. (more…)
‘Historic Concerts’ by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach is a live album recorded on December 15, 1979 at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC and released in 1984 by Soul Note.
Eartha Kitt‘s ‘That Bad Eartha’ is her debut 12 vinyl studio album released in December 1953 by Rca Victor.
This day (December 14, 1963), in Detroit, Michigan, died Ruth Lee Jones a.k.a Dinah Washington, an American Blues, R&B, Gospel, Pop and Jazz singer. (more…)
Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Underground’ is an album recorded on December 14 and 21, 1967 and February 14, 1968 and released the same year by Columbia.
Dave Brubeck Quartet’s ‘Jazz at the College of the Pacific’ is a live album recorded on December 14, 1953 and released in December 1953 by Fantasy Records.
Branford Marsalis‘ ‘Contemporary Jazz’ is an album recorded in December 1999 with Eric Revis, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Joey Calderazzo and released in August 2000 by Sony Music.
This day (December 14, 1952), in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is born John Lurie, an American actor, musician, painter and co-founder of The Lounge Lizards. (more…)
This day (December 13, 2018), in Pioneertown, California, died Nancy Wilsonan American singer of blues, jazz, cabaret and pop; a ‘consummate actress’ and ‘the complete entertainer.’ (more…)
