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‘Sambolero’ by The João Donato Trio is a studio album (it earned the Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards) released on December 31, 2005 by Universal.
Jaco Pastorius ‘Invitation’ is his third album recorded with his Word of Mouth big band and released in December 1983 by Warner Bros.
Frank Sinatra‘s ‘My Way’ is an album recorded on December 30, 1968 and February 18, 20, 24, 1969.
Dinah Washington‘s ‘Dinah Sings Bessie Smith’ is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 20, 1958.
Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Big Band and Quartet in Concert’ is his fifth album recorded live at Lincoln Center, New York City on December 30, 1963.
Chet Baker‘s ‘Chet’ is an album recorded on December 30, 1958 & January 19, 1959 with Herbie Mann, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers and Connie Kay.
Charles Mingus ‘Changes One’ is an album recorded on December 27, 28 & 30, 1974 with Jack Walrath, George Adams, Don Pullen and Dannie Richmond.
Toots Thielemans‘ ‘Man Bites Harmonica!’ is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 7, 1958.
Wes Montgomery‘s ‘Fingerpickin” is his debut album recorded on December 30, 1957 and featuring seven tracks originally released as The Montgomery Brothers.
David Murray‘s ‘Waltz Again’ is an album recorded in December, 2002 with Lafayette Gilchist, Jaribu Shahidand Hamid Drake and a ten strings section and released in 2005 By Justin Time.
This day (December 29, 2008), in Sherman Oaks, California, died Freddie Hubbard, an American jazz trumpeter. (more…)
This day (December 29, 2020), in Saint-Cloud, France, died Claude Bolling, a French jazz pianist and composer. (more…)
