Ornette Coleman‘s ‘Tomorrow Is the Question!’ is his second album subtitled ‘The New Music of Ornette Coleman!’, recorded on January 16, February 23 and March 9–10, 1959 with Don Cherry, Percy Heath, Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell and released the same year bBy Contemporary.
Benny Goodman‘s ‘The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert’ is one of the first recording (done on January 16, 1938) of music issued on the new long-playing format and one of the first to sell over a million copies. ,
Ahmad Jamal‘s ‘At the Pershing: But Not for Me’ is his first live album recorded on January 16, 1958 and released the same year by Argo.
Eliane Elias‘ ‘Something for You’ is her eighteenth album featuring music by Bill Evans and released on January 15, 2008 by Blue Note.
‘Bags & Trane’ by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane is an album (titled after their nicknames) recorded on January 15, 1959 with Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Connie Kay and released in December 1961 by Atlantic Records.
Oscar Peterson‘s ‘The More I See You’ is an album (the first since his stroke) recorded on January 15 & 16, 1995 with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Lorne Lofsky & Lewis Nash and released the same year by Telarc.
Tony Bennett‘s ‘Tony’ is an album (re-titled ‘Tony Bennett Showcase’) produced by Ernest Altschuler and released on January 14, 1957 by Columbia.
Phil Woods‘ ‘Musique du Bois’ is a studio album recorded with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis & Alan Dawson and released on January 14, 1974 by Muse.
How well do you know the music of Chucho Valdes, Michel Camilo, Tania Maria, Hiromi, Michel Legrand, Ben Sidran, Marcus Roberts, Dave Grusin, Bill Evans, Alice Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Tommy Flanagan, Big Tiny Little ? Take our 12-track quiz.
This day (January 13, 2007), in New York City, New York, died Michael Brecker, an American jazz saxophonist and composer. (more…)
Weather Report‘s ‘Live in Tokyo’ is their third (and first live) album recorded on January 13, 1972 at Shibuya Kokaido Hall and released the same year by Columbia.
Kurt Elling‘s ‘Man in the Air’ is his sixth album recorded on January 13 & 17, 2003 and released on July 22, 2003 By Blue Note.
Mike Stern‘s ‘These Times’ is an album recorded with Richard Bona, Vinnie Colaiuta and Kenny Garrett and released on January 13, 2004 by ESC Records.
