Duke Ellington starts the recording of the album ‘Afro-Bossa’ for Reprise (1962)
Duke Ellington‘s ‘Afro-Bossa’ is a studio album recorded on November 29, 1962, December 20, 1962 & January 4 & 5, 1963 and released in April 1963 by Reprise.
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Duke Ellington‘s ‘Afro-Bossa’ is a studio album recorded on November 29, 1962, December 20, 1962 & January 4 & 5, 1963 and released in April 1963 by Reprise.
This day (November 29, 1940), in Rochester, New York, is born Charles Frank ‘Chuck’ Mangione, an American flugelhorn player and composer. (more…)
Bill Evans‘ ‘The Paris Concert: Edition Two’ is a live album recorded on November 29, 1979 with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera and released in 1980 by Elektra Musician.
How well do you know the music of Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd , Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Kenny Wheeler, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie , Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Rahsaan Roland Kirk ? Take our 12-track quiz.
Freddie Hubbard‘s ‘Keystone Bop Vol. 2: Friday & Saturday’ is a live album recorded on November 27 & 28, 1981 with Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson and released in 1996 By Prestige.
Stanley Turrentine‘s ‘Sugar’ is an album recorded mainly during November 1970 with among others, Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Ron Carter, … and released In 1971 By CTI.
‘Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie‘ is an album recorded on November 28 & 29, 1974 and released in 1974 By Pablo.
Lester Young‘s ‘The President Plays’ is a studio album recorded on November 28, 1952 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet and released in June 1954 By Norgran Records.
This day (November 27, 1945), in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, is born Randy Brecker, an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. (more…)
Carmen McRae’s ‘Portrait of Carmen’ is a studio album recorded on November 27-29, 1967 with Shorty Rogers, Benny Carter and Gene Di Novi and featuring arrangements by Oliver Nelson and released in 1968 by Atlantic.
Joe Zawinul‘s ‘Brown Street’ is his last album recorded with the WDR Big Band, revisiting his old repertoire live in Vienna and released on November 27, 2006 by Esc/Birdland.
Roland Kirk‘s ‘The Inflated Tear’ is an album recorded between November 27 and 30, 1967 and released on June 14, 1968 by Atlantic.
‘The Jazz Age’ by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is an album featuring rerecordings of some of Bryan Ferry‘s compositions, as played in jazz style of the 1920s and released on November 26, 2012 by Bmg Rights Management.
This day (November 26, 2013), in Manhattan, died Chico Hamilton, an American jazz drummer and bandleader. (more…)
Sarah Vaughan‘s ‘A Time in My Life’ is a studio album (arranged by Ernie Wilkins and recorded between November 16 and 26, 1971 and released in 1972 By Mainstream.